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Finance Minister says government wants to avoid capital markets

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will avoid seeking funding from the capital markets for as long as is possible, as it continues to exercise strict fiscal management.
“It’s a situation that we keep under review…we are trying to remain outside of the need to go to the capital markets for as long as possible…what we want to do is demonstrate not only a capacity to live within our means, but to finance ourselves from identifiable resources from the multilaterals, to the fullest extent possible,” Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips said.

Government to establish fee structure for CARICOM Skills Certificate

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is seeking to establish a fee structure for issuing CARICOM Skills Certificates in keeping with the amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, which seeks to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries.

Expert says eating less meat will protect the environment

environment KINGSTON, Jamaica – An expert in the study of the ills of nitrogen has said reducing meat consumption can help safeguard the environment in Antigua & Barbuda.
Professor Mark Sutton from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in the United Kingdom is one of the experts behind the  “Our Nutrient World” study commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme examining the pros and cons of nutrients on the environment.

As global warming accelerates…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its latest report on global warming. The report, the fifth in the last 23 years, contains findings which are no surprise but which confirm an indisputable trend -- scientists are 95 per cent certain that global warming over the last 60 years is due to human activity.
Even more disturbing is the indication that global warming is taking place at an accelerated pace, certainly faster than anticipated in earlier reports.

New database to help region protect coastline from climate change

KINGSTON, Jamaica COUNTRIES in the Caribbean and Latin America could improve coastal planning and develop preventive measures to adapt to the effects of climate change using a database launched yesterday by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

ECJ distances itself from remarks by former chairman

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Wednesday sought to distance itself from statements attributed to former chairman, Dr. Herbert Thompson, that there has been an attempt by the Parliament to destroy the EOJ.
The ECJ in a statement said the statements were made in the media and that it “notes and welcomes the fact that Parliament on the 24th September 2013 approved the Report on Campaign Financing and referred the matter to Cabinet for drafting instructions to be issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and then back to Parliament for passage”.

Journalists from Jamaica, Belize, and Trinidad win regional agricultural award

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Journalists from Jamaica, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago have been named as winners in the third Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Competition, 2013.
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the European-based Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), said the winners would receive a commemorative plaque, a cash prize of US$1,000 and a round trip to Guyana to attend the Awards Ceremony on October 09.

EDITORIAL - America Losing Its Way

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There are many things to celebrate about the United States, not least its democracy. But there is a thing or two about politics that modern America might relearn from even poor countries like Jamaica, including the importance of compromise, and that democracy, while not tolerating tyranny by the majority, does not presume capitulation to the minority.

Opposition criticises government over crime, figures show increase in murders

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has criticised the Portia Simpson Miller administration over its handling of the crime situation in Jamaica as the island recorded yet another increase in murders.
Opposition spokesman on National Security, Delroy Chuck, wants the government to take decisive action to deal with the situation.

Jamaica Facing Possible Currency Crisis

KINGSTON. Jamaica - Where is the exchange rate now?
As we enter the final quarter of the year, it is important to look at the value of the Jamaican dollar. Having started the year at approximately J$93 to one US dollar, the Jamaican dollar depreciated by more than $10.50, selling for a record high of $103.59 to US$1 at the end of trading day on Monday.

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