PRIME Minister Andrew Holness remains confident that Jamaica will achieve its target of five per cent growth in the next three years. “People have said it is an overly ambitious target, but I am strongly of the view that we will achieve the growth targets set. We are also very

MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is reporting gross foreign exchange earnings of US$2.34 billion for the first 10 months of the year, representing a 10.8 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2016. The figure puts the country in good position to reach the US$3-billion mark for the year.

THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says the country grew by an estimated 0.9 per cent for the July to September 2017 quarter, relative to the corresponding period last year. This out-turn reflects a 0.6 per cent increase over the April to June quarter, and was driven by a 1.1

General Accident is reporting a huge drop in net profit, which ended at $76.8 million for the nine months ending September 30.   This is a decrease of 75 per cent from the $311.6 million last year   For the same nine-month period, gross written premium reported was $6.2

P B Scott, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, will be stepping down from that position on November 29, when a new president and team will be elected. “This will be my last Hall of Fame as PSOJ president, as regrettably, given business commitments, I am unable to

Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis (left), makes a point at the close-out ceremony of the Export Max II Programme and the signing of a memorandum of understanding for Export Max III, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston on November

Richard Byles holds his Hall of Fame citation with his wife Jacinth at the Jamaica Pegasus on Monday. (Photo: Naphtali Junior) Richard Byles, chairman of Sagicor Group Jamaica and of Red Stripe, was inducted into the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Hall of Fame on Monday, in a glitzy

Kingston, Jamaica: Sagicor Group’s Chairman, Mr. Richard Owen Byles, became  the 25th inductee in the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) Private Sector Hall of Fame on Monday, November 13, 2017. Mr. Byles who is lauded as one of Jamaica’s transformational private sector leaders, has had a long and

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Identification System (NIDS) Bill a short while ago successfully passed the Senate despite what leader of Government Business, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith said was “strong obstruction by the Opposition”. In hailing the passage of the Bill, Johnson Smith noted: “Despite challenges, the interest of

Leader of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith in talks with her follow Government members before the start of deliberations in the Upper House — Norman Grindley photo. The Senate has passed the controversial National Identification and Registration Bill with 168 amendments following another marathon session of parliament’s