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Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), Antoinette McKain, has said that deposit insurance coverage could soon be extended to beneficiaries of Trust accounts, as it seeks to provide the widest coverage possible. "It's important to note that we have it in draft and we expect this to be put before the Parliament for debate and acceptance;...

Cabinet has approved the Road Sector Policy, which has been incorporated into the National Transport Policy document, which speaks to the 10-year road maintenance master plan. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, on Wednesday (October 8). "Road maintenance is...

Chairman of the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), R.N.A. Henriques, has lauded the role played by JDIC in protecting taxpayers and stabilising Jamaica's financial system. "The Corporation (JDIC) has played a very functional role in that it has relieved the tax payer, that in the event of a melt down, the tax payer will not have to pick up the...

Residents and owners of small cottage industries in St. Thomas, began a four-day Entrepreneurial Workshop on Wednesday (October 8), at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Parish Office in Bath, in the parish. The workshop, organised by the Social Development Commission (SDC), is one in a series to be held across the parish, to provide entrepreneurial training for persons who...

Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Sharon Crooks, is reassuring persons with deposits at commercial banks, building societies, and other insured financial institutions, that their money is safe. Over the past few weeks, the credit crunch in the United States economy has been fuelling concerns locally about the negative impact this could have on the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Senator Dwight Nelson, has advised that he will be meeting with the teachers on Tuesday (Oct. 14), to continue discussions surrounding salaries. "I will be sitting with them to continue the dialogue, to continue the negotiations to seek compromises," the Senator informed at a post-Cabinet press briefing held...

President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica, Edward Chin Mook, has noted that the association will be focussing on, amongst other things, increasing its membership. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Chin Mook also stated that the association will be focussing on matters such as access to capital for small businesses; the impact of the high cost of...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has urged employers to implement innovative and creative ways of addressing issues, which arise in the workplace, in an effort to ensure that the employees remain productive. Addressing the official launch of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), Employer of Choice Competition, under the theme '...Promoting Great Jamaican Workplaces', at the JEF's headquarters...

Jamaicans wishing to access the services of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), are invited to do so during the next six weeks in order to benefit from the cyclical summer lull and avoid the pre-Christmas rush. According to Chief Executive Officer of PICA, Jennifer McDonald, each year following the beginning of the new school term and the end...

Executive Director of the Jamaica 4H Clubs, Lenworth Fulton, has stated that school gardening can supplement academic subjects such as botany, zoology, agriculture, and mathematics, thereby reaching students who learn better through practical forms. Mr. Fulton was speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' today (Oct. 9), on the National School Gardening Programme, which will be officially launched at Jamaica College...

Today, you are honouring Mr. Charles Henderson-Davis, one of the pioneers of the manufacturing sector. It is a most fitting and deserved recognition. Charles Henderson-Davis is part of a generation of industrialists who, more than 40 years ago, with other greats like Robert Lightbourne, shared a vision that Jamaica could become a world-class manufacturing centre, that transforming Jamaica from a...

The Government is moving to strengthen the link between agriculture and forests, that is necessary for food security and rural development. This symbiotic relationship is often lost and needs to be strengthened, according to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The study found that decision makers often overlook the value of forestry in poverty reduction and its...