Jamaica’s Finance Minister, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced that Cabinet is expected to approve policy governing casino gambling in Jamaica some time on Monday (December 1). He indicated that in order to further stimulate the local tourism industry, Cabinet will give the policy the go ahead as quickly as possible.

Letter to the Gleaner Editor – published in print version of Gleaner on November 18, 2008 The editorial on casinos could not have been more on target. Jamaica’s tourism industry should be 10 times larger than it is and the Government should be doing everything in its power to help it grow. What are we [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. More

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 [...]

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. More