Floyd Green, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at a ceremony held at the Pedro Plains Anglican Church hall in St Elizabeth on Friday, (October 18) to hand over relief supplies to farmers in the community of Flagaman, whose cultivations were affected by fire

From (left to right): Ana Romero, services sector manager, Costa Rica Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE); Erica Simmons, executive director of the centre for Digital Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing at the CMU; Phil Fersht, CEO, HFS Research; and Diane Edwards, president of JAMPRO, speak at the Future of Work Conference: Outsourcing

Christopher Zacca (centre), President and CEO, Sagicor Group Jamaica, embraces Sagicor team members honoured with Long Service Awards for between 30 and 40 years of service to the company, during a ceremony at the AC Marriott Hotel recently. From left are: Dahlia Allen Palmer, Sheryl Dacres, Janice Grant Taffe, Curlinea

Director general of Statin Carol Coy (left) looks on while Leesha Delatie- Budair,deputy director general at Statin (centre), points out an important detail of the Labor Force Survey for July 2019 to Dr Natalee Simpson, director of surveys at STATIN , during the quarterly press briefing held at the Knutsford

MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says all councillors from municipalities across the island are expected to participate in the upcoming Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). The three-day event, which is slated to be held at the Montego

Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy (left), speaking during today's (October 17) quarterly press briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. (Photo: JIS) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting a second quarter calendar year economic growth of 1.3

Dr Eric Deans (left) with Capt Richard Sewell at the Sygnus Quarterly Business Breakfast Forum at the Terra Nova hotel in Kingston yesterday. (Photo: Karl McLarty) There is a chronic shortage of investments in building out Special Economic Zones (SEZs), in spite of growing overseas interests in bringing factories and

The 'Conu'co Market at the Cove', a local event that brings Jamaican farmers, artisans, chefs and entrepreneurs together to promote local products, is currently in its second year and will be held this Sunday, October 20 at Grizzly's Plantation Cove in Priory, St Ann, near Ocho Rios. The event, which

Having secured majority interest in insurance conglomerate, Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL), Jamaican/Canadian billionaire Michael Lee-Chin is mooting offering shares in the company to staff, particular to sales staff, as part of an impromptu deal struck on Monday. The deal was struck as Lee-Chin addressed a Guardian Life Special Sales Force

Don Anderson, managing director of Market Research Services, presents the 2019 Third-Quarter Business and Consumer Confidence Indices at the Courtyard by Marriott on Tuesday (October 15). (Photos: Garfield Robinson) The level of confidence in the economy by both businesses and consumers has declined in the third quarter of 2019, though