PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a total of US$25 million (J$3.1 billion) will be invested in a project designed to finance and aid innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth of the micro, small, and medium-sized business sector over the next five years. Dubbed 'Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
FOR the first time in its 20-year history, Guardian Life Limited has achieved a consolidated net profit of $6.9 billion. The announcement was made by Eric Hosin, president, Guardian Life, during the company's 19th Annual Awards Ceremony hold on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Sunken Gardens, Hope Gardens in
SCOTIABANK has lowered its mortgage rate to 6.99 per cent effective last Friday, March 15. The interest rate, which is the lowest among local banks and building societies, falls in line with interest rate of 6 per cent now offered at the Government-run National Housing Trust. Previously, Scotiabank offered mortgage
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a total of US$25 million (J$3.1 billion) will be invested in a project designed to finance and aid innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth of the micro, small, and medium-sized business sector over the next five years. Dubbed 'Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
(From left) Michael Lake, managing director, Michael Lake & Associates; Dr. Morais Guy, Opposition Spokesman, Housing; Julian Robinson, Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Eastern; Andrew Holness, prime minister; Eric Hosin, president, Guardian Life Limited; Septimus Blake, chief operating officer, National Commercial Bank Limited, and Horace Chang, minister of
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Housing Trust (NHT) is to undertake infrastructure upgrading at 49 housing schemes across the island at a cost of more than $2.5 billion. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement during his contribution to the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives today. Holness
JOHANNESBURG (AP): More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said. Cyclone Idai is believed to be the most destructive storm to hit the impoverished southeastern African
Scotiabank Jamaica has set up a $3 billion fund from which it will issue loans to small businesses at a special rate of 9.99 per cent. The bank has also adjusted its loan rate for residential mortgages to 6.99 per cent, which it now touts as the lowest in the
The Government is seeking “competitive” sources of financing to undertake a proposed third infrastructure development initiative to succeed the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP), which was in its winding-up phase, to significantly improve aspects of Jamaica’s transportation network. In his contribution to the Budget Debate yesterday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced plans by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to increase the limit for loans by $1 million, raise the ceiling for construction loans, while reducing interest rates for all contributors. He declared that now was the time for Jamaicans to pursue their dream of home
