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Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton has defended new provisions in the Motor Vehicle Import Policy in the wake of rumblings in the used car trade. He says there was adequate consultation on the revised policy. The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association last week declared that its members will not comply with new requirements that they provide warranties for front end and electrical parts on vehicles they sell.The Minister responded to the Association’s concerns last night and emphasized that the policy was geared towards the proctection of consumers. “We have had a long period of experience of the situation (insofar as) it affected the consumers’ interests, and we believe that that requirement, which is graduated, depending on the age of the car, would have taken into consideration, not just the condition of the road, but all the other pertinent comments that would have been made as part of the consultation,” he said.Accordingly, he claimed, all the relevant rights and interests had been balanced in the process.The Used Car Dealers Association believes the Policy will discourage its members from importing popular affordable vehicles, to avoid the risk of  paying extensively to change certain parts.In the meantime, Mr. Hylton says the door is still open to members of  the used car industry to air concerns about the new Policy.

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Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton has defended new provisions in the Motor Vehicle Import Policy in the wake of rumblings in the used car trade. He says there was adequate consultation on the revised policy. The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association last week declared that its members will not comply with new requirements that they provide warranties for front end and electrical parts on vehicles they sell.The Minister responded to the Association’s concerns last night and emphasized that the policy was geared towards the proctection of consumers. “We have had a long period of experience of the situation (insofar as) it affected the consumers’ interests, and we believe that that requirement, which is graduated, depending on the age of the car, would have taken into consideration, not just the condition of the road, but all the other pertinent comments that would have been made as part of the consultation,” he said.Accordingly, he claimed, all the relevant rights and interests had been balanced in the process.The Used Car Dealers Association believes the Policy will discourage its members from importing popular affordable vehicles, to avoid the risk of  paying extensively to change certain parts.In the meantime, Mr. Hylton says the door is still open to members of  the used car industry to air concerns about the new Policy.

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Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton has defended new provisions in the Motor Vehicle Import Policy in the wake of rumblings in the used car trade. He says there was adequate consultation on the revised policy. The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association last week declared that its members will not comply with new requirements that they provide warranties for front end and electrical parts on vehicles they sell.The Minister responded to the Association’s concerns last night and emphasized that the policy was geared towards the proctection of consumers. “We have had a long period of experience of the situation (insofar as) it affected the consumers’ interests, and we believe that that requirement, which is graduated, depending on the age of the car, would have taken into consideration, not just the condition of the road, but all the other pertinent comments that would have been made as part of the consultation,” he said.Accordingly, he claimed, all the relevant rights and interests had been balanced in the process.The Used Car Dealers Association believes the Policy will discourage its members from importing popular affordable vehicles, to avoid the risk of  paying extensively to change certain parts.In the meantime, Mr. Hylton says the door is still open to members of  the used car industry to air concerns about the new Policy.

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Hylton defends changes to car import policy

Industry Ministry defends changes to car import policy

8:40 pm, Sun September 28, 2014

Industry Ministry Anthony Hylton has defended new provisions in the Motor Vehicle Import Policy in the wake of  rumblings in the used car trade.He says there was adequate consultation on the revised Policy. The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association last week indicated that its members will not comply with new requirements that they provide warranties for front end and electrical parts on vehicles they sell.The Industry Minister responded to the Association’s concerns last night and emphasized that it was geared towards the proctection of consumers. The Used Car Dealers Association says the Policy will discourage its members from importing popular affordable vehicles to avoid the risk of  paying extensively to change certain parts.In the meantime, Mr. Hylton says the door is still open to members of  the used car industry to air concerns about the new Policy.

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Industry Ministry defends changes to car import policy

Industry Ministry defends changes to car import policy

8:40 pm, Sun September 28, 2014

Industry Ministry Anthony Hylton has defended new provisions in the Motor Vehicle Import Policy in the wake of  rumblings in the used car trade.He says there was adequate consultation on the revised Policy. The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association last week indicated that its members will not comply with new requirements that they provide warranties for front end and electrical parts on vehicles they sell.The Industry Minister responded to the Association’s concerns last night and emphasized that it was geared towards the proctection of consumers. The Used Car Dealers Association says the Policy will discourage its members from importing popular affordable vehicles to avoid the risk of  paying extensively to change certain parts.In the meantime, Mr. Hylton says the door is still open to members of  the used car industry to air concerns about the new Policy.

