Despite the pandemic and gathering limits, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is promising a more significant and even better 17th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference. The three-day event, which kicks off on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, and goes up to Thursday, January 27, 2022, will see Prime Minister Andrew

Television Jamaica (TVJ) has been accepted as a full member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc (ATSC), an organisation representing trendsetting stakeholders who are defining the global future of the next generation of television –ATSC 3.0. TVJ’s membership of ATSC Inc is but one of many moves that the

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has welcomed a new partnership between Chukka Caribbean Adventures and J. Wray & Nephew Limited, describing it as a “big game changer” for Jamaica’s south coast tourism. Speaking to JIS News, Bartlett said the partnership, which went into effect on December 1, will be mutually

Companies all over the world develop products and services that are targeted at young people who can recall their teen years and the gadgets, food, movies and merchandise that were specifically created for their age cohort. As with every fad, it takes money to acquire these products and services, and

General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica (GENAC) has recevied a “Good Creditworthiness” rating from the Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services (CariCRIS). GENAC has been assigned initial issuer/corporate credit ratings effective December 16, 2021.   Additionally, CariCRIS has assigned a stable outlook on GENAC with the expectation that the company will

A continued upswing in remittance inflows is accredited to a growth of 9.8 per cent in inflows via remittance companies aided by an increase in inflows via other remittances of 3.0 per cent for the month of October. Remittance inflows for the month of October amount to US$277.9 million, an

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) expanded its central bank digital currency (CBDC), DCash, to two more nations of the Commonwealth: Dominica and Montserrat, making it seven out of the eight-member union which are now listed as participants. The Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$) is used by the members of the

Mixed movements in the prices of petroleum products in the US Gulf Coast during the past week will result in Jamaican consumers getting an ease from record gas prices this week, but the price of diesel will increase. As of today, a litre of gasoline will be sold for $0.25

Time is running out and frustration is building for the family of Taneka Gardner, the woman whose throat was slashed during a sacrificial ceremony at Pathways International Kingdom Restoration church last October as her insurance claim process drags on. Septimus Gardner told The Gleaner that the family has been unable