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Jamaica to host PANCAP meetings
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) — The Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund Projects will meet in Jamaica today. The three-day gathering coincides with the 20th meeting of the executive board of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) taking place under the chairmanship of Jamaica's Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson. The executive board has responsibility for providing policy guidance…
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After Egypt: uneasy now lies the head that wears a (democratic) crown
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Egyptian military coup that removed the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi was justified as an act to save democracy and preserve law and order by preventing the country from sinking into further chaos and violence. The military claimed that it was prompted not only by social disorder but by the publicly expressed demands of the majority…
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Developing countries outperform rich nations in FDIs
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Value-added trade contributes nearly 30 per cent to developing countries' gross domestic product, on average, compared with 18 per cent in developed countries, according to the recently released World Investment Report 2013. The report also revealed that last year, for the first time ever, developing economies absorbed more foreign direct investment than developed countries. However, it said…
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Government defends integrity of local doping commission
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has defended the integrity of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) after five local athletes, including former world champion Asafa Powell and Olympic medallist Sherone Simpson, tested positive for a banned substance. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Simpson Miller said all five athletes have now been informed of the adverse test results,…
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Jamaica to launch rare earth elements extraction project soon
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will soon launch the multi-million dollar rare earth elements extraction pilot project, being spearheaded the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Japanese entity, Nippon Light Metals. Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM) Minister, Phillip Paulwell, whose ministry has portfolio oversight for the initiative, said that construction work on the J$300 million (One Jamaica dollar…
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EDITORIAL – Positive move by private sector on CARICOM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Perhaps we can now get down to a serious, coherent and fact-based analysis of Jamaica's trade relations with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its membership in the Community. Up to now, that debate has been characterised largely by emotive rants, aimed primarily at Trinidad and Tobago, in which private-sector leaders merely ran with the crowd. Now, they…
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EDITORIAL – Time for deep introspection
KINGSTON, Jamaica – That five more of our athletes – including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson – tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics. It has happened when we are still reeling from the shock of Veronica Campbell-Brown's positive test and the six-year ban of Dominique Blake for a second doping infraction. This, however, is…
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Government stands by athletes
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley said that Jamaica, through its Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) “has consistently had a rigorous programme for in and out of competition testing while providing public education for all who…
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Major private-sector bodies form CARICOM working group
KINGSTON, Jamaica – On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based Private Sector Working Group to examine CARICOM and other free trade agreements. The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) and the Private Sector Organisation…
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Clash over CARICOM – Let’s fix it!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation. However, it is sufficient time to make an assessment of its performance towards achieving its mission, vision and strategic goals. CARICOM, which was formed by former colonies in the British West Indies in their quest to promote regional integration, has come under serious scrutiny…
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