Press Release Maths Teacher Awards Ceremony-2 Math The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) Vice-President - Life Vernon James last Monday presented a sponsorship cheque in the amount $750,000 to the Ministry of Education for the latter’s 2017 Mathematics Initiative, while urging the use of smartphones
Sagicor Group Jamaica's earnings reached a new record at $11.3 billion for year ending December 2016, reflecting synergies from the amalgamation of the banking operations and earnings from other investments. Profit rose 15 per cent, while revenue climbed more than eight per cent to land just shy of $60
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans will have to brace for increases in the price of gasoline, alcohol, and motor vehicle licensing as early as next week. Finance Minister Audley Shaw today announced an increase in Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on petrol as well as other tax hikes during the opening
Vernon James Vice President – Life for the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) is urging the Ministry of Education to leverage Technology to provide more access to education using smart phones and the social media. Mr James who was speaking at the Awards Ceremony for the Mathematics Teacher of
Richard Pandohie reckons that the eight initiatives under the Economic Growth Council’s 5 in 4 plan are lacking focus on Jamaica’s agricultural sector. The chief executive officer of Seprod Ltd who recently announced plans to partner with the Government, private sector and farmers across the island in an effort to
GraceKennedy General Insurance Company Limited (GKGI) will later this year roll out operations in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. After cementing insurance operations in Antigua, St Vincent, Dominica, St Lucia, and Turks & Caicos, GK’s Group CEO Don Wehby told the Jamaica Observer that the company is now hoping to
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Acting Director of the Caribbean Institute for Health Research at the University of the West Indies Professor Marvin Reid, is reiterating the need for persons to pay close attention to the relationship between nutrition and cancer. Speaking on behalf of the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS), Professor
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) says there has been a decline in the country's poverty rate. Dr. Wayne Henry, Director General of the PIOJ, on Wednesday released data showing that in 2014, the poverty rate fell by 4.6 percentage points to 20 per cent. It was the first downward
In the last three years, perhaps Jamaicans have come to associate the oversight of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme provided by Richard Byles, in his capacity of co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), as a natural extension of his business acumen. In that role, he undoubtedly provided
The Jamaican economy recorded growth of 1.3 per cent for the October–December quarter of 2016. This represents eight consecutive quarters of economic growth and reflected higher value added from both the Goods Producing and Services Industries. The Goods-Producing Industry grew by 3.0 per cent, while the Services Industry was
