The Senate has postponed debate on the Road Traffic Bill. It was expected that the Bill would have been passed today (Friday) to clear the way for it to be signed into law this year. Speaking in the Senate Friday morning, Information Minister Ruel Reid, said the delay is to

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said if the economy continues on the current growth trajectory, Jamaica can attain full employment. He explained that this means Jamaica would be in a position would have a job for every citizen who is able-bodied and can work. "We can get to the point

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — The Bank of Jamaica (B o J) says the inflation rate in the country is back on target, and that it had fallen below the four per cent to six per cent target between March and August this year. “However, the 12-month inflation at October 2018,

FINANCE Minister Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday said that the Government will revise the investment limits placed on pension funds, a move that will make more than $20 billion available for investment in venture capital, which the funds are currently restricted from doing. “When we move the limit from zero to

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados Government today announced plans to provide a hefty reduction in corporation taxes for businesses and urged them to share the benefits with citizens. Prime Minister Mia Mottley told Parliament that her seven month old administration would reduce the corporation taxes from 25 to as

TRANSPORT Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) yesterday put Minister of Transport Robert Montague and the Transport Authority on notice, signalling that taxi operators could continue to withdraw their services today if problems in the sector are not addressed soon. TODSS, in a news release yesterday, said that while it will

Seeking to quell market fears, chairman of Sagicor Real Estate X Fund, Richard Byles, said the billion-dollar loss reported in the September quarter was not an indictment of the company's performance, but rather reflected a dip in the price of Playa shares. The company acquired shares in the Mexican hotel

Yesterday, persons were left stranded at North Parade in downtown Kingston, after taxi operators protested for a second day, blocking sections of the island, upset about provisions in the new Road Traffic Act. Despite the chaos caused by taxi operators who protested yesterday for the second day across sections of

Taxi operators who ply the Mountain View to Half-Way-Tree route in St Andrew park their motor vehicles on Hope Road in St Andrew to protest the proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Act, among other things, yesterday. OPERATORS of public passenger vehicles (PPV) who ply the Mountain View to Half-Way-Tree

On October 29,2018 it was reported that approximately 800 new students, and an estimated 1,600 returning students of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, had been deregistered for failure to meet their tuition fees. In joining the age-old debate, commentators have posited some daring claims imploring the