KINGSTON, July 16, 2018: The All Jamaica Consumer Price Index for June 2018 increased by 0.4 per cent according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Bulletin released today by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The division ‘Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’, moved up by 1.2 per
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUMMARY ACCOUNTS - Fiscal Monitoring Table - FY 2018/19 (in millions of Jamaica dollars) Fiscal Stats April - June 2018
Busines s travellers are increasingly booking stays through Airbnb and other home-sharing sites. Airbnb said Monday that nearly 700,000 companies have signed up and booked rooms through its business travel portal, almost triple the number since last year. Airbnb says 15 per cent of its travel nights booked are for
Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw has said that adverse weather conditions have led to $1 billion in losses in the sector over the past two years. Shaw, who was speaking at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon last Saturday, said it is necessary to pursue ways to mitigate
It's now 21 years since bailout agency Finsac was established to address problems of insolvency in the financial sector, but plans to wind up the company are hostage to unresolved court cases. The Ministry of Finance told the Financial Gleaner that it cannot deregister the Financial Sector Adjustment Company Limited
Regional commission ECLAC is reporting that foreign direct investments, FDI, in Guyana increased to US$212 million last year in part as a result of the oil and gas sector preparing for First Oil. The flows nearly quadrupled relative to 2016 when foreign investments in the country were estimated at US$58
New data indicate some measure of success in the rehabilitation of insolvent pension schemes. At the end of last year, insolvent schemes represented seven per cent of active pension plans, and accounted for 1.07 per cent of the pension assets under management in the private market, said the Financial Services
Being your own boss has many perks, and many persons harbour the hope of being an entrepreneur. The upside of being an entrepreneur includes being able to determine the pace of your day, having the opportunity to transform your vision into reality, as well as being responsible for your own
Sagicor Foundation has selected 73 exceptional secondary and tertiary students for scholarships to help with offsetting back-to-school expenses as they gear up for the new school year. Following a robust application process (from April to June), the successful candidates, who are from all across the island, were selected from over
Remains of a crashed motor car which resulted in several fatalities in Western Jamaica in May 2018. 1 2 With just seven days already ticked off in the month of August, a total of nine road fatalities from crashes during the one-week period have tripled the three deaths recorded for
