Are you thinking about buying property? If you have seen some of the unfortunate headlines, tweets, and viral videos in recent times about people who have allegedly been defrauded in property transactions, you would agree that great care must be exercised when purchasing property. As the courts and relevant authorities
Insurance brokerage firm Caribbean Assurance Brokers Limited (CAB) on Monday became the first company for 2020 to list its shares on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), thus increasing the total listed securities on the markets of the JSE to 124. Through its initial public offering (IPO)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — All International Monetary Fund employees will work from home on Friday, the fund said yesterday, to test systems in case the spreading coronavirus epidemic makes working remotely a necessity. The World Bank, too, has been testing remote work procedures on a smaller scale, a spokesman
With over $7.9 billion in net profit recorded for its 2019 financial year and a 15 per cent increase over 2018, Guardian Life Limited last Saturday announced its highest profit in its 20-year history at the company's annual awards, held at Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. During his opening
Several businesses were shut down and scores of employees evacuated when the Tao restaurant on Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston went up in flames following an explosion yesterday morning. When the Jamaica Observer visited the scene, debris was scattered across the street and the police had cordoned off Trinidad Terrace
The Government yesterday announced new tax-reduction measures in the House of Representatives expected to cost the Administration $18 billion in 2020/21. Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke, who made the announcement as he opened the 2020/21 Budget Debate, said the budget is strategically focused on moving
SINGAPORE (AP) — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the virus outbreak that began in China could cost airlines as much as $113 billion in lost revenue due to the collapse of air travel. Representatives of the airline industry group said Thursday after a working meeting in Singapore that
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Other stakeholders. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon for what is an important development with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Jamaica today confirmed its first imported case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) here
Guardian Life Limited is reporting that it recorded $7.9 billion in net profit last year, a 15% increase over 2018. This represented the company's highest profit in its 20 year history. President of Guardian Life Limited Eric Hosin says Net Premium Income of $13.8 billion, excluding deposits invested in the
A worker cleans the signage of a fast food restaurant as businesses slowly restart in Beijing, yesterday. As China's coronavirus cases and death steadily falls, authorities are trying to restart its businesses and factories after a virtual shutdown which has had a ripple effect affecting the global economy. WASHINGTON, DC,
