KINGSTON,July 23, 2021 - Jamaica: The National Workers Union (NWU) says Jamaican tourism workers are being exploited to the point of slavery with their rights being marginalized and worker protection almost non-existent.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 9, 2021 - The Ganja Growers and Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) says they have noted the statements made by members of parliaments at a recent meetings of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) in Gordon House, regarding the Ganja Industry.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica July 5, 2021 - The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is reporting that all electronic birth records now feature a Civil Registration Number (CRN), a code to be used as a unique identifier in linking records of vital events.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica July 6, 2021 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has begun issuing authentication certificates under a new simplified verification process, for local public documents intended for use overseas.
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MONTEGO BAY, June 27, 2021 - The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), is being asked to forgo its request for a rate increase at this time, in light of the fact that all productive sectors of the economy have had to bear the devastation occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 19, 2021 - The United States-based transport company Uber, this week launched its operation in Kingston, Jamaica today and is now allowing Jamaicans to sign up to become drivers or request rides to get from one location within Kingston to another.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 3, 2020 - Chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), LeVaughn Flynn, says the Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Import and Export Licensing) Regulations 2020 is now in the final stages before promulgation.
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KINGSTON, May 22, 2021 - Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says deposit-taking institutions’ (DTIs) balance sheets continue to indicate that they are growing, properly capitalised and in compliance with prudent liquidity standards.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 24, 2021 - The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) created history, on Friday July 23, with the successful completion of a catastrophe bond (CAT bond) issuance through the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)) that secured US$185.0 million in financial protection against major hurricanes.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica June 19, 2021 - As the Cannabis Industry continues its struggle to find a foot-hold within the Jamaican economy, the formalization of the industry moved a step further last weekend, with the formation of the Cannabis Industry Stakeholders Council.
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