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Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) and the Development Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ) today (Nov. 24) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a US$20 million loan facility, which will facilitate investment in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The agreement, which was signed during a ceremony at the offices of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce in New...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Housing, Environment, Water and Local Government will be conducting audits on a number of other fire stations across the island, which have deteriorated over time.   “There are a number of them that are not in the best of shape.  We are aware that a number of them are in deplorable conditions. A few have...

The number of revenue agents serving the tax administration department has been boosted with the graduation of 44 agents from the Tax Audit and Revenue Administration (TARA) Post Graduate Diploma Programme. The ceremony was held on November 23, 2011 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The revenue agents, who successfully completed a 13-month course at the Management Institute...

KINGSTON — President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Milton Samuda, has underscored the importance of quality customer service in helping businesses gain and retain a loyal customer base. He was speaking at the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Jamaica Customer Service Association (JaCSA) held on Wednesday (November 23), at the Wyndham Kingston hotel. Mr. Samuda said that while...

Wigton Windfarm Limited (Wigton) has been awarded the Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ (JIE) Engineering Project of the Year Award for its 18 megawatts (MW) wind farm expansion project, Wigton Phase Two. The project, in which US$47.5 million was invested, involved among other things, the installation of nine (9) 2MW wind turbines, upgrading of an existing 69 kilovolt (kV) transmission line...

Cabinet has given approval for the maintenance of verges and medians in several resort areas of St James and St Ann. The projected cost is  JM $57.2 million which is part of the ‘Spruce Up Jamaica, Nice Up Yuself’ initiative to create an attractive environment in the resort areas.  Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator Arthur Williams told the November 23 post cabinet...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, has expressed concern about the lack of recognition of Tourism within the education system. “One of the things that worries me most, is the extent to which, for example, at the Tertiary level in this country, Tourism is being looked at in a negative light, and a lack of understanding of the revenue contribution...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) has launched its first major in-store project to give momentum to the promotion, distribution and consumption of domestic agricultural production. The pilot project was unveiled at one of the larger Corporate Area supermarkets and outlets for fresh fruits, vegetables and ground provisions, Michi Super Centre, Thursday (November 24), to increase the accessibility of...

KINGSTON — The Bill prohibiting open balloting, and removing limitations on the use of vehicles to convey voters to polling stations on election day was approved by the Senate on Thursday November 24, 2011. The Bill, which has been hustled through both Houses of Parliament this week to ensure implementation prior to a likely early General Election, was piloted in...

A Bill granting a three-month amnesty on unpaid or unadjudicated traffic tickets issued to motorists by the police up to September 20, 2010, was passed in the Senate on Thursday (November 24). Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, who piloted the Road Traffic (Temporary Ticket Amnesty) Act 2011, commented that the Bill would facilitate the collection of the backlog...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, is currently in London, attending the 27th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly, scheduled for November 21 - 30 at the IMO headquarters.  At the conference, Jamaica hopes to be re-elected to Category C of the IMO Council, through the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ). Category C of...

Today, as we commemorate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, let us renew our commitment to end all forms of violence against our women and girls, men and boys. This year’s theme “Unite to End Violence Against Women: Peace in the Home and in the Society” is particularly timely insofar as it reminds us that violence against...