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Government’s contribution can't prepare students for tomorrow – Davis Whyte

Published:Monday | August 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Helene Davis Whyte, the president of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), says the Government's contribution towards school fees is a mere "drop in the bucket and is insufficient to prepare our students for tomorrow's...

Scores of investors, operators attend BPO sensitising workshop

Published:Friday | August 18, 2017 | 7:44 PMMark Titus

Scores of potential investors and small operators turned out for the business process outsourcing (BPO) SME Executive Exchange workshop held at the J. Wray...

UDC hits back in Aqua Sol row

Published:Monday | August 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Dr Damian Graham, the general manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), says attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado was not accurate in her media statement about the impasse between her client, Carlyle Allen, the embattled...

Strategic system of governance needed, says PSOJ CEO

Published:Wednesday | August 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:With a raft of new developments in the services industry, some senior government members are of the view that the project 'five percent in four years' target, which was set by the Economic Growth Council (EGC...

UDC stopped in its tracks - Court puts temporary block on takeover of Aquasol Beach Park

Published:Saturday | August 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

The Supreme Court has put the brakes on the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), which had moved to take back control of the Aquasol Beach Park in Montego Bay, St James, which the state entity leased to the private operator Reggae Adventure/AquaSol....

Crime hurting MoBay’s investment, says Mayor Davis

Published:Friday | July 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Despite the millions of dollars in investment which has been flowing into Montego Bay, Mayor, Homer Davis says crime remains a worrying concern and is hoping that the newly enacted zones of special operations initiative will provide...

Samuda sees win-win in the Long Pond standoff

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Karl Samuda says it could be in the best interest of the sugar sector and the cane farmers in Trelawny if the proposed Arrakis Everglades Jamaica (AEJ) cogeneration facility, which is slated to be...

Government saves $100 m from energy conservation

Published:Friday | August 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Science, Energy and Technology Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley says the Government's initiative to reduce energy consumption in ministries, departments and agencies has been an overwhelming success to date."As you might recall, the first...

Monymusk factory facing uncertain future

Published:Monday | July 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Karl Samuda said his industry, commerce, agriculture and fisheries ministry is yet to get an undertaking from Chinese firm COMPLANT, the parent company of the Pan Caribbean Sugar Company, if they will be willing to offset the cost of...

New TPDCo boss targets Hip Strip revival

Published:Sunday | July 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Ian Dear, the newly installed chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has identified the revitalisation of the Montego Bay 'Hip Strip' as the number-one priority during his tenure as head of the state agency.To...

Appleton Rum Tour appeals for government support

Published:Thursday | July 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:J. Wray and Nephew Limited is appealing to the Government to support its $1-billion makeover of the world-famous Appleton Rum Tour by re-establishing the old rail service and putting in a proper road from Montego Bay, St James, to its...

Islandwide series to strengthen BPO-SME sector

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Come next month, the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) will be embarking on an islandwide series aimed at sensitising small and medium enterprises that are offering outsourcing services to improve the quality of...

Don't sacrifice BPO for logistics, urges Gloria Henry

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Businesswoman Gloria Henry, the new president of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), is urging the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) not to sacrifice the business process outsourcing (BPO)...

JET wants answers from PM over Duncans Bay approval

Published:Monday | July 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), the leading local environment watchdog organisation, is raising concerns as to whether or not the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) was on board in granting a controversial sand...

Resolute Pitt gets injunction against NEPA

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Returning resident Ashton Pitt has been granted an injunction and leave to go to the Judicial Review Court to apply for an order to quash the decision of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) to grant permission for the...

Beachfront blow - Duncan's Bay residents still livid despite OPM's defence of sand-mining approval

Published:Thursday | July 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Residents of Duncan's Bay in Trelawny remain upset over the recent decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to grant an environmental permit for mining and quarrying beach sand in their community to an entity operated by land...

We are sitting on a gold mine - Freckleton

Published:Monday | July 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Stakeholders along the island's south coast have been left frustrated by the non-implementation of a major development that was projected to increase visitors to the region by 150 per cent, while generating a projected US$30 million...

Prepare now for opportunities to come – Manchester businesswoman

Published:Sunday | July 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Prominent Manchester businesswoman Wendy Freckleton is urging stakeholders in St Elizabeth to be innovative in their thinking as they seek to create employment opportunities...

'Give tax incentives to boost investment'

Published:Sunday | July 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Dr Lynden Rose, a prominent St Elizabeth businessman, said the Government should offer tax incentives to the parish's local investing community, akin to those given to foreign companies operating in Jamaica, to encourage more...

Seaga counters BPO anxieties

Published:Monday | June 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has rubbished claims that fees and regulations under the SEZ Act are already having a negative impact on the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, a sector earmarked to...

'BPO sector in a precarious position'

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Dr Guna Muppuri, the outgoing president of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), is calling for dialogue with the Government before the long-awaited special economic zone (SEZ) regulations are finalised.The...

Gov't backs China's One Belt, One Road policy - Holness says if possible, Ja could join in near future

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that the Government of Jamaica is supportive of the People's Republic of China's 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) economic policy and has an interest in becoming part of the initiative in the future.Giving...

Take message to troubled communities, MoBay pastor urges colleagues

Published:Monday | June 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Incensed by an apparent lack of appreciation for the negative impact that the upsurge in violent crimes has been having on western Jamaica, a cleric has challenged her ministerial colleagues to take their outreach to the affected...

Trouble in Trelawny - Farmers could withhold desperately needed cane from planned $multibillion energy plant

Published:Thursday | June 15, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Allan Rickards, the chairman of the Trelawny and St James Cane Farmers', Association, has declined an invitation to have dialogue with Arrakis Development, the United States-based entity which has forged a deal with Everglades Farms...

Mergers coming for gaming industry- Shaw

Published:Wednesday | June 14, 2017 | 2:46 PMMark Titus

Western Bureau:The Government is to merge the oversight bodies of the local gaming industry into one oversight body as part of its effort to streamline the regulatory functions of the sector and improve the monitoring framework capabilities.This...

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