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"Caring for Wetlands - an Answer to Climate Change," is the message for World Wetlands Day this year, celebrated worldwide on February 2. This year's activities will focus on the impact of climate change on wetlands and the role that wetlands play in reducing the effects of climate change. Jamaica has several wetlands, three of which are designated Ramsar sites,...

The Tax Administration's annual Special Taxpayer Service Programme, which provides guidance to small business operators such as shopkeepers, taxi operators, farmers, hairdressers, on how to prepare their Income Tax Returns to meet the March 15 deadline is currently underway. During the eight weeks leading up to the March 15 Income Tax due date, approximately two hundred (200) sessions will be...

Jamaican born choreographer, Mr. Jackie Guy, has been named as one of the greatest black dancers of all time by the Voice newspaper. "I feel very humbled, but I am elated to be named among the greats as Sammy Davis Junior and Katharine Dunham. But I have worked very hard and from the many calls of congratulations that I have...

the Department of Correctional Services' (DCS) on-going Inmate Public Work Programme will continue, with inmates repainting police stations in St. Catherine, during the first quarter of this year. Senator Nelson, making his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate last week, noted that the programme was expanded last year to include work on Highway 2000. "The...

The Ministry of Agriculture, today (January 26), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the World Bank, to evaluate the feasibility of market-based weather risk management practices for the coffee industry. The feasibility study will specifically involve farmers operating in the Blue Mountain region. Speaking at the signing at the Ministry's Hope Gardens headquarters, in Kingston, Minister of Agriculture, Hon....

Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, has emphasised that attention must be paid to customer service within the business sector. "This country which enjoys a high reputation worldwide for its hospitality in the tourism sector gets a low rating in so many areas of customer service. Standards vary widely in this country and it seems to me...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND), today (January 26), opened a three-day public/private partnership workshop, aimed at improving knowledge of these types of collaborations and how they can be useful in ensuring value for money in public procurement. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MIND, Mrs. Ruby Brown, described the workshop as another demonstration of the value of partnership in...

Public and private sector collaboration is critical to nation building, especially for developing countries, says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Mrs. Ruby Brown. "The fact is no single country or entity can build success alone," she argued.Mrs. Brown was addressing chief technical officers, senior public service officials and private sector partners at the...

Business operators in western Jamaica are invited to participate in the mobile outreach service of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), which began on January 25 and ends on January 29, as part of efforts to achieve a higher compliance rate among businesses, in terms of company registration and the filing of annual returns. Throughout the week, the mobile team...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that the lifestyle disease, hypertension, is one of the major chronic disorders affecting persons in the country, which eventually leads to lower productivity at the workplace. "This is really one of our chronic problems, and as a country, we have to find a way, not only to treat it, but...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has congratulated the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) on its latest advertising campaign featuring international sprinter, Ambassador Usain Bolt. In his address at the launch yesterday (January 25) at the Devonshire, Devon House in Kingston, the Prime Minister said that promoting the people of the country was the best way to promote the destination. "Marcus...

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Ian Neita, has stated that his organisation is about the promotion and development of Jamaica's tourism and that funds collected by the group cannot be used for any other purpose. Speaking at a press conference on January 23, at the Mandeville Parish Church in Manchester, to announce plans for the Scout Association...