Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, says it will take approximately two more years before the Data Protection Act becomes fully enforceable. Barclay gave the timeline during a sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC, meeting earlier this week. Jamaica’s Data Protection Act was passed in Parliament in June 2020 and became fully effective on December 1, […]

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Minister of Finance, Fayval Williams, says the government is committed to seeing its set-aside arrangements for MSMEs is rolled out this calendar year. The Minister gave the assurance as part of her endorsement of the government’s upgraded GOJ Electronic Procurement System, GOJEP 2.0, on Thursday. The Government of Jamaica set-aside arrangement refers to the Public […]

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Government backbencher Everald Warmington is chiding Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, accusing him of failing to step in and settle what he describes as a long-running feud inside the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. In his rebuke, the South West St. Catherine MP names Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange and her Minister of State, […]

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Plans by the Office of the Information Commissioner, OIC, to resume registration of data controllers under the Data Protection Act as early as September may not materialise. This was revealed by the information commissioner during Tuesday’s sitting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC. The OIC suspended registration in December due to staffing concerns. Robian Williams […]

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Opposition Spokesperson on Information, Nekeisha Burchell, declined to comment further on the leaked voice notes of PNP members discussing how to hinder the implementation of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA. At a PNP press briefing on Tuesday, Burchell was asked if she would condemn the remarks, but she offered no comment. Chevon Campbell […]

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The Caribbean is exploring whether the region’s separate stock markets should one day become one. The Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, has approved a grant to fund a study into a single regional stock exchange. Chevon Campbell reports. The Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, has approved a grant of US$100,000 to the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation, the […]

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The government has raised nearly $29 billion from its latest round of domestic bond auctions. But the yield has fallen just short of its target, as investor demand thinned at the longer end of the market. Chevon Campbell reports. The government went to the market on July 24 with four Fixed Rate Benchmark Investment Notes, […]

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Jamaica has named a new Consul-General designate for New York. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has appointed the current Consul-General in Miami, Oliver Mair, to the post. The New York Consulate serves Jamaica’s largest overseas population, spanning thirty-three states. As Head of Mission, Mair will also hold concurrent accreditation to […]

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Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party’s, JLP, Communication Task Force, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, is describing as shameful the failure of the People’s National Party, PNP, president to condemn the sentiments expressed by members of his party in the leaked voice notes. Senator Fitz-Henley says Mark Golding’s response to the voice notes is true to form. […]

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Cabinet has approved an additional $1.5 billion for the Graded Overlay or GO Road Rehabilitation Programme. The Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development says the money will fund urgent rehabilitation of national roads, with particular emphasis on western Jamaica and other corridors it says require immediate intervention. Chevon Campbell, tells us more. Minister with […]

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