WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Agriculture Minister Karl Samuda is blaming the lack of infrastructural development for both rural-urban drift and the migration of trained young people, who feel they have no other option but to move away in search of opportunities for advancement. According to Samuda, there are two types

Jamaica has joined a number of other small island developing states in accessing financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to assist with mitigation and adaptation programmes. Daryl Vaz, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, said the grant, which is valued at U$S300,000, will

Chief economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Végh, has deemed the region's fiscal policy as precarious with an urgent need for further adjustment, as growth in China and the United States continue to trend upwards. Végh gave the prescription Wednesday in a World Bank report titled 'Growth

Sharon Donaldson (fourth left), managing director of General Accident Insurance Company Limited, poses with finalists after presenting them with their trophies and cash awards at the 2017 General Accident Open Tennis Championships which ended at the Liguanea Club on Monday night. At left is Rory Shepherd, general manager of Liguanea

Guangdong is home to 110 million people and the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. (Photo: AFP) GUANGDONG, China — Officials of China's leading and fastest-growing province — Guangdong — yesterday invited countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to join forces in a partnership as it continues to grow. The

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has once again urged the international community to not “turn its back” on the problem of climate change but to address it in a “meaningful way”. Skerrit, in his address to mark International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), being observed on

Rohan Miller, the chief executive officer of Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited and Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited and executive vice-president and chief investment officer of Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited, has been seconded to the exclusive management of the group's hotel portfolio. Miller took up his new role at the

Earl Moore has provided outstanding leadership in the Jamaican financial services sector for more than 20 years including being president and CEO o Guardian Life Ltd.; vice-president of marketing and sales at Guardian Life Ltd.; vice-president of marketing and sales at Guardian Life of the Caribbean (Trinidad); co-founder and president

Crime does not pay, but it certainly is costing the Government of Jamaica a tidy sum, amounting to $68 billion per year, a dollar figure the National Security Minister Robert Montague says could fund the construction of 16 new schools. Addressing the first Jamaica Geographic Information System (GIS) User Conference

Jamaica has recorded an all-time high with consumers describing the current availability of jobs as adequate or plentiful, according to a recent business and consumer confidence survey. Consumer confidence in Jamaica, which has been more favourable for a longer period than at any time since the survey began in