Yesterday’s pro-casino editorial in the Gleaner newspaper elicited an almost immediate response from one “P. Gordon”, decried the tone of the editorial and asks that the Gleaner advocate for casino gambling without scoffing at persons who would not wish to see this development in Jamaica.
Gordon also adopts a somewhat cynical tone, as he encourages the [...]

Today’s editorial in the Gleaner newspaper is aimed straight at those who are against legalizing casinos in Jamaica, from a moral perspective. It encourages Bruce Golding and the rest of the Government to hurry up and bring the proposed casino legislation before parliament, especially since the country has seemingly wasted decades “cowering at the tyranny [...]

If Prime Minister Bruce Golding has his way, casino legislation will be brought before Jamaica’s House of Parliament for debate within just a matter of weeks.
“Just two days ago (November 5), I signed off with the technical team that we had working on the policy issues that had to be resolved in order to facilitate [...]

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, commented recently during an interview with the JIS News at his Ministry’s offices in Kingston, that he supports the use of gambling taxes to help fund nationwide school infrastructure development.
The minister stated – “in many other institutions education is funded, particularly infrastructure by gaming taxes, I am not averse to [...]

Reverend Al Miller of the Fellowship Tabernacle Church in Kingston has described the decision to introduce casino gambling to Jamaica as the worst mistake of the one year old Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration.
“If we talk about blunders so far, from the churches stand point that would be the one of great concern to us, [...]

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has said that the Government is close to introducing legislation to govern casino gambling in Jamaica. According to Bartlett, most of the work on the required laws has been completed, and a submission will be taken to Cabinet shortly.
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A special commission is to be established to regulate the operations of casinos across the island.
A release from Jamaica House yesterday stated that Prime Minister Bruce Golding made the announcement, and outlined other details related to casino gambling at a meeting with St James parish councillors in Montego Bay recently.
Golding has moved to allay fears [...]

Radio Jamaica (RJR) Financial Report has reported that the Government has received a report from the team which was established to formulate the regulatory framework and tax regime to govern the operation of casinos in Jamaica. The team was established in April of this year, and is led by Dennis Lalor.
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According to Edmund Bartlett, Tourism Minister of Jamaica, two Casino developments – Tavistock and Celebration Jamaica – alone are expected to create jobs for 25,000 workers. The target for completion of the casino developments is 2015.
Bartlett said the Luxury and Casino hotels tend to have a higher employment ratio than traditional European Plan hotels and [...]

Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has reiterated the government’s position that Jamaica will not be converted into a casino destination.
Speaking in the 2008/09 Sectoral Debate last week, Bartlett said casinos would form part of the “product enrichment”, which will be embedded in a mega-property development.
“You will not see a casino dotting the landscape across Jamaica. [...]