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if a laff i will certainly wet miself...ah Bruce...guess dis is ur version of reality shows...wen mi read seh him seh so not to mention designate February as Reggae Month in Jamaica (wow,dis has got to be a stretch [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif[/img]) mi realise seh wi stop do our own ting an a pattern fi follow ....reggae month in Jamaica...dang...maybe NOW people will mek di connection between di two..an all di money dem a go waste fi mek posters etc.
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
Jamaica to build new international airport
Jamaica Information Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said a new international airport complete with customs and immigration services will be constructed in Portland, as part of the government’s thrust to diversify the tourism product and take advantage of the value added options in the industry.
He was speaking on Wednesday at a Real Estate Symposium hosted by the Realtors Association of Jamaica in Kingston.
He said the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and Civil Aviation Authority have been instructed to conduct feasibility studies pursuant to the construction of the airport, while the National Works Agency will look at upgrading and realigning existing roadways where necessary.
In the meantime, Golding said Cabinet has appointed a new Board of Directors for the Natural Resources and Conservation Authority (NRCA) and that at its next sitting, it will be asked to approve the same individuals as members of the board and advisory council of the Town and Country Planning Authority and the National Environment and Planning Agency.
This is in keeping with a commitment to streamline the approvals process for development projects.
Turning to developments in the real estate industry, Golding said public sector agencies would have to devote more of their resources to providing housing solutions for persons in lower income groups. He said private developers would be called upon to cater more to the upper income groups and this would mean examining how to leverage public sector funds with funding available in the private sector, in order to increase the pool of funds available for development at the higher end of the market.
He said the current system of titling was important to the development process and as such, the government would be reviewing the process of awarding land titles to enable more persons to have certification of land ownership. The Prime Minister said the problem of unplanned development was being addressed by the Ministry of Water and Housing, which is also reviewing legislation relating to strata housing. On the matter of transfer tax and stamp duty, Golding said he hoped to get a report on a range of issues relating to taxation, in time for consideration in the next fiscal year.
Golding thanked the realtors for their contribution to the economy, [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] noting that the construction sector was an important barometer of the health of the economy, with housing playing a key role. Topics covered at the one-day realtors symposium include Financing large scale real estate development in Jamaica, by Marjorie Seeberan of the National Commercial Bank and Creating a lifestyle of wealth in real estate, by Dr Lorna Simmonds, Chief Executive Officer of Harmonization Limited. -
Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
Jamaica to be launched as religious tourism destination
[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]Jamaica Information Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): A 5,000-capacity convention centre is to be constructed by the government by 2009, as the administration gets ready to launch Jamaica as a religious tourism destination.
Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett made the disclosure during a briefing session, prior to a consultative meeting with a group of church leaders on Monday.
Bartlett said the first order of business would be to formalise a structure for the faith-based tourism sector, and then proceed to set up the infrastructure essential to kick-start the venture.
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"We felt that the need exists for us to structure this area of our activity because of the growing and expanding influence of religious travel in the travel and tourism industry," he explained.
He said that Jamaica stands to benefit from its proximity to the traditional markets of the United States and Canada, where 500 meeting planners convene annually to plan conventions, campaigns, and rallies all over the United States and Canada. He noted that the United States has some 450,000 churches, 50,000 of which run group travel programmes.
Youth, missionary and fellowship groups travel most frequently. "The destinations range from Israel, which has the highest incidence of tourism travel, to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and others. Missionary work is a big area of travel in the religious fraternity, with Africa and India being the largest recipient countries," he pointed out.
Youth groups, especially, visit countries where they participate in charitable projects for communities, another possible spin-off of faith-based tourism, the Minister said.
He said that Jamaica has membership in the premier association in the United States for planners of religious conferences, the Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA), and has attended a large number of faith-based marketplaces. The organization, with a membership of 3,402, is responsible for 17,000 conventions totalling 14.7 million attendees, and operates in a structured market, he added.
Other data provided by the Jamaica Tourist Board reveal that the organization was responsible for 15,047 meetings held outside the USA, and resort hotels attracted 11.3 per cent of these. For 16 per cent of the meetings, 100 to 200-room hotels were booked, while 12 per cent booked 500 to 1,000 rooms.
"So we are beginning to understand the dynamics of that marketplace and the power of religious tourism across the globe.... So there is a huge market sector that remains essentially untapped by Jamaica," Bartlett said.
The island's venture into the faith-based travel and tourism sector will require large convention centre facilities, he said.
"We do not lack infrastructure, we do lack space... Large convention facilities are a must... The infrastructure is unfolding. The convention centre is going to be a reality," he stressed, adding that the Trelawny Stadium "has tremendous possibility as a possible convention centre site.
"There are other areas that you can look at also, so I think that whilst we are putting together our thoughts about formalizing faith-based tourism in Jamaica. we can also look at infrastructure that exists and some to be created, so as to facilitate this," he said.
The Minister said that 2009 could be the earliest deadline for the construction of a convention centre large enough to facilitate conventions hosted by faith-based groups.
Support for the venture came from Bishop Herro Blair of the New Testament Church of God and Reverend Al Miller of the Fellowship Tabernacle.
Bishop Blair described the idea as timely and "such a great part of the tourism product."
