State Minister for Education, Youth and Information Floyd Green (right) responds to a question at a town hall meeting on the National Identification System at Emancipation Park in New Kingston on Tuesday while (from left) Project Director for NIDS Warren Vernon; chief executive officer, e-Gov Jamaica Ltd, Maurice Barnes; and
Stakeholders of the Cost of Care report discuss the findings after the launch at the Nigel Harris Council Room, The University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, yesterday. From left are: Parris Lyew-Ayee, Jr, director of Mona Geoinformatics; Dr Trevor McCartney, deputy dean Faculty of Medical Sciences at The University
Christopher Tufton (left), minister of health, receives a copy of the Cost of Care and Data Study from Dr Elizabeth Ward, chairman, Violence Prevention Alliance. Others in the picture (from left) are Dr Jason Toppin, consultant anaesthetist, University Hospital of the West Indies; Professor Trevor McCartney, deputy dean, Faculty of
The IAJ presents an analysis of the Life Insurance Sector and General Insurance Sector performance for 2016. YEARBOOK STATISTICS 2
RJR NEWS Dr. Peter Edwards An environmental economist is urging the government to take action to make Jamaica resilient to climate change. This follows a report released on Tuesday by Moody's Investors Service. Environmental Economist Dr. Peter Edwards, is in agreement with the report which states that Jamaica has very
The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) in collaboration with the Jamaica Medical Foundation (JMF) the outreach arm of the Insurance Industry specialising in medical matters staged a Health Fair on the grounds of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) on Saturday December 2. This Health Fair represents the delivery of
Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) will float little over 300 million shares or 20 per cent of equity in its subsidiary, Victoria Mutual Investments Ltd on the Jamaica Stock Exchange main market. The company hopes to raise just under $700 million. VMBS which is working to become a stronger integrated
The Government yesterday tabled supplementary estimates boosting spending this financial year by approximately $90 billion. The additional spending has pushed the 2017/18 estimates of expenditures from $716 billion to $805 billion, with capital expenditure moving up by approximately $69 billion and recurrent or housekeeping expenditure increasing by $21.6 billion One
Assistant Commissioner of Police and Head of CTOC, Fitz Bailey (left) addressing members of the media during a press conference at CTOC offices in Kingston yesterday. Looking on are Clifton Green (center) detective inspector and Patrick Samuels, deputy superintendent of police. The police are claiming a massive breakthrough into
Sagicor Bank Jamaica has appointed Chorvelle Johnson as its new chief executive officer, effective January 29, 2018. Johnson has served in the financial services sector, holding senior management positions over the past 20 years, including First Global and most recently at Proven Wealth and Proven Fund Managers. Christopher Zacca, President and
