Jamaica
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No jobs for grads – Experts predict almost 20,000 youths leaving school won’t find employment
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Nearly half of the more than 40,000 young people who graduate high schools and universities this year may not find employment in the private sector, two stakeholder groups have predicted. The forecast by the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) comes as the economy continues its decline for a sixth…
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JAMAICA-HEALTH-Jamaica seeking to reduce cost of cancer treatment http://cananewsonline.com/news/ful
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is moving to reduce the cost of cancer treatment on the island and that talks are at an advanced stage with a Canadian hospital for the acquisition of equipment for the public health sector. Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson said that during a recent visit to Canada, he was able to…
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CMI boss bats for trans-shipment port, logistics hub
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- EXECUTIVE Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) Dr Fritz Pinnock has plans to establish a trans-shipment port and logistics hub in Jamaica as the best business opportunities the country has ever seen. He, however, urged the Government to devise a sustainable plan that would ensure that Jamaicans are trained to take on the specialised jobs the…
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JAMAICA-ECONOMY-Serious implications for Jamaica if US attacks Syria, says UWI Professor
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Brian Meeks, has warned that if the United States takes military action against Syria, Jamaica’s fragile economy could be in serious trouble. On the weekend, Professor Meeks said a more dangerous Middle East is a more dangerous world and inevitably this…
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JAMAICA-POLITICS-Governor General to receive second knighthood
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Governor General Sir Patrick Allen will be knighted for a second time in a ceremony at his official residence on Monday. Sir Patrick who received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George from Queen Elizabeth II in 2009, will be invested as Knight of Grace in the Venerable Order of…
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‘Jamaica out of recession’
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) estimates that Jamaica has exited the recession. The State agency is projecting economic growth in the range of 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent for the current quarter, which ends September 30. “There is an expected return to positive performance for most industries reflecting a resurgence in output following…
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Police move to protect Chinese nationals in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE Police High Command on Sunday met with officials of the Chinese Embassy, Chinese businessmen and members of their civic groups to discuss the frequent attacks on Chinese nationals in Jamaica, and steps being taken by the police to deal with the matter. The High Command, in updating the Chinese community on the risk assessment done…
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World Bank Caribbean director in Jamaica for meetings
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – NEW World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean Sophie Sirtaine arrived in Jamaica yesterday to hold a series of meeting with government officials, private sector representatives, as well as social partners. She is scheduled to leave the island today. Sirtaine, who took up the position just three weeks ago, was scheduled to meet with Finance Minister…
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Will Syria be Barack Obama’s first war?
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – AS a president who has strenuously campaigned against war, Mr Barack Obama must be praying, like Jesus Christ, to let this Syrian cup pass from him. In a sense, one can reasonably say that the bloody Syrian conflict, which has claimed an estimated 100,000 casualties since 2011, was bound to reach this crossroad. Last week's killing…
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Jamaica treading through its difficulties
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Since Michael Manley succumbed in the second half of the 1970s, after his experiments in economic and foreign policy radicalism, to the IMF’s insistence that he accept one of their more severe programmes for the recuperation of a depressed Jamaican economy, the country has gone through a number of attempts at trying and retrying those…
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