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Education Minister Andrew Holness has underscored his Government’s pledge to implement a safe transportation system for the nation’s children.

Opposition Spokesman on Education Basil Waite is calling on the Government to beef up security at schools across the island in the wake of a number of break-ins at public educational facilities.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – NATO jets hit a target near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in central Tripoli early Saturday, which the government described as a car park but which Reuters reporters said looked like a bunker.

Individuals who hope to reside in the newly finished Government housing units at Tweedside Road and Country Road, St Michael, have been told they must pay the rent.

Minister of International Business, George Hutson, addressing guests at the reception. At left is President of Towner Management Group in Barbados, Ricardo Knight. (C. Pitt/BGIS)One Government Minister is anticipating an improved performance of Barbados’ international business sector in 2011.

WITH A drastic increase in the demand for pharmaceuticals and medical supplies in public-health facilities since the implementation of the no-user-fee policy, the Government is stepping up its efforts to effectively meet the…

BOAO, China (Reuters) – China’s monetary policy tightening will continue for some time as inflation remains higher than the government is comfortable with, and the yuan will be one of the tools used to fight it, the central bank governor said on Saturday.

MANDEVILLE, Manchester:KEITH SMITH, president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has cautioned the Government to “go easy on taxation” and, instead, pursue a “fiscal and monetary” policy that encourages growth.

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has called for the Government and Opposition, “as a matter of urgent and vital importance”, to open dialogue concerning the fuel tax regime and its role within the broader tax system.