Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says that the regulatory measures implemented by the Government coming out of the financial crisis of the 1990s, have resulted in “phenomenal growth in size and assets” of the securities sector in Jamaica. “As at December 2002 … there were 26 securities firms with funds under management amounting to $148...

Executive Director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Janice Holness, says that the impact of globalization on emerging economies has dictated the need to develop efficient regulatory regimes that can provide vital investor protections. She said that these regulatory regimes should seek to ensure that investors’ interests are promoted through the provision of high quality, reliable, sustainable and sensible regulation....

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has renewed his appeal for more Jamaicans to harvest rainwater for domestic use. The Minister, who was addressing the official handing over of the Pleasant Valley Water Catchment Facility in Clarendon on November 6, said that rainwater harvesting is especially important for areas that experience irregular supply from the...

Children’s Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, is recommending the implementation of “individualised preventative programmes” to address the issue of children, who live/work on the streets. These interventions are intended to be parish specific, as according to Mrs. Gordon Harrison, “the problem as it appears in Kingston is not as it appears in Ocho Rios or St. James.” She was speaking on...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, has lauded the Ardenne High School for its exemplary level of academic excellence, which he asserts, should be replicated in other high schools across Jamaica. “Sometimes in Jamaican culture, we find reasons to decry excellence. We must never do that. Excellence must become infectious. Ardenne’s good example, all aspects of it, must become...

The New Jersey-based Help Jamaica Medical Mission (JaMM) will be staging its annual black tie event this Saturday, November 9, aimed at raising funds for its yearly medical mission to Jamaica next September. Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Herman Lamont, will deliver the keynote address at the event, which is slated for the Rich Field Regency in Verona, New...

The leadership of the Lauriston/Thompson Pen 4-H Club is receiving kudos for the organisation’s outstanding performance in the Jamaica 4-H family of clubs, and the impact it has been having on the St. Catherine community where it is located. “The performance of the club has been excellent. It has been a lot of hard work and sleepless nights,” says founder,...