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It is with pleasure that I address the Press Association of Jamaica and more specifically its latest inductees. You are practitioners in an industry which is one of the critical pillars of our relatively fledgling democracy. I note with satisfaction that in the sixty five years that this organization has existed, the hallmark of its mission has been to encourage...

The Portland branch of the Jamaica Business Information Centre (JBIC) was launched at a function at the Royal Mall, Port Antonio, last Thursday. The centre is the tenth such facility to be established across the country by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), under its JBIC project. It has been set up in an effort to improve the competitiveness of...

Jamaican author, Lorna Goodison's new book, 'From Harvey River', had its official United Kingdom (UK) launch, at the Jamaican High Commission in London, last week. The book is a memoir of Ms. Goodson's mother, Doris. It tells of her life in Harvey River in Hanover, where she was born and grew as one of the 'Fabulous Harvey Girls'. The narrative...

The long awaited Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of financial institutions in Jamaica in the 1990s, is now set to get underway, with the roll-out of the Secretariat to the Commission on Tuesday May 26, in preparation for formal sittings in July. The Governor General, under the Commissions of Enquiry Act, recently authorised the establishment of the Commission of...

The necessary obligations of business people to file tax returns, submit GCT payments and apply for licences has become a little easier because of major achievements of the Information and Communications Technology Project. Under a loan agreement between the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in 2003 to improve Jamaica's readiness for the network world in the public and...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will be staging a 'Special JIS Media Forum' Thursday (May 7) at the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), on South in Odeon Avenue, Half Way Tree, St. Andrew. The forum will focus on critical areas and issues coming out of the just concluded Budget Debate, with a panel consisting of senior Ministers of Government...

Jamaica's laws on Intellectual Property have, for the first time, been compiled into one book, 'Jamaica: Intellectual Property', by Attorney-at- Law and Founding Partner of the law firm, Foga Daley, Dianne Daley. The book was published by Kluwer Law International, as part of its loose leaf publication of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws in Supplement 47 (September 2008). The International...

Government is not imposing General Consumption Taxes (GCT) on electricity or water. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, has said that at no time was any reference made to imposing GCT on these utilities. In his budget presentation to the House yesterday and at a further press briefing this morning, Finance Minister Audley Shaw stated...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, Friday (April 3), called on countries of the European Community to re-examine current visa regimes, in order to give Jamaican creative personnel easier access to European markets. Speaking on the second of a two-day International Conference on 'Creativity and Culture', in Brussels, Belgium, the Minister said that while the recently-signed Economic...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has lauded the determination and commitment of the Sunday Herald, which has kept the newspaper going for over a decade. In a message delivered by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Faith Innerarity, at the Herald's re-launch and Advertisers Awards Ceremony 2008, on Monday (March 30) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Miss...

The Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), is reminding property owners that Property Tax payments for 2009/2010 are due on Wednesday, April 1. Payments may be made at any of the 29 tax offices across the island; online at www.jamaicatax.gov.jm or via the electronic drop boxes installed at major tax offices for cheque payments only. Director of Public Relations at the...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis, has urged business owners to do research on existing marketing trends, the condition and status of markets and improve efficiencies in the operation of the businesses. "It comes down to two things: you have to have a firm handle on what the market is saying to be able to...