Jamaica climbs logistics index - Business - Jamaica Gleaner.
Jamaica jumped 54 spaces in the 2014 World Banks Logistics Performance Index, moving into the top half of the index. Jamaica now ranks 70, just below the Dominican Republic at 69 and just above Peru at 71.. 2 and a score of 4.05; Singapore ranks No. 5 with a score of 4.00 and. The Gleaner reserves the right not to publish comments that may be deemed libelous, derogatory or indecent. Please. Digital Subscription; Log In �� Subscribe Now �� FAQ. Gleaner��.
Jamaican Senate Says Yes To Marijuana On Bob Marleys Birthday
The countrys House of Representatives must still review and vote on the bill, the Jamaica Gleaner reported, but it is supported by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and is expected to pass.. Why them say you must not use the herb? Them just say.
Jamaica Gleaner News - Were not into it, Mr Prime Minister.
Were not into it, Mr Prime Minister published: Wednesday | April 30, 2008. THE EDITOR, Sir: With all the talk about casino legalisation in Jamaica, I decided to see how casino has helped Singapore. So I did a search on��.
Logistics hub far from reality! | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner
Dubbed, Creating National Wealth through the Jamaica Logistics Hub: Looking beyond port and parks to people and processes, the study outlines a number of areas in which Jamaica has been significantly outperformed by potential. Our confidence about the results of our efforts is grounded in the experiences of the major global hubs; we only have to reflect on what global logistics have done for countries like Singapore and Panama, Hylton declared recently.
Politicians must pay a price
Jamaica does not have a distinguished record of accountability. As a society, too many of us have tended to focus on intent rather than outcome as the primary factor in our assessment of actions that impact our people. Thus, if we can point to what.
Jamaican girl continues to shine - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaican girl continues to shine - Gyles-McDonnough to lead UN activities in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Published:Sunday | June 30, 2013. Photo �� Video. Michelle Gyles-McDonnough. United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki��.
Money shortage hurts inventors - Jamaica Gleaner
More and more Jamaicans are coming up with unique ideas that could make life easier, but a shortage of financing is preventing them from moving their ideas into real projects.. Carol Simpson - There is no government agency to help you with making an idea into a business in Jamaica. Tyrone Thompson, Staff Reporter. More and more Jamaicans are coming up with unique.. Digital Subscription; Log In �� Subscribe Now �� FAQ. Gleaner Company Logo. Copyright��.
We put party first
That is what Jamaican politics is about, security of tenure as long as the party is in power, low expectations of performance and low accountability. The Singaporean people must be thanking their lucky stars that Lee Kuan Yew decided not to try back in.
Singapore had US backing - Nicholson - Jamaica Gleaner
Throughout the years, if the United States of America had not decide that Singapore was going to be an economic beachhead in the east, Singapore could not develop, Nicholson said in the Senate on Friday. Nicholson, who��.
Singapore sorrow - Seaga mourns death of friend, Lee.
Days after Andrew Holness, the leader of the Opposition, used the floor of Parliament to contrast the economic fortunes of Jamaica and Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, the man who transformed the latter from a small port city into one of. But Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, responding to Holnesss comments while addressing a forum at The Gleaners North Street, Kingston offices on Friday said the comparison between Jamaica and Singapore was not a straight one.
How to fix Riverton City
The size of Jamaica is 2.7 million acres. The population of Jamaica is 2.7 million people. and the Government of Jamaica is the single largest landowner in Jamaica. We have adequate land space to relocate the people. Look on the population of.
Hoodlums putting a strain on China Harbour Engineering.
Most things in Jamaica are political because at this point fixing most of what is broken is going to take the political will to not get elected for a generation. Imagine. Can you state your proof that the PNP created eat a food mentality, tell me one instance where a mp of the PNP say Jamaicans should be allowed to eat a food without honest work.. Leaders in places like China and Singapore recognized the flawed thinking behind that, and their citizens have benefited.
Dont count hub chickens before they are hatched, Jamaica.
It may be a case of counting the chickens before they are hatched as it relates to countries around the region, including Jamaica, that are banking on the planned expansion of the Panama Canal.This is according to. early 2016, are too high. I think there is an over-expectation mainly because the shipping companies are the ones who will decide what hubs or ports they call, and to what I have seen, their plans are to not necessarily call many ports, Sabonge stated.
Willing to pay price to be Singapore?
Where there is no vision, the people perish. And one person with vision can make a significant difference to the world in which we live. Thats the story of Lee Kuan Yew, who in death has been eulogised as the architect of Singapores prosperity. He.
Jamaica Gleaner News - Lessons from Singapore.
The authorities in Singapore are projecting that the countrys economy is likely to decline by six to nine per cent this year, which would not only be its worst performance in decades, but would put it among the most badly��.
