Jamaica
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FATCA looms: Auditors need to place it on their radar
KINGSTON, Jamaica – During an enlightening presentation to internal auditors at a recent meeting of the Institute of Internal Auditors (Jamaica chapter) by Mr George Roper, Scotiabank's, vice-president for compliance, the cold, hard facts of FATCA were expounded. FATCA is the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, a new United States (US) law aimed at foreign financial institutions (FFIs) and other…
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Randle to get honorary doctorate from UWI
KINGSTON, Jamaica – BUSINESSMAN AND publisher Ian Randle is to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI). He is to be conferred at the annual graduation exercise on the St Augustine campus of the university in Trinidad and Tobago in October of this year. A pioneer in the field of Caribbean publishing, Randle founded the…
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EDITORIAL – Mr Obama should be careful in Syria
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Barack Obama, the American president, is a history buff who likes to bone up on the policies and strategies of his predecessors. As he moves to concretise his decision to provide arms to Syrian rebels, Mr Obama should probably reflect on a country called Afghanistan, where he is now attempting to end a war involving the United…
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JLP wants named of former opposition legislator cleared
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it still wants the name and reputation of its former parliamentarian, Joseph Hibbert, cleared even though he died of a massive heart attack over the weekend. Hibbert, 65, an engineer, died at hospital. In 2009 he resigned as junior transport and works minister, less than a week after the British…
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FATCA: Will it harm our economy?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It now seems that our money is going to be controlled once more by external governments and their regulations. There will be instituted in our banking regulations a requirement for some additional information on clients' funds, and their source of funds, especially if they happen to be citizens of the USA, or simply green card holders. This…
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Ja benefits from Carib Basin Act, Vasciannie tells US Int’l Trade Commission
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA has benefited significantly from the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), and more generally from the Caribbean Basin Initiative, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States Stephen Vasciannie told a public hearing of the United States International Trade Commission in Washington, DC last Thursday. Ambassador Vasciannie's presentation is designed to assist the commission compile its 21st report…
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Sugar losing grip on Europe
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is quite possible that in less than a decade from now, raw Caribbean sugar will cease to enter the European market. If as seems likely this happens, it will bring to an end not just the preferential arrangements that Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar producers have enjoyed since 1975, but also a trade that for…
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No need for a trade war between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The state of the Jamaican economy and the increasing hostility to trade with Trinidad and Tobago by Jamaican manufacturers are matters that should concern all of the other 13 member countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). It may be that in some form of quiet diplomacy unknown to the publics of the 15-nation CARICOM,…
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Yes to trade and aid: What of rule of law?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) governments often reveal surprising reluctance to publicly respond to challenges relating to violations of fundamental human rights and the rule of law when, generally, the United States of America is involved. This attitude was quite in evidence prior to and during meetings with US Vice-President Joseph Biden last month in Port of Spain, where…
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