The labour force contracted by 1.6 per cent to 1, 337 575 workers, with males (53.9 per cent) still outnumbering females. Average annual employment improved by 1.3 per cent to a record 1, 215, 975 workers. Unemployment rates in 2018 continued to trend down to 9.1 per cent from 11.7
The fear of being diagnosed with cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has triggered a shift in life insurance buying habits among Jamaicans, resulting in 25 per cent of new policies bought over the last three years falling in the critical illness category. Executive director of the Insurance Association of
ALMOST 1,200 new cases of HIV/AIDS were diagnosed in Jamaica last year as the number of persons across the island living with the disease climbed to 26,426. This moved the country's HIV/AIDS prevalence to 1.8 per cent in the general population, up from 1.7 in 2017. The figures are contained
otal value added at constant prices for the Jamaican economy increased by 1.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 when compared to the similar quarter of 2018. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) in releasing the figures for the first quarter of the year revealed that the increase
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr Wayne Henry, is offering the view that strengthening of existing partnerships and forging new ties between Jamaica and its diaspora are vital inputs needed to achieve sustainable growth and development. Dr Henry made the comment while addressing a recent session
An intensive marketing and promotions campaign to heighten public awareness about the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) is currently underway. The JSSE, which was launched in January by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is an initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). It is intended to facilitate funding support, through public
Chief executive officer of NCB Capital Markets (NCBCM), Steven Gooden, is advising that the increasing liquidity in the economy might result in heightened risk to the financial market, if left unchecked. This, he says, is against the background of the local administration seeking to reduce the debt to GDP to
NCB Capital Markets is selling its stake in Advantage General Insurance Company for nearly 50 per cent more than it shelled out for the acquisition seven years earlier, at least in US-dollar terms. The investment house struck a US$50.5-million deal to sell Advantage General to Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited and two
Winner of the Best Student Presentation Award at the National Health Research Conference (NHRC) 2018 and Resident Physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Charisse Best, addresses recent JIS 'Think Tank', on a study undertaken in partial fulfilment of her Doctor of Medicine (DM) programme. (Photo: JIS)
Jamaica could lose an estimated $47 billion in workforce productivity over the next 15 years, if more is not done to reduce the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the population. Dr Christopher Tufton, who was speaking during the plenary session of the biennnial Jamaican Diaspora Conference about health and
