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Jamaica looking beyond region for trade opportunities
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will continue to promote technical and economic co-operation with developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as with traditional partners Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister A.J. Nicholson, said in relation to Africa Jamaica has recognised…
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Act Now On Energy – Private Sector Gives Gov’t Ultimatum To Online Policy, OUR Apologises To Paulwel
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – THREE OF the country's leading private-sector groups have given Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) 30 days to lay out a clear road map to secure massive reductions in electricity rates. The Government was banking on the introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to reduce the cost of electricity by up…
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‘UWI’s Intellectual Capital Running Out’ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130207/lead/lead93.html
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Long admired for world-class academics moulding young minds, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, could be depleted of such individuals in the next few years. Professor Hubert Devonish has estimated that some 300 academics are due to retire in the next five years, and replacements are hard to find because of comparatively low salaries.…
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JAMAICA-BUDGET-Government tables estimates for new budget
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller led administration has been forced to cut its spending this year by J$10 million (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) as it grapples with lower than projected revenue inflows. The cuts were outlined in the revision that the government has made to its spending plans for the current fiscal year, which ends…
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JAMAICA–MIGRATION-Coast Guard on the look out for more Haitians
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The Coast Guard of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has increased border patrols in the wake of reports that more Haitians could be heading towards Jamaica. The heightened concern, follows the arrival of a group of 25 Haitians in Portland on Tuesday. Deputy Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, (ODPEM) Richard Thompson…
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CARICOM Backs Patrick Robinson For ICJ Election
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – INTERNATIONAL JURIST Patrick Robinson is to be put forward by Jamaica for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The announcement was made on Tuesday by Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister A.J. Nicholson as he addressed diplomats during a Diplomatic Week forum in Kingston. The election to the ICJ takes place in November 2014.
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Jamaica Trails Panama In Logistics Hub Race
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Jamaica has been touting its plan to develop itself as the world's fourth logistics hub, but Panama is ahead of the game and will likely take that title. Jamaica is banking on Panama's signature project, the canal expansion due for completion in 2015, to realise its own hub dream which will take a decade to realise.…
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Rare earth dig much more than money — Paulwell
(Jamaica Observer) Phillip Paulwell is insisting that Jamaica’s foray into commercial production of rare earth metals is much more than dollars and cents. ‘Since we made the initial announcement to the Parliament and Jamaica, two weeks ago, most of the attention attracted both locally and internationally has focused on the dollars and cents and the economic opportunity, but the project…
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JAMAICA-ECONOMY-IMF team arrives for another round of talks
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived here on Monday for the latest rounds of negotiations with the Portia Simpson Miller administration. The mission follows extensive discussions by Jamaican officials with representatives from the Washington, D.C. based international lending agency as part of efforts to reach a staff level agreement regarding a Letter of…
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Soon dead? Experts dismiss belief sickle cell a death sentence
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – Employers discriminate against sickle cell patients, say experts SICKLE cell experts yesterday debunked as myth, a common belief that the illness is a death sentence, and appealed to Jamaicans to end stigmatisation and employment discrimination of people with the disease. Director of the Sickle Cell Unit Professor Marvin Reid, and officials of the Sickle Cell Support…
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