Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz (left), making his address to a plenary session at the just concluded Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), held from June 12 to 14 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St.James. Listening are: practice manager, Global Business Regulation

Chorvelle Johnson, Sagicor Bank CEO, proudly shows off the SWYPE mobile point of sale machine. SAGICOR Bank today fully rolls out its mobile point of sale machine, SWYPE. The device is a compact, portable card reader that works with Android phones and tablets to accept debit and credit card payments.

Geoffrey Mendez, community relations officer at JISCO Alpart Jamaica, making a presentation of agriculture stimulus vouchers to Barbara Harris community representative (Photos: JISCO Alpart) NAIN, St Elizabeth — JISCO Alpart Jamaica and its community partners, Manchester Plateau Community Council and Alpart Community Council, have assisted 130 farmers with an agricultural

Question: This newspaper reported recently that health insurance companies were forcing expectant mothers to incur expenses associated with pregnancy and then submit claims afterwards. This is very unfair. It has always been my understanding that claims made under insurance plans are paid by the provider, less any co-payment, when health

It is with great pleasure that we inform you that the Founding President  of the Caribbean Association of Actuaries Daisy McFarlane-Coke has been selected as the latest recipient of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries' (IACA) prestigious Max Lander Award. This lifetime achievement Award is given by IACA to a

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — St Lucia will host a three-day Caribbean Building Standards Forum and Exhibition as the efforts continue to develop a regional approach to disaster resilience and regulation of the building sector. The June 13-15 event is being held in collaboration with the St Lucia-based Organisation of

Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley (Photo: Barbados Today) One week after her Barbados Labour Party's (BLP) historic victory at the polls and getting to work on the economic reality in Barbados — meeting with social partners, trade unions and the business community — Mia Mottley telephoned managing director of

Extolling the economic stability that Jamaica is now experiencing, Curtis Martin, interim managing director, JN Bank, says Jamaicans in the diaspora should prepare to increase their investment in the economy, especially as the Government makes good on bonds it issued under two debt swaps in the past decade. "We estimate

Transport Minister Robert Montague has said that as soon as the House of Representatives approves Senate amendments to the Road Traffic Act and the governor general gives his assent, the Government would be rolling out an extensive public-education exercise to inform motorists about the new provisions in the statute. On

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — The collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would cut at least 0.4 per cent from Canada's economic growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday, after negotiations to revamp the 1994 pact bogged down. “Failure to reach an agreement within a reasonable timeframe