LAGARDE...When the sun is shining you should take advantage to fix the roof PARIS, France (AFP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has urged France and other countries to push through reforms “while the sun is shining” on the global economy. In an interview with France's Le Journal
No major airline crashed a plane, the To70 agency said in its annual report, published Monday. (Photo: AFP) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Last year was the safest year for civil aviation since plane crash statistics were first compiled in 1946, two industry studies have found. A total of 10
NEW YORK, United States — Stock trader John Panin works at the New York Stock Exchange (Photo: AP) NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Technology and health care companies jumped yesterday as US stocks started the new year the same way they spent the last one: rising steadily and setting
IT'S day one of the 365 days of 2018, and the perfect time to start afresh as far as getting your health in tip-top shape is concerned. If you've been loyal to your health commitments through the years, take a bow, but if you're a backslider, there is still room
SSP Allen makes a point at the Police Traffic Department's newly opened Road Safety Hub at Elletson Road in St Andrew recently. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) SENIOR Superintendent of Police Calvin Allen says that unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, could better assist lawmen in the execution of their
The unveiling of one of two signs donated to Mandeville Regional Hospital on Wednesday, December 13. MANDEVILLE, Manchester — For many years Mandeville Regional Hospital was unable to adequately care for newborn babies with breathing problems because of resource constraints, including the absence of a ventilator in the Neonatal Unit.
You would not be living on this planet if you haven't heard about bitcoin. This is a digital currency used online as a method of payment which has been making headlines for quite a while now. While bitcoin may be the best known cryptocurrency, there are believed to be in
Amid rumours that the Playa hotel group has expressed interest in buying hotels owned by Sagicor Group Jamaica, informed sources said Friday that Rohan Miller had separated from the financial conglomerate. Gleaner Business understands that while Miller, the CEO of Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited, wanted to continue
The National Housing Trust (NHT) says that while it is unable to say what increases may result from the current move by reinsurers to raise rates, current property insurance rates will hold until August 2018. The NHT's reassurance follows an advisory from the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) that
