The June to December 2019 issue of the IAJ News Bulletin carries a number of interesting activities that occurred during the period under review. Interesting reading.NEWS BULLETIN JUNE TO DECEMBER 2019 Final 2
Used car dealers are reporting that sales were robust in 2019. Lynvale Hamilton, President of the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association, told the Financial Report that vehicle imports were also higher than in 2018. During that year just over 30,000 used vehicles entered the island. http://rjrnewsonline.com/business/used-car-dealers-report-robust-sales-in-2019
The Sagicor Foundation through its SIGMA Corporate Run initiative has highlighted that within the last 21 years since inception, the company's signature charity event has managed to raise more than $400 million benefiting some 30-plus health and educational institutions islandwide. The run, which has significantly increased the amount raised over
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several Caribbean islands on Wednesday as regional countries were being urged to continue monitoring the situation in Puerto Rico where two strong earthquakes have been blamed for the death of one man and damage to several buildings in
Minister of Transport and Mining, Robert Montague (2nd left)) signs a tripartite agreement for an online training programme for public passenger vehicle drivers and conductors at the ministry in Kingston on Thursday (November 21). The other signatories (from left) are: Chief Executive Officer of EduFocaL Business Limited, Gordon Swaby; Managing
Jamaica National Group Cybersecurity Unit is encouraging its customers to exercise increased vigilance when using email communications at this time. The bank says there is a heightened risk of cyber-attacks from hackers affiliated with the Iranian government, which has vowed to retaliate against the United States for its recent attack.
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has emphasised that the headline indicator used to assess the performance of the Jamaican economy in its gross domestic product (GDP) report is the year-over-year growth rate — that is the reference quarter with the same quarter of the previous year. STATIN made
Ethics are a set of principles dealing with what is good and bad, and concerns moral duty and obligation. Those moral principles apply not just to personal lives, but also to business and, topically perhaps, to politics. In business there are three main types of ethics: • deontological (ie duty-based)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is maintaining its prediction for the country to achieve a 2.25 per cent growth to gross domestic product (GDP) within the medium term — a position reiterated following the Statistical Institute's (STATIN) latest report which noted a 0.6 per cent growth for the third quarter
THE Jamaica Observer can confirm that the Government has agreed to an exciting deal involving the growing of bamboo in Trelawny on the former Long Pond Sugar Estate. The paper can also report that the Government through the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings (SCJH), is about to sign a long-term
