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Jamaican Copper Thieves Prompt Call For Ban On Exports Print
Written by Kamal   
copper_thieves_prompt_call_for_ban_on_exports_tn.jpgA leading telecommunications provider in Jamaica is calling for a ban on the export of copper from the island and has written to Jamaica's Industry and Commerce Ministry, proposing the ban on the metal. 


 
China/Jamaica Airline Link? Print
Written by Kamal   
ministerbartlettambqingdian3.jpgChina’s new envoy to Kingston, Zheng Qingdian, has promised to pursue the introduction of direct flights between Beijing and Montego Bay, Jamaica.

That’s according to Jamaica’s Tourism Ministry which mentioned that the new Chinese ambassador gave the commitment during a courtesy call on Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett on June 28, 2011.
 
Jamaica Seeks China's Help With Multi-Laterals Print
Written by Kamal   
w020110620693668401915.jpgJamaica’s Finance Minister Audley Shaw has sought China’s help to lobby the multi-lateral financial institutions to support infrastructural investments in Highly Indebted Middle Income Countries (HIMIC) like Jamaica.

The Jamaican Finance Minister’s request came when he met with Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren in Beijing during an official visit on June 20.
 
World Bank: Crime Is Main Inhibitor To Jamaica's Growth Print
Written by Kamal   
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World Bank Director for the Caribbean, Miss Francoise Clottes, says crime has been the most severe of three major inhibitors to Jamaica’s economic growth over the past forty years.

Miss Clottes who spoke at a seminar at Kingston’s University of the West Indies on June 16, 2011, noted that crime in Jamaica has constrained business expansion and diverted resources from productive activities to crime protection.
 
Travel Tax To Market Jamaica Print
Written by Kamal   
travel_tax_to_marketjamaica_tn.jpg Jamaica’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett has outlined the background for the ministry’s decision to fund the island’s marketing efforts with a US$10 increase in travel taxes. This decision is in response to Jamaica’s major tourism partners, such as the United Kingdom and United States of America, moving away from local to national destination marketing.

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