Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaking at yesterday's breakfast briefing on the Wigton Windfarm Limited IPO, hosted by lead broker Mayberry Investment Limited at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. THE Jamaican economy grew a year-on-year two per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has confirmed.
Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2019 | 12:28 A Federal authorities said Tuesday that they have broken up a US$1.2-billion Medicare scam that peddled unneeded orthopaedic braces to hundreds of thousands of seniors via foreign call centres. The US Justice Department announced charges against 24 people across the country, including doctors
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce-commissioned business and consumer confidence indices indicate that optimism among businesses and consumers remains on an upward trend. The business confidence Index increased to 151 points in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the first quarter of 2018, when it dipped to 136, and represented
The Government is aiming to raise $5.5 billion from the initial public offering (IPO) of Wigton Windfarm, which operates wind turbines in Manchester. Concurrently, lead broker Mayberry Investments has indicated that it has priced the stock at $0.50 per share to allow for price appreciation. “This is the best way
Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2019 | 12:28 AMDr Andre Haughton What is the value of Jamaica’s debt stock? Total public debt at the end of fiscal year 2018-19 was an estimated $1.961 trillion, an increase of $8.9 billion when compared to $1.9521 trillion at the end of the fiscal year
The conversion of prime farmland in St Catherine into residential developments has come under withering criticism from Lenworth Fulton, the president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. Developers have, over the last decade and a half, been building out a range of housing schemes across swathes of farmland in St Catherine.
Dear Claudienne My credit card was classified as bad debt in April of 2018 and I was advised that I had three months to pay the amount owed. The majority of the sum owed is interest because I had stopped using the card for a year or more. I was
Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), Dr Damien King, says that the improved fiscal management being exercised by the government has increased tax revenue by some $100 billion. “The ability to use resources to provide the services which government is supposed to (provide) is that better fiscal
Canadian company, Global Canna Labs (GCL) has received approval from the Jamaican Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) to commence commercial medical cannabis sales domestically to licensed dispensaries. The company has announced the sale of 46.5 kilograms of dried medical cannabis products in the local dispensaries since their formal approval late in
One hundred and twenty employees of Guardian Life Limited were recently recognised by the company at its 19th Awards Ceremony, held at the Sunken Gardens, Hope Gardens. The event saw over 400 team members from across the island coming together to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary and support those who
