TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico — A man rides his bicycle through a damaged road in Toa Alta, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 24, 2017, following the passage of Hurricane Maria. The regional insurer said of the US$119 million disbursed to the Caribbean over the last 10 years,
With the growing sophistication of financial markets and a rapidly increasing array of financial products and tools, it has become necessary for persons to invest time in their financial education, Grants manager at the JN Foundation, Rose Miller, who leads the Foundation's empowerment programme, posits. "For example," she pointed out,
Controversy is brewing in Trinidad and Tobago over NCB Global Holdings bid for Guardian Holdings. A report in the Trinidad Express newspaper says three shareholders are planning to challenge the acquisition following Friday's disclosure by NCB Chairman Michael Lee-Chin of a secret lock-up agreement. The secret agreement, whose release the shareholders, pressed
The year 2017 was another banner year for the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). With a record number of initial public offers and solid performance by already listed companies, investors were well rewarded for the risk taken with their money to buy stocks. According to research by Sagicor Investments, combined, the
Project Manager of the National Works Agency (NWA), Alphanso Marshall has confirmed plans to commence road works on the St Thomas leg of the South Coast Highway by March. The update of the proposed road improvement project was made at a town hall meeting held in Bull Bay last November
The private sector is spearheading a crime forum aimed at forcing the Government and Opposition to agree to certain key actions to address Jamaica’s crime problem. Speaking on Power 106 FM yesterday, head of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association, Metry Seaga, said the crime forum is to be held within another
THE Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) says provisional data have shown that a record 4.3 million tourists visited Jamaica in 2017. Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said the the figures represent a 21.1 per cent increase over arrivals in 2016. “We broke the four million mark in December and by the end
Head of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute Dr Parris Lyew Ayee says if Jamaica had experienced a tsunami following a major earthquake in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday evening, the damage would have been minor. However, he has warned against complacency and is urging policymakers to employ comprehensive preparedness strategies. Jamaica had
Jamaica has again surpassed the 10,000 mark for business and company registrations, closing at 11,988 for the year 2017, according to data provided by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ). Last year's registration for enterprises (companies and businesses combined) comes in at 65 more registrations higher than the country saw
FLORIDA, United States (AFP) — Last year was the most expensive in the United States' history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost US$306 billion, according to a US government report yesterday. In 2017, 16 disasters cost US$1 billion or more, and led
