Electric vehicles have significant potential to lower transport costs for consumers and businesses, while lowering greenhouse gas emissions, improving local air quality and stimulating economic growth and sustainability. As such, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and the United States Agency for International Development Caribbean Clean Energy Program are collaborating to
THE Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said yesterday that it will respond, within 30 days, to the issues raised in the “Save Cockpit Country” petition championed by the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET). The Save Cockpit Country petition was launched by JET, using the OPM's online petition portal on
With the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) set to get under way today at the Montego Bay Convention Centre (MBCC), participants can look forward to seminars geared toward boosting their businesses. JAPEX, the largest travel and tourism trade show in Jamaica organised by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association and the
LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC) — Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, on Monday urged the international community to re-double its efforts to fully understand the impact of climate change given the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the Caribbean in recent weeks. Scotland described Hurricane Maria that slammed into
MOTORISTS can now pay their motor vehicle fitness fees online. The Ministry of Transport and Mining announced in a release yesterday that the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Island Traffic Authority (ITA) have teamed up to provide motorists with this “easier way” of paying their fees. “These fees can now
Jamaica Bankers Association President Nigel Holness speaking at CIBC First Caribbean International Bank's Client Appreciation Reception at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Thursday. The Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) has recommended that the Government consider lower Jamaican dollar reserve requirements to facilitate further decreases in interest rates. According
From left, Martin Miller managing director, National Housing Trust (NHT); Dr Horace Chang, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation; Prime Minister Andrew Holness; Chairman of the NHT Dr Nigel Clarke and member of parliament, St Andrew South East, Julian Robinson, at the NHT groundbreaking
Allison Peart, managing partner of Ernst & Young, is now president of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica. She was elected at the organisation's annual general meeting on Tuesday. Peart has more than 20 years of experience serving a wide cross section of clients in public accounting. She
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness said yesterday that a performance-based public sector is necessary to produce the efficiency required for increased economic growth and a sustainable economy. Speaking to the media at his quarterly press briefing at Jamaica House, Holness said that he was not satisfied with the current pace of
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, says one of the biggest threats to Caribbean policy reform is the “absence of political will and the lack of implementation capacity.” The CDB president was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Leadership and
