Jamaica
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EDITORIAL – Incompetence with energy
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) must quickly decide whether it is up to the job it is mandated to perform. If it is not, it must move over and let someone else get on with it. We especially refer to the agency's ability to determine Jamaica's future energy needs, the fuel mix that will meet those…
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Carbon travel tax – who benefits?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two United Nations specialist agencies, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), may this year separately agree a basis on which all carriers by sea and air will limit their carbon emissions. Aviation is reported to be contributing around two per cent of global carbon emissions, and maritime transport more than three…
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Government clamping down on people using the Internet to molest children
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon table legislation to protect children from people who use the Internet to molest them. “We are going to put in some laws, because there are older people who prey on children online. We are going to make it a criminal offence, and we are going to put you in…
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Government to make changes to smoking ban
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson is expected to outline changes to the no-smoking regulations when Parliament meets on Tuesday following an executive council meeting of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) where government senator KD Knight was booed for his position on the smoking ban. PNP general secretary, Peter Bunting, told reporters at the end of…
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Reparations for slavery? Wishing and hoping…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE news that 14 countries making up CARICOM are about to launch a formal, concerted effort to lay out claims of reparations for slavery from Britain, France and the Netherlands immediately suggested to me that many of the leaders in our neck of the woods are either too taken up with pining for a lost love, or…
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Finance Minister confident of economic growth
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it is confident the island will start to see economic growth as it implements the multi-million Economic Reform Programme (ERP) with assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips is urging citizens to support the ERP, which aims to reduce the country’s debt, and set a platform for growth. He…
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Green light given to new credit legislation
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is to introduce legislation to facilitate increased access to credit, and enhance the business environment as part of its compliance with the deadline set out in the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Information Minister Sandrea Falconer said the Security Interest in Personal Property Act (2013) is designed to implement a legal…
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Media group condemns action of attorney
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Thursday said it was concerned that an attorney representing two Olympic medalists had seized recordings of an interview conducted by local journalists. “Except for threat to life or a court order they should, under no other circumstances, hand over notes or recordings to parties outside of their professional supervision” PAJ…
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Offer more incentives for renewable energy – CaPRI
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The regional think tank, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), is urging Caribbean governments to diversify the incentives being offered in the renewable energy market. Presenting an update on its renewable-energy research that it expects will influence policies and inform potential investors on the way forward in the sector, CaPRI's renewable energy programme manager, Dr Suzanne Shaw, said…
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