Jamaica
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JAMAICA-ENERGY-Cuba to provide expertise in local manufacture of solar panels
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica will partner with Cuba to facilitate the local manufacture and assembly of cost effective solar light panels. This undertaking forms part of the administration’s move towards incorporating renewable alternatives into the local energy mix in order to reduce the country’s huge energy bill. Energy Minister, Phillip Paulwell, who made the disclosure during the ceremonial switching on…
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CARICOM Free Movement Bill tabled
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Bill to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries has been tabled in the House of Representatives, by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Derrick Kellier. The Bill provides for the introduction of a single certificate system, and it…
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Jamaica Customs Head sees increased ganja trafficking to Guyana
(Jamaica Gleaner) Commissioner of Customs Major (retd) Richard Reese has expressed satisfaction with the combined efforts of the various law-enforcement agencies in patrolling the nation’s ports. Reese lauded the Jamaica Customs’ Contraband Enforcement Team (CET), Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division (TCND), Coast Guard and Marine Police for what he called “a team approach.” “We have weekly narcotics seizures at the…
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Visitor arrivals up by nine per cent
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Despite a 3.1 per cent decrease in visitor arrivals this past winter, Jamaica is already reporting a rebound of nine per cent in one of its most important source markets – Canada. This has been bolstered by an unprecedented growth of 10 per cent in the United Kingdom (UK) market over the past two months. “We…
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JAMAICA-TOURISM-Tourism Minister announces four major projects
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tourism Minister Dr. Wykeham McNeill says funds are place to implement the transformational development projects slated for the resort towns of Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril, as well as Port Royal in Kingston. At Wednesday's weekly Jamaica House press briefing, McNeil disclosed that agreements have been signed and a total of J$550 million (One Jamaica…
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After CARICOM’s encouraging consultations
KINGSTON, Jamaica – ONE OF the encouraging aspects of the just concluded 34th CARICOM Summit was the structured high-level consultations with special guests, among them heads of government and top officials of international and hemispheric organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS). Consultations with the presidents of Venezuela and the Dominican Republic as well as…
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JAMAICA-COURT-Court reserves judgment in case involving Caribbean Airlines
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Judicial Review Court has reserved judgement in an application seeking to quash an order of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) preventing an attorney from prosecuting her former employer, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL). The three-member Review Court heard the application from attorney Nerine Small who was prosecuting the airline for allegedly refusing to honour…
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CARIBBEAN – POLITICS- Jamaica wants SIDS to pay attention to categorisation of middle income countries
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says regional Small Island Developing States (SIDS) must place high on the agenda of next year’s SIDS conference, the issue of highly indebted countries being categorised as middle income countries. Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister Robert Pickersgill, said that the classification, while indicative of progress, has limited the ability of small island states…
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If Caricom is not to miss the boat… again
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – IT is hardly necessary to say it, but for emphasis, the economic recovery of the Caribbean Community must be a priority among the myriad problems and issues on the agenda of the Caricom Heads of Government meeting taking place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The national economies of Caricom as a whole have exhibited…
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JAMAICA-ACCIDENT-American national among two killed in vehicular accident
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – American Courtney Tatar was among two people killed in a vehicular accident along the Bustamante Highway in Mineral Heights, Clarendon on Monday, police said. They said the 35 year-old from North Carolina and 36 year-old Christopher Burke of Clarendon died when the vehicle crashed into a truck. Both men were taken to the hospital where they…
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