MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A business group warned yesterday that a labour shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least four months. The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3 per cent, from 2.9 per cent a year

A sizeable and complex financial sector dominated by large intra- and interconnected financial conglomerate groups with cross-border linkages has prompted calls from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for improved supervision and data collection methods for the institutions. Last Friday the IMF, in reporting on the results of Jamaica's 2018 Financial

Spice manufacturer Spur Tree will later this week send off its largest shipment of seasoning to Australia. In fact, the 40-foot container, which is currently being packed for export to the country that is known for its unique animal species like the kangaroo and duck-billed platypus, will be the largest

London , United Kingdom (AFP) — European markets lost ground yesterday on the back of sharp Asian losses and overnight on Wall Street, as concern grew over the US economic outlook, dealers said. With Wall Street closed on a US national day of mourning for former president George HW Bush,

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is taking steps to amend the Minimum Wage Act to provide greater protection for workers. The existing law, passed in 1938, provides for the payment of wages above or equal to, but not below a statutory level for certain types of work. It also establishes

Sagicor Bank CEO Chorvelle Johnson presents certificates for scholarship grants valued at $100,000 each to top girl Zarah Grey and top boy Kukoyi Irving at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency’s seventh Educational Achievement Awards ceremony on November 29. The ceremony, held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, awarded

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke announced today that a senior technical team from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Institute of Capacity Development (ICD) will lead a training workshop on strengthening macroeconomic framework skills at the ministry. The workshop is slated to run

Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton, interacts with a patient at the launch of the Public-Private Sector Pharmacy Partner Programme at the Camdex Pharmacy in Green Island, Hanover, recently. Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton is hailing the success of the Public-Private Sector Pharmacy Partner Programme, under which nearly 100,000

Jamaica's rank has fallen consecutively over the past years, from 65th in 2016 to 67th in 2017, to 70th in 2018, and now to 75th in the 2019 Doing Business Report. The rank has fallen despite Jamaica's index value increasing by 20 basis points, from 67.27 in 2018 to 67.47.

A shift in the global financial markets has prompted calls from investment advisory firm, Sterling Asset Management Ltd, for investors to look to the global market for more USD fixed income investment opportunities in 2019. President and CEO of Sterling Asset Management Charles Ross, on Friday revealed data which showed