Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Karl Samuda, minister of industry, investment and commerce, says the first 100 acres of land on the proposed Caymanas Economic Free Zone (CEZ) has been fully subscribed by local companies. "They are all blue-chip companies with the necessary finances...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Karl Samuda, minister of industry and commerce has, in an apparent concession to Caribbean Cement Limited, pulled back on his late August decision to allow cement importers duty-free access to 20 per cent of the market, offering them 15 per cent...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Industry minister Karl Samuda has gone silent amid signals out of Georgetown that Jamaica's request for an extension of its cement waiver is on the verge of being denied, unless other persuasive arguments prevail....
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
... a major obstacle for persons doing business in Jamaica.It's a fact not lost on Commerce Minister Karl Samuda. He said the sooner Jamaica is able to make paying taxes easier, the better it would be for the country."It is difficult for people to pay their taxes and it is seen as an impediment to doing business," Samuda told .The country was ranked 75th by the World Bank in its...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... "that they are not in a position to supply all our requirements," Investment and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda was quoted by the regional news service, CMC, as saying,following the three-day meeting that ran from October 5-8 in Barbados.But on Tuesday, Samuda huddled with ministry technocrats looking at the issue to determine how to proceed.Complicating the issue for Jamaica...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Sabrina Gordon, Business Reporter Karl Samuda, minister of industry, investment and commerce. - File Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), the government agency responsible for providing support to the business and investment needs of the country as well as to facilitate export promotion, is to assume its old name."JTI is to be rechristened Jampro," said Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speaking...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... counts"I would not celebrate it, but in this climate, every million dollar counts," Crawford said.Karl Samuda, general secretary of the governing Jamaica Labour party (JLP), told that the party was unaware of how Jamaicans now viewed the savings from the salary cuts of government members."I have not done a poll to determine whether people feel that what we have done merits any sort...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... he may have been informed by parliamentarians," Hamilton said.Last week, JLP General Secretary Karl Samuda told The Gleaner that the matter against Hayles was "proceeding according to plan". He said, "Mr Hayles is the one being attended to at this time."Hayles won West Hanover for the People's National Party (PNP) in the 2007 general election by 193 votes. However, his position as...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The Jamaica government is stepping up efforts to curb anti-competitive business practices in the cement industry, and in particular the practice of foreign producers dumping the product on the local market.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
'Protect me' - Golding urges Labourites to defend his stance on BudgetPublished: Monday | September 28, 2009Arthur Hall, Senior Staff Reporter Prime Minister Bruce Golding (right), leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, speaks with Karl Samuda (centre), party general secretary and Minister of industry, investment and commerce; and Mike Henry, minister of transport and works, before addressing...