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Miss Universe Jamaica franchise changes hands

Entertainment

Sunday, August 11, 2013

FASHION house Uzuri International is now the new franchise holders of the Miss Universe Jamaica pageant.No stranger to the competition, the couture designers were the producers of the 2003 staging.“We are ecstatic that the Miss Universe Organization has shown the confidence in our ability to effectively represent their brand in Jamaica, and that they share our vision for the direction of Miss Universe Jamaica,” read a statement from Karl Williams, national director for Miss Universe Jamaica and artistic director of the fashion house.Uzuri International has assumed their lien on the franchise from Greece-born hotelier Dimitris Kosvogiannis, who has held it since 2011. Kosvogiannis announced his intention to relinquish the franchise two days before the competition’s final, which was scheduled for Emancipation Park in Kingston on Sunday, March 14.“We are fully aware that past organisers had many challenges, so we know that this will not be a walk in the park. In this regard, we want to form new and non-traditional alliances in the pageant industry, alliances to bring beauty factions together, where Jamaica benefits, as this should not be about any one individual, or company,” the release continued.Kosvogiannis succeeded Invyte Promotions as franchise holders. Prior to that, Kingsley Cooper of the Pulse model agency ran the contest for two decades.Holders of one of the most popular beauty contests, the Miss Universe Organization was founded in 1952. It is owned by American businessman Donald Trump.Jamaica has never won the a Miss Universe title, however, the country has consistently featured prominently. Yendi Phillipps was first runner-up in 2010; while Sandra Foster (1989), Kimberly Mais (1991), Nicole Haughton (1999), and Christine Straw (2004), were all top 10 finishers.

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Traffic changes in Half-Way-Tree for street dance

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Tuesday, August 06, 2013 | 6:12 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists are being advised that traffic changes will be in effect Tuesday evening in the Half-Way-Tree Square and environs to facilitate an Independence Street Dance scheduled to start at 10:00 pm Motorists travelling along Hope Road towards Half-Way-Tree will be diverted onto Winchester Avenue, then onto Ruthven Road, and back onto Half-Way Tree-Road.Vehicles travelling along Constant Spring Road will be diverted onto South Avenue.Traffic from Molynes Road will be allowed to enter South Odeon Avenue and make their way across Constant Spring Road, onto Suthermere Road, then onto Hope Road. However, no right turn will be allowed at the stoplight.

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House approves changes to Trafficking in Persons Act

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Balford HenryWednesday, July 10, 2013

JAMAICA has amended the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act to bring the provisions more in line with the United States view on the issue.While the Jamaican Government has insisted that it has a state-of-the-art law since 2007, based on the Palermo Protocol — an international convention — the US, which is the country’s main assessors, had a broader view of human trafficking and pointed out certain deficiencies in the local Act.Amendments were approved by the House of Representatives yesterday to bring these “deficiencies”, which had caused Jamaica to be placed on the tier-two watch list of the United States in its ranking of the measures being undertaken by the Government to address human trafficking prior to June this year, after the Bill was tabled.The amendments made to the Act included expanding the definition of “exploitation” to include debt bondage, which is now recognised as a form of trafficking; increasing the penalties from 10 to 20 years; providing for the new offence of conspiracy, punishable by imprisonment of up to 20 years or both fine and imprisonment; outlining aggravating circumstances that the court may take into account in sentencing; and granting restitution to the victim within the same proceedings in which the person was convicted.Human trafficking is a considered modern-day form of slavery, involving victims who are typically forced, defrauded or coerced into various forms of exploitation. The Government has been tackling the problem through a number of initiatives, including the legislative amendment, public education and prosecution of people found involved in the crime of human trafficking.The Bill was piloted through the House of Representatives by Minister of National Security Peter Bunting. Contributors to the debate included the Opposition spokespersons on national security, and youth, sports, gender affairs, entertainment and culture.

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