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  • Private sector showing renewed interest in investing in Jamaica

    JAMAICA, 2016/03/20 The co-chair of government’s Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says there is growing interest part private sector stakeholders in investing in Jamaica. “Additional and additional, there is enthusiasm…You see it in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce business confidence survey. At the same time as you talk to the private sector, there is a lot additional optimism and hope being expressed. I think a lot of of them feel that the worst is behind us and the economy has a luck to grow,” he said.
  • CARICOM and USAID reach agreement on development assistance for Caribbean

    ARUBA, 2015/11/27 The United States Agency for International Improvment(USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today signed agreements that will see nations of the eastern and southern Caribbean benefiting from US$165 million in development assistance. An estimated US$89 million will target the reduction of youth involvement in crime and violence in target communities, while US$52 million is designated to achieving epidemic control of HIV/AIDS part key populations, and $31 million will go towards reducing the risks to human and natural assets resulting from climate vulnerability. CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission Director, Christopher Cushing, initialled the five-year Development Objective Agreements (DOAGs) at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana.