What is the value of the Jamaican dollar relative to the US? The Jamaican dollar has depreciated to more than $130 to US$1 again. The price of the US dollar rose to an all-time high, selling for an average price $132 to US$1 and has remained above $131 mark. The
The National Minimum Wage is to go up from $6,200 to $7,000 per 40-hour work week, representing a 13 percent increase. The minimum wage for security guards is also to be increased, moving from $8,854 to $9,700. Both rates are to take effect on August 1, 2018. The announcement was made by Labour
Jamaica may be some way off its 2030 vision of becoming the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and do business — but the percentage of Jamaicans who want to emigrate has declined by more than 10 percentage ponts since 2014 — according to a new global survey
Chairman of Marathon Insurance Brokers (MIB), Richard Burgher, is demanding answers from the Government as to why Petrojam turned down a tender offer by to provide insurance services for its workers, but awarded the contract to a competitor even though MBI's proposal was $420 million cheaper. “I am not saying I won this
Three of the island's leading private sector groups have called for a forensic audit of the affairs of oil refinery Petrojam and the Universal Access Fund, both agencies of the Technology and Energy Ministry. In a statement this afternoon, the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw shares his ideas on how his Ministry can offer new methods to reduce imports in the tourism industry with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett during a Tourism Linkages Council Meeting on June 19 at the Tourism Enhancement Fund's New Kingston offices. MINISTER
General Manager of the Country Department, Caribbean Group, at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (second right), in conversation with fellow panellists following a plenary session at the recent Jamaica Investment Forum held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. From left are Chief Executive Officer, eGov
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has announced that approximately 5000 smallholder farmers in the parishes of Portland, St Thomas and St Mary will benefit from technical and technological expertise to increase their capacity to implement climate-smart agricultural practices. The ministry, in a release today,
Nurse Sophia Stampp-Young from the Sagicor Paramedic Unit prepares Marc Blake for an Electrocardiogram (ECG) examination. 1 2 It was supposed to be just another routine day for Marc Blake back in August 2016 when the unexpected happened. Thirty-five years old then, the seemingly young, fit and 'healthy' Sagicor Life
Panelist Dr Damien King, Executive Director of CAPRI (right) speaks at the public forum on the proposed independent Fiscal Council organized by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute on June 14, 2018. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke, who proposed the council, is at left while IMF Mission Chief Dr Uma Ramakrishnan
