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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, met Thursday (October 8) with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, in Madrid, where he encouraged increased IDB support to Jamaica, particularly in the areas of agriculture and energy, in addition to policy based loans. His call came in the context of the 98th Meeting of the...

Scrap metal dealers have been given one month to co-operate with the Government in uncovering the source of illegal activities, which have re-surfaced in the industry. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, made the announcement at a press conference at his New Kingston office earlier this week following a meeting with the dealers. He said that certain...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has defended Government's decision to increase both the departure and telephone taxes, noting that the call to roll them back is a normal response from the public. The departure tax was increased from $1,000 to $1,800 while there has been an increase from 20%- 25% on telephone cards, telephone calls and instruments. Mr. Golding...

Jamaica has no need to worry about a threat to its ethanol exports to the United States (US) as the country's regulatory regime for imported ethanol is not likely to change in the near future. US trade representative, Ambassador Ronald Kirk, gave this assurance when he met with Jamaica's Ambassador to the US, His Excellency Anthony Johnson at the Embassy...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has boosted its ability to serve more customers, yesterday (Oct.1) commissioning into service 10 additional megawatts of generating capacity at the Bogue Power Station in Montego Bay. The project, undertaken at a cost of US$8.5 million forms part of JPS' generation expansion programme. With the additional capacity, Bogue is now the largest power generating point...

The lives of students from six schools for the deaf have been made easier by the provision of computers and audio-visual equipment, through funding from the Government's Universal Access Fund Company Limited. The equipment, valued at $6 million, which will make communications much easier at the institutions, was presented on Wednesday (September 30) at the Danny Williams School for the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, will receive the National Energy Policy before the end of the week. This was announced by Minister of Mining and Energy, Hon. James Robertson, at a Town Hall meeting in Clarendon, on September 23. "The energy policy is ready and will be in front of Cabinet and Parliament. I speak to the Mineral policy...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has informed that as at the end of August, a total of $4.8 billion has been collected from the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on fuel. Mr. Shaw was responding to a question posed by Opposition Spokesman on Transport and Works, Robert Pickersgill, at last Wednesday's (Sept. 16) sitting of the...

Nineteen senior citizens have graduated from a computer introduction course, which was offered by the Manchester Parish Library. The ceremony was held on September 15, at the Mandeville Parish Church Hall, in Manchester, where the seniors were presented with Certificates of Participation. Regional Director of the Clarendon and Manchester Library network, Mrs. Lorraine McLean, said she was delighted to see...

The Petrojam refinery, in Montego Freeport, St. James, is preparing to roll out the E-10 gasoline on November 1, to ensure islandwide coverage, approximately one year after its launch in Jamaica. To get a first hand view of the preparations, Minister of Energy and Mining, Hon. James Robertson, toured the refinery, today (September 18). "I am here at the Montego...

Does, "Talk it out, don't fight it out," sound familiar? Well, this is basically the tag-line that some residents in the Corporate Area's inner-cities have started to live by, and they have been reporting high levels of success in reducing violence. President of the March Pen Road Community Council in St. Catherine, Ivan Barnes, says that due to the presence...

The Ministry of Energy and Mining is to make a presentation to Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, on September 24, following which there should be a direction on the way forward for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), as the country seeks cheaper and varying energy sources. Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry's Trafalgar Road offices in Kingston, today...