Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2019 | 12:28 AMDr Andre Haughton What is the value of Jamaica’s debt stock? Total public debt at the end of fiscal year 2018-19 was an estimated $1.961 trillion, an increase of $8.9 billion when compared to $1.9521 trillion at the end of the fiscal year
The conversion of prime farmland in St Catherine into residential developments has come under withering criticism from Lenworth Fulton, the president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. Developers have, over the last decade and a half, been building out a range of housing schemes across swathes of farmland in St Catherine.
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Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), Dr Damien King, says that the improved fiscal management being exercised by the government has increased tax revenue by some $100 billion. “The ability to use resources to provide the services which government is supposed to (provide) is that better fiscal
Canadian company, Global Canna Labs (GCL) has received approval from the Jamaican Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) to commence commercial medical cannabis sales domestically to licensed dispensaries. The company has announced the sale of 46.5 kilograms of dried medical cannabis products in the local dispensaries since their formal approval late in
One hundred and twenty employees of Guardian Life Limited were recently recognised by the company at its 19th Awards Ceremony, held at the Sunken Gardens, Hope Gardens. The event saw over 400 team members from across the island coming together to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary and support those who
ADVISORY COLUMN: INSURANCE HELPLINE Cyber scammers, says Philadelphia journalist Jared Shelly, tricked leading US tech companies, Facebook and Google, into “wiring away millions by simply asking for the money via email”. The main perpetrator, a Lithuanian man – according to Risk & Insurance − and his associates, posed as a
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With a platform designed to connect global investment, innovation and influence, transformative growth ideas designed to connect global investment were untapped during the recently held ‘Destination Experience Visionaries Summit’ at the Spanish Court Hotel in St Andrew. With a stellar line-up of tastemakers, influencers, and captains of industry, the backdrop
Experts in the real estate sector agree that homeownership is probably one of the most powerful drivers of wealth creation in the Jamaican economy. Carlton Earl Samuels, chief development financing officer at The Jamaica National Group (JN), said owning a home is a safe investment, pointing out that homeownership offers
