The great Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra of American baseball fame, in one of his many famous quotes, said: “The future ain't what it used to be!” This is true for many of us as we consider the many disruptions around us, changing and improving our lives in ways we could

The Mona School and Business and Management, MSBM, has not only been advancing top quality business education in Jamaica for the past 12 years, but has also been involved in ground-breaking research and the real-life application of research findings to drive multibillion-dollar revenue and profit growth among some Jamaican businesses.

The Andrew Holness administration has committed $1 billion for a “revolutionary” initiative, first announced during the last annual conference of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), that will target unattached young people, tenements or so-called big yards, as well as provide improved living conditions for indigents. The allocation is included

There has been a 20 per cent increase in the number of road fatalities so far this year. A total of 72 persons have died in motor vehicle crashes since the start of the year, according to the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport. The increase is relative to

Two of the main purposes of a financial plan are to provide direction and meaning to financial decision-making and to clarify and connect all parts of a person’s life programme. Students fit into the pre-career or foundation phase of the financial life cycle, one of the main objectives being effective

Jamaica National Group is going after new business from the public sector and is making its approach through the bodies that represent them. JN’s banking subsidiary has already signed a memorandum of understanding with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, which represents approximately 20,000 educators, notwithstanding that the group has its own

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett said on Thursday that he would be engaging in a series of meetings with local bankers hoping to convince them to extend credit to entrepreneurs in the tourism industry. Bartlett, while reviewing the tourism sector’s mid-season performance, said that while the industry had numerous local

The head of Jamaica's leading cancer support charity is urging health insurance providers to offer more affordable critical illness plans to improve access to cancer care. Executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society, Yulite Gordon, who was speaking on Thursday at the launch of the book: Through The Valley, written by cancer survivor Michelle

Richard L Bernal, the pro-vice-chancellor for global affairs at The University of the West Indies, has revealed that the debt owed by the Government of Jamaica to China was 4.1 per cent of the national debt, and that Chinese direct foreign investment amounted to US$2 billion — most of which