Rev. Miller said that the vision for faith-based marketing has been about 10 years in the making, and he is "happy" for the government's commitment to putting a structure in place to drive this untapped sector.Comment
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Ja to import milk cows to help milk shortage
years afta dumping milk , allowing the local industry to go bust, an importing milk powder as a substitute ( heck, lack of water neva stop dem) dem is now going to import cows to Ja to mek up di shortage..dem claim dat kids growing up widdout certain vitamins etc dat milk suppose fi supply....
anodda belly busta fi real ..let mi laff here [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img]Comment
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Re: Ja to import milk cows to help milk shortage
an goat short tooWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Re: Ja to import milk cows to help milk shortage
wat a ting...wi mite haffi change di national dish to KFCComment
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Re: Ja to import milk cows to help milk shortage
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Goat Breeders Association says import ban hurting industry
Sunday, May 27, 2007
THERE is a shortage of goats locally due to the continued ban on imports from the United States and Canada, according to Derrick Vermont, President of the Goat Breeders Association of Jamaica. Vermont told the Sunday Observer yesterday that although he was in full support of the ban, it was causing several setbacks to the local goat-rearing industry.
"It (the ban) has had a very great effect on the development of the industry in Jamaica because we need new blood types, new gene pools, new everything. And the only way to do this is to import and keep on importing," Vermont said.
"We say we need 2.5 million animals to make Jamaica self-sufficient in goat meat, right now we are at 500,000. The only way we can improve quickly is to import," he said.
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storyWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Re: Ja to import milk cows to help milk shortage
Boxcovah!
Ok ...
Well...
I think - quite possibly - that I've seen it alllll now.
Aye sah. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif[/img]Comment
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
I dont see why the govt has to construct a convention centre for religious tourism - the private sector should do that.
hopefully Ja is benefitting from a US convention tax break, if so, the larger hotel properties should be able to expand their convention/meeting room capacityComment
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mangoskin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dont see why the govt has to construct a convention centre for religious tourism - the private sector should do that.
hopefully Ja is benefitting from a US convention tax break, if so, the larger hotel properties should be able to expand their convention/meeting room capacity </div></div> you think??? When was the last time the local private sector build anything that is not a gated community??
We are talking about jamaica here, not some theoretical place. And when the private sector don't build it, then what?
The private sector should be rebuilding the Negril beaches that their business relies on. Do you see and rebuilding going on there?Comment
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mangoskin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dont see why the govt has to construct a convention centre for religious tourism - the private sector should do that.
hopefully Ja is benefitting from a US convention tax break, if so, the larger hotel properties should be able to expand their convention/meeting room capacity </div></div>
i have been wondering about the free zone properties dat we took out loans an paying bak fi some fi run factories...the Jamaican counterparts who shared in the various entitities, wonda if dem eva have to help defray payments dat continue to beggar the country....cause yes, we still paying dem loans fi free zones dat did wat exatly....even towards di end, dem allow Chinese workers to come into wat Jamaican taxpayers still liable and paying out on.... [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif[/img]
in sum , my guy, as long as di lines between who run fi politics and fren an cumbolo remains strong, di ongle people who naw get rich a yaad afta tax collecting is di poor people who haffi pay dem right amount...
now we a tawk bout central identification system....an mi sure dat mean more borrowing....imagine dat di said IMF etc is in di island advising the PM...wat advise dem have to offer dat we need now...USAID a do parenting classes a yaad ... [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]bwoy, Golding no all dat golden fi real...Comment
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150-million Milk River Spa facelift
150-million Milk River Spa facelift
The Milk River Hotel and Spa in Clarendon, a historical landmark, is slated to undergo a $150m facelift.
The Government is to spend $150 million to upgrade the world-famous Milk River Hotel and Spa in south Clarendon.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, speaking on a tour of the facility recently, said the mineral spa, which is located in the foothills of the rustic south coast village, is part of the ministry's 'health tourism' concept.
"This will enable this tourist attraction to be brought into the new millennium because spas are now part of the lifestyle drive of the world and they attract huge attention. This is linked to what is referred to as elite travel, which is not affected by things such as economic recession," he said.
Bartlett continued by saying that wealthy tourists were often disposed to spending big sums to regain their youthful appearance. The mineral bath is renowned for its curative powers.
"So health tourism has to be an important part of our product that we must accentuate over the next decade.
In fact, we have here in Milk River reputedly the best natural spa in the world," he said.
The minister, who is currently examining a number of different proposals for the heritage site, said he was in discussion with a number of investors who have expressed an interest in carrying out broad-based development around the immediate area, which will provide jobs and revenue for the area.Comment
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
Dr Dudd posted:
The private sector should be rebuilding the Negril beaches that their business relies on. Do you see and rebuilding going on there?
Dr Dudd,
If global warming, the melting of the Earth's ice and the resultant rise in the ocean proceeds as expected by many, the 7 mile beach at Negril will disappear within 40 years as all it is a very low sand spit between the bay and the Great Morass.
Maybe it would be money better spent to develop beaches at the foot of the Fish River Hills a few miles inland.Comment
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Re: PM sez Ja to build new airport in Portland
curious ting but i read today weh dem trying to save the mangroves so dat dem can save Palisadoes...cause if the mangroves go, so goes Palisadoes...maybe dat is why di PM want to build him new airport in Portland....den again him might want di rich tourists dem fi land near to dem upcoming independent stateComment
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Re: PM wants Jamaica to become showplace of reggae music
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If global warming, the melting of the Earth's ice and the resultant rise in the ocean proceeds as expected by many, the 7 mile beach at Negril will disappear within 40 years as all it is a very low sand spit between the bay and the Great Morass.
Maybe it would be money better spent to develop beaches at the foot of the Fish River Hills a few miles inland.
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