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Carnival Just Made Its First Post-Melissa Cruise Call to Jamaica

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Carnival Cruise Line made its first official call to Ocho Rios on Wednesday as Carnival Sunrise arrived in port, marking the resumption of cruise visits to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. Local officials and community partners greeted the ship as operations continued to stabilize across the north coast — with cruise guests officially returning to the […]

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Jamaica, Macau Sign Tax Agreement

Above: Macau Tower By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and Macau have signed an agreement on the exchange of information on tax matters, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips said Friday. The pact will strengthen administrative cooperation between the two countries, he said, along with enhancing the ability of both countries to monitor taxpayers and “ensure […]

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Jamaica Reports Tax Revenue Increase

Above: Jamaican Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica saw an 11 percent increase in tax revenues in June compared to the same period in 2011, according to Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips. The Minister made the announcement during a speech to the House of Representatives this week. Jamaica has been […]

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Jamaica Signs $198 Million Loan Agreements with IDB

Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has signed loan agreements for a total of $198 million with the Inter-American Development Bank aimed at providing funding for fiscal reform and water projects. The loans include $133 million for the Kingston Metropolitan Area Water Supply Improvement Programme and $65 million […]

Jamaica Reports Tax Revenue Increase

 Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Cabinet has approved amendments to six pieces of legislation that would facilitate the use of a single form to file annual tax returns. The amendments would be made to a series of acts, led by the Income Tax Act, according to Information […]

Holness Names New Jamaican Cabinet

 Above: Jamaica’s new cabinet (not pictured: Arthur Williams, Horace Chang) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has named his new cabinet, preserving much of his predecessor’s group but making some changes of his own. The full list is below: Foreign: Dr Kenneth Baugh Finance: Audley Shaw Tourism: Edmund Bartlett National Security: […]

Jamaica, IDB Talk Benchmarks

 Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank have discussed structural benchmarks identified by the country’s government to strengthen the economy and increase competitiveness. These areas include tax, pension and public sector wage reforms, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw, who said it was his government’s prerogative to ensure a […]

Holness Calls for End to Garrisons

 Above Jamaican PM Andrew Holness (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff New Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he will engage Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in dialogue aimed at dismantling Jamaica’s garrison communities from the political landscape. Holness, who, at 39, is Jamaica’s youngest-ever leader and its first born after independence, called for […]

Jamaica Takes Closer Look at Casinos

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Several would-be hotel investors in Jamaica are interested in adding casinos to their properties, but it is a process that Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett said would require strict adherence to existing criteria. “All that have come to us already fulfill that criteria,” he said. “One that has come to us, […]

Marcia Forbes: Jamaica after Golding

 By Marcia Forbes A Fractious Party The ruling Jamaica Labour Party is a political party that has experienced a fair share of internecine conflict driven by various factions and what some describe as “unbridled self-interests.” The 1999 “Gang of Five” leadership battle, the 2004 ousting of then leader, Edward Seaga, by the “Young Turks” and […]

Bloomberg Hosts Jamaica Trade Forum

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaican political and business leaders recently took center stage at a trade and investment forum at Bloomberg’s international headquarters in New York City, in an event coordinated by Dr Geneive Brown Metzger, Jamaica’s Consul General to New York. Minister of Finance Audley Shaw and Industry Minister Dr Christopher Tufton discussed […]

In Jamaica, an Energetic Tax Debate

 Above: from left, Dr Peter Phillips and Minister Audley Shaw By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s cabinet decision to re-introduce a Special Consumption Tax on energy drinks in the country has led to a political row. The tax had reportedly been withdrawn by Minister of Finance Audley Shaw in the spring. Its re-introduction was announced […]