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Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 month ago
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Margaret Thatcher One government not so long ago was marked by endless apologies, mea culpas, unending national broadcasts, non-stop media interviews, press conferences and press releases with an overarching level of Western-style political
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Tax talks - Crucial meeting between finance ministry, sector interests to discuss removal of waivers today
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | 1 month ago
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The Gleaner yesterday. "We are working assiduously to prepare our presentation and would prefer not to comment on the matter until we hear what they (the Ministry of Finance) have to say."...Jamaica's BPO-ICT sector is currently valued at US$20
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IMF deal does not mean business as usual - private-sector leaders
Kingston :: Jamaica | 1 month ago
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Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA), and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) all agreed that stability in the foreign-exchange markets would be one of the immediate impacts of the pending IMF agreement. "Right now, there is a run on the (
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Medicine not bitter enough
Kingston :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
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For several months, we have been waiting to exhale as we manoeuvre our way towards a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement that the Government expects to be approved by the executive board before the end of this month. It is puzzling and
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'JCC doesn't speak for us!' - Rural chambers of commerce call for the return of the national association to represent their cause
Kingston :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Rural chambers of commerce call for the return of the national association to represent their cause Published: Sunday February 24, 2013 Mark Titus, Sunday Gleaner Writer Western Bureau: In a bid to have a stronger voice on national issues, business
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Logistics hub offers hope for St Ann economy
Ocho Rios :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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ITS economy crippled by the downturn in cruise-ship arrivals since the Falmouth Pier opened two years ago, Ocho Rios, and St Ann by extension, is warming to the prospects of Jamaica's global trans-shipment and logistics hub reviving the parish's
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Gov't has lost our trust - private-sector leaders
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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They were reacting to the unexpected tax measures announced in Parliament yesterday. "The country has been in a major recession and we have not been able to collect the revenues that they have projected to collect out of the tax package last year.
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Tough times ahead - Private-sector leaders wary of possible fallout from delay in reaching IMF agreement
Kingston :: Jamaica | 5 months ago
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OF Jamaica's business leaders have cautioned that there could be tough times ahead as a result of the delay in the signing of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, they said persons should not panic, but instead throw
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2012 Year In Review - Gov't faced with the fierce urgency of now
Spanish Town :: Jamaica | 5 months ago
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December 29, 2011, the Peoples' National Party (PNP) handed the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) a crushing defeat by a margin of 42 seats to 21. It was a grand comeback for the PNP and its leader, Portia Simpson Miller, who were narrowly defeated by the
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Moving cargo across Jamaica a hassle for freight stakeholders
Kingston :: Jamaica | 5 months ago
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Freight stakeholders are urging the Jamaican Government to sort out issues related to intra-island transport of cargo, even as it pushes to make Jamaica a global logistics hub. Denise Lyn-Fatt of Freight Handlers Limited raised the issue during a
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