Minister of Tourism and Co-Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM), Edmund Bartlett (4th L) and Dr Taleb Rifai, Co-Chair of the GTRCM and former Secretary General of the UNWTO (2nd R), hand over US$50 thousand for relief efforts to Director General of the Ministry of

Gassan Azan (left) speaking at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) 'Conversations at Breakfast'. Next to him is Lloyd Distant Jnr, president of the JCC. (Photo: Joseph Wellington) Businessman Gassan Azan has described his Lakes Pen high-tech agricultural venture as a potential game changer for both the individual household consumer

Donna-Kay Smith, manager of customer experience and support services -- MIB, give a demonstration on how the new platform works. (Photos: Michael Gordon) NEXT year, Marathon Insurance Brokers (MIB) Limited intends to raise $400-million from the market for the second phase of its technological shake-up of the $20-b sector. “We

As the Jamaican dollar exchange rate slips to more than $140 to US$1, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles is stating that it is the high untimely portfolio foreign exchange demands of some banks which are causing the bumps being experienced in the foreign exchange market. Positing that Jamaica

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, speaks at a ceremony for the handover of Vision and Mission Statements by the Office of the Cabinet’s Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Division, to the Ministry, in Kingston, on Thursday, October 31. AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook Share to

Thailia Lyn receives her PSOJ Hall of Fame citation from PSOJ President Keith Duncan at the Jamaica Pegasus in New Kingston on Tuesday. Founder and CEO of Island Grill Thalia Lyn was formally inducted into the Privaate Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Hall of Fame on Tuesday, at the 27th

The Financial System Stability Committee (FSSC) in the wake of its review of Bank of Jamaica's (BOJ) quarterly financial stability assessments has said that despite the global economic uncertainties, the country's financial system continues to be resilient. In a release statement issued on Thursday, the FSSC in its latest report

BOJ Governor Richard Byles speaks as Kerry-Ann Stimpson, chief marketing officer at JMMB pays attention at the JMMB Thought Leadership Breakfast at Courtyard Marriot in New Kingston on Wednesday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is far advanced in being recapitalised by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to