Prime Minister Andrew Holness has signalled his administration's intention of tapping the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for competitive loan offerings to expand the country's creaking water-supply system. "Just recently, president of the CDB, Warren Smith, informed me that there are funds at that bank - very low-cost funds - which

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has now moved to develop a new compensation structure in the public sector, having requested expressions of interest from firms for a consultant to review pay and allowances. It says that expertise is needed to restructure compensation, "taking into account the current

From the discussions at Wednesday's meeting of Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), it is clear that much work is needed to ensure the effectiveness of the new Road Traffic Act when it is implemented in April. We share the concern raised at the meeting that synchronisation of the

THE new year has started with a great deal of uncertainty following the enormous volatility experienced in 2018. Last year there was an abundance of global economic uncertainty, political changes, and sharp market movements among other things. These would have left many investors feeling stressed. If one blinks, one may

Leading Jamaican architect Evan Williams is bemoaning the demise of the Jamaican construction and architectural industry as a result of major projects being awarded to Chinese firms. Williams recently oversaw the construction and design of the extended-stay 48-room business hotel, the R, on Renfrew Road in Kingston, which came

Question: What is the maximum in loss of use expenses that my husband and I can claim as a result of the loss of our vehicle? We received a loss of use form from the third party's insurers. It suggests that those costs are limited to 14 days. We are

QUESTION: I read your column in The Gleaner about credit scores and I am interested in advice pertaining to building a better credit score for 2019, but I lack guidance. Personal Adviser: Your correspondence suggests that you do have a credit score, which means that you have already assumed a

The Jamaican Government is proposing to use the stock market to raise funds for infrastructure projects in a move to avoid increasing the national debt, according to finance and the public service minister, Dr Nigel Clarke. The country requires investments in the "hundreds of billions of dollars" over the next

Jamaica's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of December 2018 fell by one per cent, triggering a drop in the country's annual point-to-point inflation rate to 2.4 per cent at the end of December 2018. The plunge in inflation will also force the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to file

ST JAMES, Jamaica — Commuters including students and people on their way to work had to sit in traffic for long hours after a truck transporting cooking gas caught fire along the busy Rose Rose Hall main road in St James this morning. Preliminary reports are that the driver disembarked