KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA loses $15 billion in revenues from subsidising imports from the Caribbean Community (Caricom), according to former industry minister Claude Clarke. Clarke, who is managing director of Richmond Valley, made the declaration during his keynote address at the Jamaica Manufac...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - MS Shanique Myrie tells us she believes that, because she pressed her case against the Barbados authorities at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), "things will be better for Jamaicans who travel to that country". This newspaper thinks she has done much more. By her courage an...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Much has already been made of the award by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) of approximately J$4 million to Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who, two and a half years ago, was deported from Barbados after being held overnight in a cell and allegedly subjected to a vaginal s...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - If it intends to prevent a return to global financial turbulence and maintain America's pre-eminent place in the world, it is urgent that Congress end its latest bout of irresponsibility and begin to manage the country's economic affairs in a fashion not reminiscent of a ...

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 n...

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 ...

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...

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 th...

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 th...

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...