KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica National (JN) Group has established a Member Welfare Fund to ease the burden for its members and customers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief executive officer of group, Earl Jarrett, made the announcement while addressing a “JN Circle Catch Up”, a video
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Sagicor Investments has reduced its online trading fee to 0.5 per cent for clients who have an established online trading account with the Jamaica Stock Exchange's (JSE) online traders' platform – Jtraderpro. The fee reduction is aimed at encouraging market activity during the COVID-19 containment efforts. “Our
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — From Mexico City to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Santiago, Chile, the coronavirus is taking root in the world's most unequal region, where many of Latin America's first cases arrived with members of the elite returning from vacations or work trips to Europe and the United States. Many
In a little under three weeks the entire world has literally changed, and will never, ever be the same. A virus which started in Wuhan, China, has quickly spread around the world, and life as we know it has been turned upside down. A lot has been lost, people have
Dr David Walcott, a Jamaican entrepreneur and doctor recently founded and convened Shapers Against CoVID an international task force of more than 250 young people from across some 60 countries across the globe to drive action against COVID-19. “We've been doing everything from sharing knowledge to resourcing governments to building
The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM) based in the Caribbean will be charged with driving the recovery of tourism in the region following the passage of the novel coronavirus disease which has already debilitated much of the sector. Jamaica's minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett in a recent
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank urging that the financial institutions agree to a number of initiatives aimed at assisting Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries deal with the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus
As local farmers complain of having excess produce and a lack of market for their produce, they are being encouraged to take advantage of neighbouring Caricom markets as several of these regional counterparts rely heavily on imports. In a number of recent reports local farmers have bemoaned the fact that
Having reviewed the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) 2019 Financial Stability Report, the Financial System Stability Committee (FSSC) has indicated that the data and analysis presented showed that Jamaica's financial system remains sound and stable. The report assessed developments in the financial system and the associated systemic risks since the September
THE Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) has, for the time being, been holding up to the COVID-19 invasion, but there are fears among the leadership that things could get really bad soon. “We are sending off a letter to the Government with some points that we would like to have
