Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke has committed to abolishing the asset tax, which still remains imposed on financial institutions. In his first budget presentation back in April, Minister Clarke announced the abolishment of the asset tax payable by non-financial institutions but kept the imposition of the tax

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – Jamaica says it believes a partnership approach is required in order to generate the type of response needed to create long-term mobilisation of the financial resources small island developing states (SIDS) urgently need to deal with the impact of climate change. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, addressing

HANOVER is known for its long stretch of white sand beaches, sugar cane, and proliferation of motorcycles. Petal Gayle, 26, is one of those motorcycle drivers. She was one of 21 participants, and only female, attending Youth Innovation Centres motorcycle safety workshop in Lucea last Sunday. The event, hosted by

TARIK Kiddoe, conceptualiser of Back To Basics (BTB) motorcycle safety workshop, is pleased with the turnout of participants to last Sunday's free session held at the Youth Innovation Centre in Lucea, Hanover. “The major highlight was that we had our first female participant in the western parishes, Petal Gayle. She

Online marketplace and hospitality service, Airbnb allows people to lease or rent short-term lodging, such as vacation rentals, apartment rentals, homestays, hostel beds, and hotel rooms. After meeting several Caribbean government representatives in Barbados on Thursday, April 20th, Airbnb announced plans to expand tourism in the Caribbean, including Belize. On

Consumer prices in Jamaica rose 0.8 per cent in August. It was the biggest increase since September 2018. It moved inflation to 4.1 per cent for the last 12 months. That was still within the four to six per cent range the Bank of Jamaica is targeting. The price of

The Caribbean Partners' Forum, convened jointly by the Government of Jamaica and the United Nations, and which was held here in Kingston on September 11, created a space for regional stakeholders to consider new solutions to the dreadful threat posed by climate change. It could not have come at a

Last week Wednesday (September 4) the Government of Jamaica announced an invitation to its Eurobond debt holders to tender for cash Government of Jamaica 11.625% notes due 2022, 9.250% notes due 2025, 7.625% notes due 2025 and 6.750% notes due 2028 which expired as planned on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

HIGH ROCK, Bahamas (AP) — The government of The Bahamas has issued a tropical storm warning for several of its north-western islands, which are still reeling from Hurricane Dorian. The US National Hurricane Center says a tropical cyclone is expected to form in the coming hours near the northwestern Bahamas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of National Security says it has cleared a backlog of thousands of traffic tickets, following major software modifications to the island's Traffic Ticket Management System (TTMS). The TTMS is a centralised, web-based system that was introduced in September 2010 by eGov, to improve ticket management