February 5

The Jamaica Employers' Federation hosts its first CEO breakfast for 2008, featuring Joseph A. Matalon, chairman of the Advisory Board for the Jamaica Productivity Centre, as guest speaker, Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, 7:30 am.

February 12

Planning Institute of Jamaica to promote its publications 'Labour Market' and 'Geographic Sys-tems Analysis', St Hilda's High School auditorium, Brown's Town, St. Ann, 11:00 a.m. Schools in the area are invited. Email: claudette_myers@pioj.gov.jm

February 13

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be guest speaker at the launch of the JEF at 50 cele-brations and cocktail reception, hosted by the Jamaica Em-ployers' Federation at its head-quarters, 2A Ruthven Road, New Kingston, 5:00 p.m. Contact: 926-6762.

February 15

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited annual general meeting, Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, 10:00 a.m.

Dehring Bunting & Golding Limited annual general meeting, Jamaica Pegasus hotel, 12:00 p.m.

February 28

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited annual general meeting, Hilton Kingston hotel, New Kingston, 3:00 p.m.

March 6

Lascelles, deMercado & Company Limited annual general meeting, 23 Dominica Drive, New Kingston, 11:00 a.m.

March 15

Caribbean VeggieFest - Health Tourism and Spa Conference 2008, March 15-16, Rhodes Hall Plantation in Orange Bay, Hanover, Jamaica. Email: sharon@positivetourism.com

March 28

Annual convention of the National Association of Caribbean-American Journalists to be held March 28-30 at the Marriott-Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Plantation Hotel, Florida, United States. Registration begins January 4. Email: nacaj@nacaj.org

March 31

Final deadline for filing National Housing Trust returns. The returns are due at the start of each calendar year, but employers are allowed a three-month grace period.

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