Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw (right) in discussion with president, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), Hugh Johnson (left) at the SBAJ's second regional Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Conference on April 17, at Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston. At centre is board secretary, SBAJ,
Published:Sunday | April 21, 2019 | 12:19 AM ADVISORY COLUMN: INSURANCE HELPLINE QUESTION: I was involved in an accident near Black River in February. A truck drove into the left side of my car. It was travelling on a minor road. I was on the main road. The driver admitted
ADVISORY COLUMN: PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADVISER An initial public offering, or IPO, is the offering of shares in a company to the general public for the first time. IPOs may be made by start-up companies or companies that have been in business for a long time and by companies owned by
Ryan Brown, an electrician from St Andrew, receives remittances from his brother in the United States of America every month. His name has been changed; however, he is an actual person, who purchases medication for his ailing son, pays bills, and saves a portion of this extra income. The portion
Narda Simmonds (left), a teacher at Golden Spring Primary School in St Andrew, and Maxine Lawrence (right), teacher at Donald Quarrie High School in eastern St Andrew listen, as Sharon Smith, senior manager at JN Bank, makes a point. Smith was in conversation with the teachers after delivering the keynote
Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke was recently interviewed on Bloombery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8c6XSM4Ps
Jamaica has been named among six countries from the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region where growth has been “sharply impacted” by the failure to invest in infrastructure. The new Inter-American Bank (IDB) study examined the energy, transportation, telecommunications, and water and sanitation sectors in the six countries and found
Kevin Donaldson , CEO of Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited. Financial conglomerate Sagicor Group Jamaica has bundled its holdings in financial stocks into a single entity, Sagicor Select Funds Limited, which it aims to float on the stock market as an exchange traded fund or ETF. It’s one of two ETFs
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke (right), converses with Small Business Association of Jamaica President, Hugh Johnson, on the final day of a three-day regional Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprise (MSME) conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on April 18, 2019 - Contributed
Fourteen of the 19 police divisions that cover the island have reported an increase, some by more than 100 per cent, in the number of persons killed in motor vehicle crashes since the start of the year. Four of the five remaining police divisions reported a decrease in road deaths
