Jamaica
Jamaica, IDB to Host Investment Forum
February 22, 2012 | 11:54 am | 0 Comment
Above: the Montego Bay Convention Centre (Photo: J By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank and Jamaica will host the Jamaica Investment Forum in Montego Bay March 1 and 2. The forum, which will be conducted in partnership with the Compete Caribbean Programme, will focus on projects in Jamaica's ICT, manufacturing and tourism sectors. more...
Jamaica Looks to Dismantle Gangs
February 22, 2012 | 12:16 am | 0 Comment
Above: Jamaican National Security Minister Peter Bunting (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Given the country's ongoing problem with gang violence, Jamaican National Security Minister Peter Bunting wants to shift its traditional security strategy. Historically, tackling gangs has been done by confronting members and removing them from communities — but more...
Japan Looking to Invest in Jamaica
February 21, 2012 | 12:50 pm | 0 Comment
Above: the Shiodome City Centre in Tokyo, where Fujitsu is headquartered By the Caribbean Journal staff Japanese investors are showing "significant interest" in investing in Jamaica, according to Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Hiroshi Yamaguchi. "Probably for the first time in our nearly 50-year bilateral history, executives from big giants like Marubeni, more...
Jamaica Gets $15.1 Million IDB Loan for Agricultural Competitiveness
February 20, 2012 | 3:14 pm | 0 Comment
The Inter-American Development Bank has given the Jamaican government a $15.1 million loan to boost the country's Agricultural Competitiveness Programme. The announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, who said the plan would be implemented over a five-year period. "The overall project is aimed at promoting market access by small and medium-sized more...
Jamaican Prime Minister Hopeful on New International Monetary Fund Agreement
February 19, 2012 | 2:41 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Jamaican PM Portia Simpson Miller (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said the new International Monetary Agreement that is soon to be negotiated will provide confidence to the business community. According to Simpson Miller, who was giving a speech to a Jamaican business group, the new deal will also more...
Conditions “Back to Normal” after Jamaican Landfill Fire, Government Says
February 17, 2012 | 8:15 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Local Government Minister Noel Arscott and Information Minister Sandrea Falconer at a press briefing (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Conditions at Kingston's Riverton Landfill are now "back to normal" after a fire sent fumes spreading across the capital, the government said today. "Conditions at the dump are back to pre-Feb. 6, 2012 more...
Jamaica Begins Talks on Severing Ties with British Monarchy
February 16, 2012 | 1:10 am | 0 Comment
Above: Buckingham Palace By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has begun talks concerning the country's transition into a republic, according to Information Minister Sandrea Falconer. The Justice Ministry and the Attorney General's department are leading the talks, spearheaded by a Ministerial Committee, which will make recommendations to cabinet before talks more...
Jamaica Says Significant Progress Made in Controlling Landfill Fire
February 15, 2012 | 5:40 pm | 0 Comment
Above: ODPEM Director General Ronald Jackson and Col. Allan Douglas, Director of Operations at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management said conditions at the ongoing fire at Riverton Landfill are "significantly improved and continuing to get more...
Jamaican Government “Committed” to Liquefied Natural Gas Project
February 15, 2012 | 12:25 am | 0 Comment
Above: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica will make every effort to complete the country's Liquefied Natural Gas project by 2014, according to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell. Under the plan, LNG would be supplied to the government, which would undertake construction of an LNG Floating Storage and Re-gasification Terminal. more...
Op-Ed: Saving Jamaica’s Youth
February 14, 2012 | 2:06 pm | 0 Comment
By Kent Gammon Op-Ed Contributor There is far too much of a large proportion of youth in Jamaica that is being reared destructively. At midday on any day of the working week one only need to go to Portia Simpson Miller Square (there are other public thoroughfares I could list of course, such as in front of the Canadian Embassy on Waterloo Road, but the public more...
