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CJ Politics

Audley Shaw Announces Bid For Leadership of Jamaica Labour Party

Above: Audley Shaw By the Caribbean Journal staff Following months of speculation, Jamaican Opposition MP Audley Shaw announced Sunday that he would be challenging Andrew Holness for the leadership of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party. Shaw made the announcement in […]

CJ Politics

Jamaica Tries to Reassure Public on International Monetary Fund Agreement

While the last completed review with the IMF on Jamaica’s economy as September 2010, Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw said the December 2010 and March 2011 assessments had not yet been reviewed by the IMF. “We have neither passed nor […]

In Jamaica, a New Tack on Tax

Above: Finance Minister Audley Shaw (JIS Photo) Jamaica is looking to instill a culture of tax compliance in the country, in response to what Finance Minister Audley Shaw called an “unacceptably low” level of tax payments. “There are people who […]

Markets

New IMF Regional Head to Visit Jamaica

Luis Breuer, the new Caribbean Regional Director of the International Monetary Fund, is due to visit Jamica on Wednesday to discuss outstanding issues considered by the IMF’s board for its quarterly reviews. This will be Breuer’s first visit to Jamaica […]

Markets

Air Jamaica, Caribbean Airlines Merge

Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines have formally merged, with the Jamaican and Trinidadian airlines agreeing to create a “larger product which will build capacity and critical mass,” according to Audley Shaw, Jamaica’s Minister of Finance. “It will also allow for […]