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Director of Licensing and Registration and Acting Director of Enforcement at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, Maurice Thompson, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 11. He urged Jamaicans to report illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s toll-free line 311.
Director of Licensing and Registration and Acting Director of Enforcement at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, Maurice Thompson, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 11. He urged Jamaicans to report illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s toll-free line 311.

BGLC Urges Persons to Report Illegal Gambling through Crime Stop

By: Tomeica Gunn, October 12, 2016
The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is urging persons to report illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s toll-free line, 311. Illegal gambling, which is the acceptance of wagers without a...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gives the keynote address at the fifth annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on October 10. The two-day conference is being held by the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA), in collaboration with the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS) under the theme ‘Understanding Our Obligation… Safeguarding Our Future’.

Prime Minister Urges Financial Sector to Remove Profit from Criminal Activity

By: Denise Dennis, October 10, 2016
Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Audley Shaw, CD, MP

De-Risking a Worrying Threat to Sustainable Growth in the Caribbean

By: Ministry of finance & The Public Service , October 10, 2016

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State Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (2nd left), shakes the hand of Toyota Jamaica Limited’s Managing Director, Tom Connor, following the commissioning of a Toyota Corolla motor car which the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) purchased from the auto dealership. The commissioning took place at the JCA’s head office at Newport East in Kingston on September 30. The vehicle is one of five that the JCA purchased from local dealerships to boost its mobile fleet. Looking on (from left) are JCA Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of Customs, Major (Ret’d) Richard Reese; and Customs Officer, Ann-Marie Campbell Bell.
Finance & Public Service

JCA Gets New Vehicles

The mobile fleet of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has been increased, with the acquisition of five new motor vehicles purchased at a cost of just over $36.1 million. The...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, September 30, 2016
Chairman of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Clovis Metcalfe (left) and Chairman of Crime Stop, Major General Robert Neish, sign a partnership agreement between the BGLC and Crime Stop, on September 27, at the BGLC’s head office in Kingston. The agreement will allow members of the public to make anonymous reports about illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s ‘311’ toll-free number. Persons will get cash rewards of up to $25,000 if the information provided results in an arrest and charge.
Finance & Public Service

War On Illegal Gambling

The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has signed a partnership agreement with Crime Stop to tackle illegal gambling. The partnership, which will allow members of the public to make...
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By: Tomeica Gunn, September 28, 2016