Retirement doesn't necessarily mean retiring, if you should ask retiree, Roy Parkinson. At age 61, the JN Individual Retirement Scheme (JNRS) pensioner neither looks nor acts in a manner associated with golden agers; and, therefore, when he retired from his job at a freight company in Montego Bay, St
7:23 am, Tue April 11, 2017 The Bank of Jamaica's latest Credit Conditions Survey shows lending rates continue to inch down. Creditors indicated that there was an overall decline in weighted average lending rates on new personal loans to 17.6 per cent during the December 2016 quarter. This was
QUALLO… I was surprised but very, very humbled WHEN news broke mid afternoon yesterday that the 29th commissioner of police would be standing Deputy Commissioner of Police George Quallo there was much surprise ringing amongst the rank and file of the constabulary and among people in general. Quallo, in an
Jamaica is on track to surpass five per cent growth annually in tourism, amid projections for growth in the industry regionally to exceed no more than 3.5 per cent up to 2020. Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, giving his sectoral budget presentation in Parliament in Kingston on Tuesday said the
Vernon James Vice President – Life for the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) is urging the Ministry of Education to leverage Technology to provide more access to education using smart phones and the social media. Mr James who was speaking at the Awards Ceremony for the Mathematics Teacher of the
Senior Medical Officer of the Percy Junor Hospital, Dr Carlos Wilson (second left) receives the cheque from President of the Jamaica Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Hugh Meredith (right) watched by Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw (left) and Chairman of the Southern Regional Health Authority,
Special Olympics Jamaica athletes and administrators and members of staff of JN General Insurance at Thursday’s luncheon at Courtleigh Hotel to acknowledge Jamaica’s accomplishments at the World Winter Games in Austria. (Joseph Wellington) THE cry for assistance from Special Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) has not fallen on deaf ears. JN
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, JC Hutchinson (left) and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Peter Thompson, examine a field of scotch bonnet peppers, during a tour of the Yallahs Agro Park in St Thomas on February 14. (Photo:
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Jamaica has moved 74 places up on the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the country’s ranking improved from 166 to 92 for 2017. The report analyses countries’ transition towards more affordable, secure and sustainable energy systems. Holness
The Government of Jamaica has taken a decision to tax Health Insurance Premiums by the imposition of GCT on the premiums charged effective April 3, 2017. This would increase the cost of Group Health Insurance by the current GCT rate of 16. 5 %. The premium for Group Health
