Despite major financial setbacks and the shortage of human resources, performance expectation at the Fisheries Division received a high scoring based on the various deliverables in 2011.
The commissioning of an EC$30M Artisanal Fisheries Complex on Barbuda, upgrades at the Point Wharf Fisheries complex, ....
Over the past four weeks Inland Revenue Department has been engaged in consultations with various stakeholders, regarding its plans to start administering the Personal Income Tax Act in full. In particular, the discussions have focused on how benefits and allowances should be treated going forward.
The Ministry of Education wishes to advise parents and students of the Aranguez North Secondary School, that the new building is ready to be occupied from the beginning of the new term.
A preliminary report on the 2011 Population and Housing Census will be available by the end of January 2012. The report will contain initial population totals by gender and geography.
The Census Office has received documents (questionnaires, census maps and visitation records) from all 351 enumeration districts, and has been applying data consistency checks.
Commencing in January 2012, with the assistance of the Caribbean Development Bank, Government will prepare a five-year Medium-Term Development and Strategic Plan.
In his annual New Year's message, Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Baldwin Spencer said Government acknowledges that sound economic policies
The International System of Units (SI) (also known as the Metric System) has become the universal language of measurement. Over 95 per cent of the people in the world conduct their business entirely in metric units. However, in Antigua and Barbuda, despite some progress in education and a few other sectors, we continue to use the Imperial System of Units.
Since trade and communication with other nations are critical to the wealth and well-being of the State, adopting the metric system is not a matter of choice - it is a matter of necessity. Antigua and Barbuda can no longer delay the conversion to the Metric System, given the realities of a Caribbean Single Market and Economy and the various initiatives under the World Trade Organisation and the European Union that promote international standards as the basis for trade.
KINGSTON — Between 2004 and 2011, revenue at the Kingston Container Terminal has more than doubled from $6 billion to just over $12 billion per year.
This was disclosed to JIS News by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr. Alwin Hales, who also pointed out that the facility is the country's primary transshipment facility and the Port Authority of Jamaica's main revenue earner.
KINGSTON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has called for more dialogue among stakeholders on enhancing and promoting the country’s creative industry internationally.
“I want to recommend that we promote a dialogue that not only looks at ways to replicate and multiply our efforts at creation, but more so, the need for distribution, for export, for marketing and for penetration of the mainstream marketplaces of the world,” she stated.
The transition of leadership of the Government will be completed on Sunday (Oct. 23) when Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding formally tenders his resignation to the Governor-General and a new Prime Minister is sworn in.
This will take place at a special ceremony at King's House on Sunday (Oct. 23) commencing at 4.00 p.m.
MONTEGO BAY — Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, is encouraging businesses in the Caribbean, Central and South America to innovate and diversify their operations, and find new ways to grow, instead of “fold and break,” in the face of the global downturn.
He said that top economists in America have agreed with their counterparts around the world, that innovation is the only way to fuel economic growth and produce both high paying jobs and more profits for businesses.