IAJ is in the process of giving assistance to Kingston Technical High School to improve physical facilities at the school starting with the bathrooms. After a tour of the facilities conducted by the School’s principal IAJ agreed to donate an amount of $100,000 and work on the unsatisfactory bathrooms is
The Christmas Season is upon us and so too will its accompanying festivities, spirit of good cheer and its central theme ‘Peace on Earth and Good will towards all’. For many of us it is truly the happiest time of the year. 2014 is fast approaching its end and what
The Renewable Energy Seminar held by Munich Re in Association with IAJ and CIPS on October 22 was a great success. Attendance were in accordance with expectations and all participants seemed to have enjoyed the occasion and benefited from the information disseminated by the presenters. MUNICH RE RENEWABLE ENERGY SEMINAR
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) reports that January 2015 the All Jamaica ‘All Divisions’ Consumer Price Index was 223.0 indicating a fall of 0.5 per cent. This is the third consecutive monthly decline in the inflation rate for Jamaica. This downward movement in inflation was mainly attributable to a
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin) reveals that as at November 2014 the All Jamaica ‘All Divisions’ Consumer Price Index was 224.9 indicating a fall of 0.5 per cent over the October 2014 index of 226.1. This movement represents the lowest inflation rate since the start of the 2014 calendar
Drought conditions during the months of June and July severely impacted agricultural production which weakened the overall performance of the economy for the July to September period. Real GDP was estimated to have contracted by 0.8 per cent, due to a decline in the Goods-Producing Industry, down 5.5 per cent,
For July - September 2014, real GDP is estimated to have contracted by 0.8% relative to July - September 2013. Real value added in the Goods-producing industries declined by 5.5% Real value added for the Services industries grew by 0.6% Press-Conference-v19n2-website
Despite significant economic shocks over the past two years, inflation remains in single-digit territory, and has trended down between September last year and the end of the review quarter. Headline inflation stood at 8.0 per cent at the end of June 2014, down from 8.8 per cent at the same
Thursday, June 18, 2015 Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade State Minister Arnaldo Brown (right), confers with the Jamaica Promotions Corporation’s (JAMPRO) Film Commissioner , Carole Beckford, during Monday’s (June 15) Cultural and Creative Industries Session of the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, being held from June 13 to 18, at
March 31, 2015 Total value added at constant prices for the Jamaican economy recorded a decline of 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014 when compared to the similar quarter of 2013. This reduction in output was due mainly to a 3.9 per cent decline in the Goods
