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Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s successful completion of financial arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major milestone in the country’s economic history, for which all Jamaicans can be proud.

JAMAICA | Jamaica completes successful Stand-by Arrangements With IMF

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 19, 2019 - The IMF has congratulated Jamaica for the successful completion of the country’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Stand-By Arrangement. In a statement, the IMF said “The authorities’ exemplary program implementation has resulted in a stronger economy with significant reduction in vulnerabilities, and increased job creation.”
Hon. Daryl Vaz (2nd left) addresses delegates at the United Nations Trade Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

CARICOM | Amidst Climate Change, Jamaica wants trade concessions for small states

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 10, 2019 - The Government of Jamaica has made an urgent call for members of the World Trade Organization to facilitate the necessary trade concessions, special and differential treatment and flexibilities that could assist in addressing the structural and capacity constraints in the markets of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Attorney-at-law Isat Buchannan has questioned the rationale for the proposed changes to the Bail Act

JAMAICA | Private Bar questions need for changes to Bail Act

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 3, 2019 - The suggestion by National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang that constitutional changes may be necessary to strengthen the Bail Act to allow for prolonged detention of accused persons without charge, is not going down well with members of the legal profession.
The ‘reddish-pink’ discolouration of the Outram River that runs through Port Maria in St Mary is due to the overgrowth of specific species of algae resulting in the phenomenon known as Red Tide.

JAMAICA | Outram River Discolouration Confirmed As Red Tide

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 22, 2019 - The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is confirming that the ‘reddish-pink’ discolouration of the Outram River that runs through Port Maria in St Mary is due to the overgrowth of specific species of algae resulting in the phenomenon known as Red Tide.
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