The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) spent just under $800,000 sponsoring four workshops for teachers of Mathematics and Integrated Science in Montego Bay, Runaway Bay, Toll Gate and Kingston so the teachers can properly prepare their students to sit the CSEC Exams in a few months’ time. Mr Peter Levy,
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2016 Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Hugh Riley (right). For the first time ever, the pace of growth of Caribbean tourism outperformed every major tourism region in the world. "Caribbean tourism grew by an estimated seven per cent to 28.7 million visits, much
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2016 Jamaica National (JN) Foundation launched its First Responders Programme at Cardiff Hotel in Runaway Bay, St Ann, with the certification and installation of the first cohort of 14 volunteers in the field. The First Responder Programme aims to equip community volunteers residing in rural crash
Friday, February 12, 2016 Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Derrick Kellier (2nd left) examines yam being shown to him by farmer Althea Pryce of the Thompson Town Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) branch. Occasion was a tour of display booths at the 2016 Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show in Trelawny on Wednesday.
Friday, February 12, 2016 Alpart in Nain, St Elizabeth Owners of UC Rusal have signed an agreement with a Chinese firm for the purchase of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), a bauxite mining and alumina processing plant located at Nain, St Elizabeth, in the south of Jamaica. Reliable sources said
Friday, February 12, 2016 The Government of Jamaica was expected yesterday to have paid out US$550 million to bondholders of the restructured securities affected by the National Debt Exchange (NDX) programme. Minister of Finance Dr Peter Phillips announced the pending payment while speaking during an interview aired online on Bloomberg
Friday, February 12, 2016 The UK headquarters of Fitch Ratings in London Jamaica on February 11 received a ratings upgrade from Fitch Ratings, with the company stating that among its key assumptions was that “the fiscal policy stance will remain broadly unchanged after the general election called by Prime Minister
Sunday, February 07, 2016 The Goat Islands have remained virtually untouched since the first half of the 20th century Theodore Mitchell, group sovereign economist with the JMMB Group, says the likelihood of growth above two per cent for the Jamaican economy is diminished because promises of large investment projects have
Published:Sunday | January 31, 2016 | Jamaicans will go to the polls on February 25 to vote in the country's 17th general election. Nomination Day will be Tuesday February 9. Parliament is to be dissolved on Friday, February 5. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced the dates at a mass meeting
Published:Saturday | January 30, 2016 The Ministry of Health has confirmed one case of the Zika virus in Jamaica. The patient who has now recovered is a four year old child from Portmore, St Catherine. The child began showing symptoms on January 17 after earlier returning to Jamaica from travel
