THE new year has started with a great deal of uncertainty following the enormous volatility experienced in 2018. Last year there was an abundance of global economic uncertainty, political changes, and sharp market movements among other things. These would have left many investors feeling stressed. If one blinks, one may
Leading Jamaican architect Evan Williams is bemoaning the demise of the Jamaican construction and architectural industry as a result of major projects being awarded to Chinese firms. Williams recently oversaw the construction and design of the extended-stay 48-room business hotel, the R, on Renfrew Road in Kingston, which came
Question: What is the maximum in loss of use expenses that my husband and I can claim as a result of the loss of our vehicle? We received a loss of use form from the third party's insurers. It suggests that those costs are limited to 14 days. We are
QUESTION: I read your column in The Gleaner about credit scores and I am interested in advice pertaining to building a better credit score for 2019, but I lack guidance. Personal Adviser: Your correspondence suggests that you do have a credit score, which means that you have already assumed a
The Jamaican Government is proposing to use the stock market to raise funds for infrastructure projects in a move to avoid increasing the national debt, according to finance and the public service minister, Dr Nigel Clarke. The country requires investments in the "hundreds of billions of dollars" over the next
Jamaica's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of December 2018 fell by one per cent, triggering a drop in the country's annual point-to-point inflation rate to 2.4 per cent at the end of December 2018. The plunge in inflation will also force the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to file
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Commuters including students and people on their way to work had to sit in traffic for long hours after a truck transporting cooking gas caught fire along the busy Rose Rose Hall main road in St James this morning. Preliminary reports are that the driver disembarked
Over 600 'Life Guardians' representatives of Guardian Life Limited and their partnering brokerage companies travelled into Kingston from across the island to attend a New Year 'Blast Off' and motivational session hosted by Guardian Life Limited at the Jamaica Conference Centre recently. The event, which is the first on a
GraceKennedy said it has made a number of changes at its senior management level as it continues to streamline its structure in alignment with its 100th anniversary objectives. The changes, effective April 1, form part of an ongoing transformation process announced by the company in August last year, the company
A decline in agricultural prices, along with a significant reduction in international oil prices, resulted in the consumer price index falling by one per cent for December 2018, bringing the annual point-to-point inflation rate at December 2018 to 2.4 per cent. That was lower than the Bank of Jamaica, BOJ,
