Climate change and disaster risk management at centre of regional fisheries talks
Belize City, Belize, Monday, December 10, 2012 The hurricane season just ended, and particularly the trail of death and destruction carved out by Hurricane Sandy in October, has left many with a reminder of just how devastating natural disasters can…
Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Secretariat announces Jamaican workshops
Belize City, Belize, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Small-scale fisheries, although they do not land as much produce as commercial or large-scale fisheries, bear far more socioeconomic importance. They produce more fish for domestic human consumption, employ over 90% of the…
OCG cautiously welcomes the improvement
OCG cautiously welcomes the improvement in Jamaica’s transparency International’s 2012 CPI standing but asserts that there is much more to be desired. The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has taken note of Transparency International’s (TI), the global anti-corruption watchdog,…
OCG Congratulates Public Bodies and OCG staff say “thank you”
OCG Congratulates Public Bodies for Registering a 100% QCA Report Submission Compliance Rate for Newly Introduced QCA Web Portal Kingston, Jamaica; December 4, 2012 – The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) congratulates all 197 Procuring Public Bodies and their…
JA battle Cayman in NORCECA opener
Paul Burrowes Thursday, November 29, 2012 JAMAICA will open their preliminary round NORCECA qualification match for the 2014 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship this morning at 11:00 when they take on the Cayman Islands at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium, University…
Over 100 to gather for multi-agency fisheries meetings in Jamaica
Belize City, Belize, Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Over a hundred stakeholders from government and grassroots agencies, as well as regional and international organizations, will be gathering next week in Kingston, Jamaica, for a series of five multi-agency fisheries meetings spanning…
OCG: NCG Contract Endorsements May and June 2012
For full details on the contract award recommendations that have been endorsed and/or approved the the National Contracts Commission (NCC) go to the following link
Dolphin Cove meets resistance from TCI business group
Avia Collinder, Business Writer Jamaica Gleaner Stafford Burrowes, chairman and CEO of Dolphin Cove Limited, says he welcomes the public debate on his efforts to open a dolphinarium in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), saying resistance to his type of…
St. George’s says “goodbye” to their quiet “dragon”
It was an emotional evening on Monday (26) when St. George’s Anglican Church said “Goodbye” to their faithful servant of fourteen years, Jamaica National, Reginald Griffiths. Known to nearly everyone at the church as “MR GRIFFITHS” to show the high…
Economy contracts for July To September Period — POIJ
The overall performance of the Jamaican economy for the July to September quarter was impacted by continued slowdown in the global economy (which tempered the demand for Jamaica’s goods and services) coupled with drought conditions. Real GDP contracted by 0.6…
