Monday, January 25, 2016 | 5:54 PM KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton has welcomed Jamaica’s ranking as the Best Country in the Caribbean to do Business for the second year in a row. The Forbes Best Countries for Business Report showed Jamaica’s improvement from
Published:Monday | January 25, 2016 | 2:29 PM Sagicor Group Jamaica has disclosed that its President & CEO, Richard Byles is in hospital overseas for observation after complaining of not feeling well while on a business trip. The company says Byles remains in touch with his office. “I am fine,
Published:Friday | January 22, 2016 With the expected influx of billions of dollars in the market to flow from NDX bond redemptions in February, the Jamaican Government looks set to end its three-year hiatus from the domestic bond market and issue fresh debt instruments to absorb the liquidity. The new
Thursday, January 21, 2016 NEW minimum wage rates were approved for lowly paid Jamaican workers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a noisy showdown between Government and Opposition members of Parliament (MPs) over the level of increases. New Minister of Labour and Social Security Dr Fenton Ferguson apologised
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A career in Insurance is a viable option for young people today. A career in Insurance is also a good option for persons who are looking for a career change or who want to move into a vibrant and growing part of the economic sector. Both groups of persons, young
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Caribbean nations which are facing the withdrawal of correspondent banking services must unite to find workable solutions to the issue, presenters said at yesterday’s forum on the correspondent banking challenge in Kingston, an event organised by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI). Economist and former Prime
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (centre) spends time with Donovan White, vice-president, C& W Business, and Marlene Street-Forrest, general manager of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, during Monday’s opening ceremony of the 11th annual Regional Investments & Capital Markets conference yesterday. ON Monday Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 KINGSTON, Jamaica — The House of Representatives took another step closer to creating a regime for the establishment of a modern financial services industry in Jamaica, when it passed two essential Bills – ‘The Limited Partnership Act, 2015’ and ‘The General Partnership Act, 2015’, yesterday. Minister
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee Richard Byles is again defending the sliding of the Jamaican dollar — stating that the tight fiscal policies put in place by the IMF, along with reduction in oil prices has resulted in a 50-year low inflation rate of
