The
IMF has grown up and matured - Shaw June 19, 2009 -
Minister of Finance and the Public Sector, Audley Shaw, will on
Monday ask his Cabinet colleagues to sign off on a submission that will,
if approved, lay the groundwork for Jamaica to revise its borrowing relationship
with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
JMB
to issue new $1b bond June 19, 2009 - The Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) will, in a matter of months place
a $1 billion housing bond, perhaps in two tranches, but will contain the
offer to a select group of investors.
Concrete
expert raises quality test alarm June 19, 2009 - Jamaica is without a proper testing facility to ensure that
the highest quality standards of concrete and other building inputs
are maintained in construction projects, and one local expert is
sounding a warning about the dire consequences of the continued
absence of a concrete laboratory.
The sooner that the Government levels bluntly with the nation that
there is no credible alternative available at this time to Jamaica's
returning to a borrowing arrangement with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), the sooner we will be able to put this arrangement in
place.
John Maynard Keynes in his book 'Economic Conse-quences of the
Peace' discussed the virtual impossibility of Germany to meet reparations
payments the victors imposed after the 1914-1918 war.
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Belize
to liberate Jamaican beer June 19, 2009 - Belize has promised to unveil by next month's summit of CARICOM
leaders a programme for dismantling its special tariff on imports, which
Jamaica complains keeps its beer out of the Central American country.
Judge
bars US$786m aluminium smelter June 19, 2009 - A judge has suspended the Trinidad government's construction of
an aluminium smelter, a potential victory for environmentalists and residents
who feared for their health.
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S&P maintains US debt rating
at highest level June
19 , 2009 -
Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's said Thursday it is unlikely
to lower its rating on the United States government in the near-term despite
noting a "significant" weakening in public finances.
Cruise
ship turned away June
19 , 2009 -
A Spanish cruise ship was turned away from two Caribbean ports
Wed- nesday because of fears of swine flu among crew members, the vessel's
owner said.