In this 2012 Gleaner file photo, an old man begs by the roadside. Jamaica’s poverty rate rose in 2015, the most recent period surveyed by STATIN, according to a newly released report. The prevalence of poverty in Jamaica, at 21.2 per cent, has reached its second-highest level in almost
QUESTION: I went to tax office on Constant Spring Road last week to renew my car licence. It was month end and, by sheer luck, I was at the cashier’s counter within 15 minutes. I handed him the registration permit, certificate of fitness and a print of the cover note.
LONDON, United Kingdom — Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde speaks at the Bank of England's 'Independence 20 years on' conference, in central London on September 29. (Photo: AFP WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Friday urged the United States to
China's Jiuquan Irons & Steel (Group) Company Limited (JISCO) is to commence a US$1-billion spend this week in Jamaica, based on new bilateral agreements with the Government, which the Administration believes should boost local economic growth and job creation. Making the disclosure on Friday in an interview with the Jamaica
Reverend Dick speaking at the thanksgiving service for Violet Moss Brown of Duanvale, Trelawny, on Saturday (Photo: Philp Lemonte) DUANVALE, Trelawny — Clergyman Devon Dick is appealing to health and life insurance companies to provide long-term health coverage for the elderly. “We must commit ourselves as a nation. Private sector
New Fortress Energy Chairman Wes Edens speaking on the opening day of the Natural Gas Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston last Wednesday. Billionaire American businessman Wes Edens is giving the Jamaican Government high marks for the role it played in paving the way for his company's
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (third left), cuts ribbon to open the renovated male surgical ward at the St Ann's Bay Regional Hospital in St Ann, on October 6, 2017. Others (from left) are: Senior Vice President, Information and Communications Technology, National Health Fund, Granville Gayle and Minister of Labour and
The Ministry of Finance revealed this morning that the Jamaican economy contracted in the first quarter of the current financial year. Acting Financial Secretary, Darlene Morrison, made the disclosure to members of Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC). The PAAC is discussing the Government’s Interim Fiscal Policy Paper, which was
Declaring that the Jamaican dollar has depreciated by only 1.0 per cent for the 12-month period up to October 2 this year, Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor Brian Wynter said that the central bank is reaping positive results from the Bank of Jamaica Foreign Exchange Intervention and Trading Tool (B-FXITT).
The World Bank says remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to increase by 6.9 per cent to US$79 billion this year. In the latest edition of the Bank's Migration and Development Brief, the Washington-based institution noted that "economic growth and improvement in the labour market in the
