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Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese.

JCA Clamps Down On Illicit Merchandise

Importers and distributors are being cautioned against marketing counterfeit products by the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), as it moves to clamp down on Intellectual Property rights infringements. In recent months, the agency has ramped up its activities in seizing illicit...

Commissioner of Customs, Major (ret’d) Richard Reese (right) fields questions from journalists during a media briefing on Thursday, September 19, at the Jamaica Custom Agency’s (JCA) headquarters in Kingston. Also pictured is the agency’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Dania Beckford. The briefing was held to update the media on the JCA’s work in clamping down on recent Intellectual Property rights infringements.

Customs Issues Warning About Fake Pills

Programme Director for Vision 2030 Jamaica, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Richard Lumsden, spoke with JIS News about implementation of the country’s long-term National Development Plan.

Secretariat Reports Steady Progress in Implementation of Vision 2030

Deputy Financial Secretary in charge of the Strategic Human Resource Management Division (SHRMD), Ministry of Finance and Planning, Wayne Jones (standing), greets public sector human resource officers attending Tuesday’s (Sept. 17) workforce adjustment and human resource process standardisation conference at the Institute of Jamaica (IoJ), downtown Kingston. The event was organised by the Ministry.

Public Sector HR Officers Updated on Practices and Policies

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (at podium), emphasizes a point while addressing Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured is: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated).

Gov’t Must Balance Development With Environmental Protection – Dr. Phillips

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12 years ago Finance & Public Service

CAC and Bankers in Discussion on Code of Conduct

Discussions are ongoing between the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) and representatives of the local banking sector on a proposed code of conduct to govern their operations. The CAC is pursuing the code’s implementation against the background of growing public concern about the extent of fees which banks currently charge customers/clients for services provided. Chairperson of the CAC, Lorna Green, says...

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Receives 7 Million Euros in Budgetary Support from EU

The Government has received €7 million in budgetary support from the European Union (EU), which will assist in the implementation of various development programmes. The provision is being facilitated through a grant agreement, which Government and EU officials signed on Tuesday, September 17, during a ceremony at the Ministry of Finance and Planning in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon....

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Sagicor CEO Lauds Economic Reform Programme

Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard Byles, is voicing support for Jamaica’s economic reform programme (ERP) currently being implemented by the government. The programme, he says, will ensure that targeted structural reforms, stipulated under the US$932.3 million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which the government negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are implemented. Speaking recently...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (at podium), delivering the keynote address at Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated); and Co-Chairmen, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Private Sector Input Key in Economic Reform Programme

Significant private sector inputs are pivotal to ensuring that Jamaica’s economic reform programme (ERP) and growth strategy are successfully implemented and advanced. This was the view advanced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller and Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, during the first of two major ERP stakeholders’ conferences held on September 12, at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (at podium), delivering the keynote address at Thursday’s (Sept. 12), Economic Reform Programme (ERP) stakeholders conference, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: “Jamaica’s Economic Programme – Going for Growth, Staying the Course, Transforming the Economy”. Also pictured are: Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (left, seated); and Co-Chairmen, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (2nd right); and Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter .

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Holds First Conference on Economic Reform Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon Portia Simpson Miller, is re-affirming the government’s commitment to implementing the country’s Economic Reform Programme (ERP), within the context of the US$932.3 million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking during the first of two major ERP stakeholders’ conferences, hosted by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, at the...

Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health, Takese Foga, provides information on activities for Caribbean Wellness Day 2013, at the media launch held on Friday (September 6), at Rooms on the Beach Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Venture Capital Fund Next Fiscal Year

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is to launch a venture capital fund within the first half of the next fiscal year, which begins April 1, 2014. This initiative forms part of the Jamaica Venture Capital Programme (JVCP), which is being implemented over three years in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The JVCP is a Government of Jamaica...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips (2nd right), has the attention of (from left) Chairman, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), Peter Thomas; Governor, Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Brian Wynter; and Chief Executive Officer, JDIC, Antoinette McKain. Occasion was the opening ceremony for the JDIC’s Financial Markets Symposium and Fair on Thursday, August 29, at the BoJ auditorium, downtown Kingston.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Economic Sacrifices Starting to Pay Off – Minister Phillips

Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, says the many economic sacrifices which the country has had to make over the past few months are beginning to yield positive results. “Already, there are hopeful signs on the economic horizon that I think it would do us well to pay attention to,” the Minister told business stakeholders on Thursday,...