Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the Tourism Workers’ Pension Act came into effect on January 31, paving the way for registration under the pension scheme to begin soon. “This gazetted date sets the stage for the Board of Trustees to conclude the arrangements with the fund manager and the fund
Oil prices fell on Friday and were on track for a fourth straight weekly loss on mounting worries about economic damage from the coronavirus that has spread from China to around 20 countries, killing more than 200 people. Prices briefly found support after Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Russia
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says collective stakeholder efforts are required at all levels to significantly improve Jamaica’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 28), Dr. Clarke, who noted that extensive measures
Jamaica is teetering on the brink of a calamity, much like what the Israelites of biblical days experienced after they turned their backs on the Lord, following the death of their leader, Joshua, according to noted business leader and deacon of the Church of the Open Bible, Eric Hosin. Delivering
Peter Levy, president of the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ), is urging drivers to be cognisant of their surroundings when leaving their vehicles, given the 37 per cent spike in motor vehicle thefts. According to the president, if the claims of theft continue to rise then that could lead to
In his now customary address at the 15th annual Jamaica Stock Exchange Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, as always made just before the speech of Jamaica's prime minister (and which was thus once again heard by the PM amongst the many others in the audience), “Caribbean bond king” Gregory
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) was the fifth best-performing stock exchange in the world for 2019, according to a report from Bloomberg. One year ago, the JSE received global recognition when it was recognised — yet again — as the world's best-performing stock exchange for 2018. The JSE had a
With the recent Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) quarterly business and consumer indices revealing a downward trend for business confidence in the fourth quarter of 2019, influenced by the devaluation and fluctuation of the Jamaican dollar and crime, members of the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) says the real estate
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has had some of the highest returns in the world, giving rise to a new generation of Jamaican investors who have cashed in on the JSE's global phenomenon. Over the last five years the JSE has cemented its place as the world's top-performing market, with
Earthquakes are the sudden, rapid release of energy stored in rocks. The constant motion of the earth’s surface causes an earthquake. The earth’s rock layer is broken into large pieces. These pieces are in slow but constant motion. They may slide by each other smoothly and almost imperceptibly. From time
