Jamaica
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Post-IMF ‘hard work’ and challenges
KINGSTON, Jamaica – When Dr Peter Phillips announced the approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal as he wrapped up the annual Budget Debate last week, many in the House and across the nation were happy – the ecstasy had waned by then. Dr Phillips, who earned respect by the way he handled the negotiating process, must be congratulated…
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PM opts out of regional airline talks
KINGSTOWN—The shareholder governments of regional airline, LIAT, will meet in Barbados today, but a planned meeting in Bridgetown with T&T’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will not materialise, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has said. He told a news conference his T&T counterpart was unable to attend the meeting because Parliament would be meeting on the same day. Gonsalves, who…
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State visits amplify Obama focus on Latin America, Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Keeping a keen eye south of the border, the Obama administration is intensifying its engagement with Latin America, hosting leaders from a pair of presidents at the White House and sending Vice President Joe Biden to visit two others. Peru’s President Ollanta Humala and Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera will travel to Washington in June to meet with…
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Transfer sentiments about Air Jamaica to Fly Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – TRINIDAD-BASED Caribbean Airlines (CAL) assumed responsibility for Air Jamaica flights as well as the right to use the Air Jamaica brand name in 2010. But it is clear that Jamaicans still have lingering sentiments about Air Jamaica, which have not been transferred to the new majority owners. There is also resentment over the recent decision by CAL…
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Reparations debate needs to be settled
KINGSTON, Jamaica – SIR Hilary Beckles' recently published book, Britain's Black Debt, has returned to the spotlight the burning issue of reparations. Launched last Thursday at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, the book definitively establishes that there is a case to be answered by providing detailed historical evidence of slavery. The issue has been one…
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Gov’t to discuss Air J fallout with CAL team
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A high-level team from Trinidad and Tobago is to arrive in the island in a few weeks to hammer out an arrangement with the Jamaican Government over recent actions relating to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), including the carrier's plan to drastically reduce flights to Jamaica. “I have agreed with Minister Bharath, who has responsibility for CAL in the…
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Jamaica, T&T and Barbados placed on Intellectual Property Watch List
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA is among 30 trading partners of the United States of America placed on a 2013 Intellectual Property Watch List, described as “meriting bilateral attention to address underlying Intellectual Property Rights problems”. It joins Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Paraguay,…
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Complaining has no place in Caribbean tourism’s future – Stewart
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOUNDER and Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart says Caribbean governments can derive even more revenue if they would take a more strategic approach to their tourism products rather than front-load tax demands. Addressing Republic Bank's investor briefing conference in Grenada at the end of last month entitled, “Fast Forward Together — Reigning Growth,” Stewart…
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Jamaica to establish database of overseas professionals
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller government says it will establish a comprehensive database of Jamaican professionals and investors abroad. “We will be embarking on a mapping of this later on in the year with the assistance from the International Organization on Migration,” said junior Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Arnaldo Brown. He said the database would…
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PetroCaribe deal will continue
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican and Venezuelan governments are to work out a new payment deal under PetroCaribe, which could see Jamaican cement being sold in that market under a special arrangement. The Energy Minister, Phillip Pauwell says, the Venezuelan government gave its assurance the deal will continue during a PetroCaribe summit on the weekend. Paulwell says the Jamaican Government…
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