GROS ISLET, St Lucia — President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Gene Leon yesterday called on countries across the region to forge greater partnerships in order to fast-track their holistic and sustainable development as individual territories. In his remarks on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the regional
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has thrown his weight behind the call for external financing and capacity building assistance to small island developing states (SIDS) to address the escalating challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health. “The current realities affecting SIDS are such that it requires
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has announced that along with increases to pension benefits, which became effective on April 1, 2023, three other benefits under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) have also been increased. Employment injury benefits have been increased from $3,200 to $4,200 per week, with effect
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1 per cent from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured year over year, inflation
In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT and it has recently become available to Apple iOS users in Jamaica. ChatGPT is arguably now the most popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in Jamaica is growing rapidly. While ChatGPT is taking the world by storm, AI is already integrated into
The following content is created and paid for by The Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League Forty-five Credit Union Young Professionals converged at the Credit Unions of Jamaica's inaugural Youth Summit, at the Ocean Coral Springs Resort on Thursday, June 1, 2023, under the theme, 'NeXGen Change Makers: Be the
The British Caribbean Insurance Company Ltd (BCIC) has committed to be clear, open and customer-focused in its communications by rewriting its policy booklets in ‘plain language’. A document written in plain language is easy for the reader to read, understand, and act on. The first phase of the company’s plain-language
from left, President of CAPS, Nicolette Jenez, Amy Wolliston of the Cayman Islands, and Senior Partner of TELUS Health, Al Kiel. Pension valuations are recovering but require stronger oversight to detect fraud, according to the acting director general at the Financial Services Commission, Major Keron Burrell. “Recent scandals have shown
IN low-resource nations like Jamaica, there are several health-care financing models that could mitigate the various limitations of traditional health insurance and could be potentially beneficial for patients, especially the very large pool of patients in the informal economic sectors. These options aim to increase access to health-care services and
he personal information of some Government ministers, several parliamentarians, former senators, and titans of industry have been exposed in a cyberattack on boutique brokerage firm Mayberry Investments Limited by the Play Ransomware Group. The information, which goes as far back as 2009, includes margin loans, the portfolio sizes of various