Goat Islands port plans scare potential KCT leaseholders
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Goat Islands port plans scare potential KCT leaseholders.
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Long road to logistics fourth node for Jamaica | Business.
As Jamaica pushes to become the fourth node among global logistics hubs, it has considerable distance to cover before it can be ranked anywhere near logistics leader Singapore.. Mobile Apps �� ePaper �� Login �� Subscribe Now. At the Jamaica Logistics Hub symposium in Kingston last month, World Bank representative in Jamaica, Giorgio Valentini, said that Being on the bottom of the totem pole is not really an issue anymore, and that it is very easy to move up��.
Autocrats and autoclaps
A newspaper report mentioned his disfavour and he responded in a brief statement: It was stated in The Gleaner that I will not accept collective leadership as the method of operating the Jamaica Labour Party. This statement is completely true. It.
Parenting the root problem
In Singapore, if a child misses school and no reason is given, both parents are hauled, unceremoniously, before the courts and punished. Could this be one of the reasons why there is not one Singaporean who is not well educated? Could this be one.
The Sustainability of Jamaicas Real Estate Market
Jamaica is revered and envied by all from all walks of life. When compared with countries globally, Jamaica offers easy investments with stable, continuous and safe returns. The 2014 Forbes Magazine Best Countries for Business Report has ranked Jamaica .
CCJ debate without the noise - Jamaica Gleaner
This was brought home to me as I listened to Nationwide Radios morning programme and heard caller after caller either confess to, or belie through their comments, that they had no inkling of what the issues were. One caller said going the. India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, for instance, have all abandoned appeals to the Privy Council in favour of establishing their own final courts of appeal. (See: Replacing the��.
Singapore, Jamaica: development and happiness
There wont be a Singapore 2 and Jamaica certainly is not qualified to even try at this stage. Battleaxe emailer John Anthony reminded us why in his attack mail in response to Lloyd B. Smiths piece in the Observer last Wednesday, Does Jamaica need a.
Singapore sorrow - Seaga mourns death of friend, Lee Kuan Yew
But Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, responding to Holnesss comments while addressing a forum at The Gleaners North Street, Kingston offices on Friday said the comparison between Jamaica and Singapore was not a straight one. It is a fact that .
Wasting time on waste management
Ten days on and Jamaicans are still reeling from the impact of the most recent Riverton City dump fire, costing our economy approximately $300 million. With nearly 1,000 visits to public hospitals and others to private doctors for treatment of smoke.
Singapores advice for development. STAMP OUT.
Professor Koh, who headed a Singapore delegation which attended a meeting of the International Seabed Authority at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, last Friday told The Sunday Gleaner that though Jamaica has lost its way. He offered this advice: Get your fundamentals right, educate your people well, practise meritocracy (where) no one is appointed to a job because he knows somebody, and with the strong rule of law, zero corruption and��.
Not PMs burden - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner.
Giving the keynote address at a charity event put on by the Friends of St Elizabeth on Sunday, Hill said he was yet to see a Jamaican prime minister who had taken a hands-on approach to crime fighting, which is, arguably,. But in voicing his belief that crime fighting was everybodys business, Robb also took issue with a recent statement by Police Commissioner Owen Ellington in which he made a comparison between the crime situation in Singapore and Jamaica.
More News In Brief - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner.
Your account has expired: Subscribe Now | Login �� Already Purchased | Subscribe Now. The professor argued that a comparison of Singapores and Jamaicas growth performance since the 1960s will show that export-led growth was instrumental in moving Singapore leaps ahead of Jamaica. Singapore, he noted, has done. The Gleaner reserves the right not to publish comments that may be deemed libelous, derogatory or indecent. Please keep comments short��.
Jamaica lost in translation
Tiny Singapore has shown us how, by dint of hard work, discipline and re-educating minds, its people were able to throw off the shackles of colonialism and, in a few decades, propel a small island state from Third World to First World status. Our minds.
Barack stopover a welcome mat for investment
President Barack Obamas visit to Jamaica will send a powerful message to the investor community that Jamaica is open for business. It will say to the investor community that Jamaica has certain fundamentals in place that make it suitable to do business.
Why Jamaica is no Singapore
The Sunday Straight Times then printed a full centre spread with articles such as Why Jamaica Failed and Lessons Jamaica Could Learn, which was actually in response to an article published in The Gleaner by Delroy Chuck on Lee Kuan Yews recently .
On nationalism and the need to swap rulers
Ever since I can remember, I have feared nationalism, and of course, its posturing relations, patriotism. Especially too, the kind of narrow nationalism that has recently become so virulent. Nationalism, even though of comparatively recent growth.