Transport and Mining Minister Robert Montague (second left) conducts a test of the new online training application for Public Passengers Vehicle (PPV) operators, ‘Transport Authority (TA) PPV Driver Train’. Looking on from left are: Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer EduFocal Limited, Gordon Swaby; Managing Director, British Caribbean Insurance Company, Peter
Coming off a year that saw motorcyclists accounting for 34 per cent of the 482 road users killed, day two in the New Year continued along the fatal path with a crash in Trench Town. A motorcyclist identified as 20-year-old Ramarco Miller died, and another man was seriously injured along
An important requirement for motor vehicle ownership is insurance. Apart from it being mandatory, it provides significant benefits to motorists in the event of theft, damage, injury or death, depending on the type of coverage. Insurance coverage is either third-party or comprehensive. Third-party compensates for one’s legal liability for property
Despite the pandemic and gathering limits, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is promising a more significant and even better 17th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference. The three-day event, which kicks off on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, and goes up to Thursday, January 27, 2022, will see Prime Minister Andrew
Television Jamaica (TVJ) has been accepted as a full member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc (ATSC), an organisation representing trendsetting stakeholders who are defining the global future of the next generation of television –ATSC 3.0. TVJ’s membership of ATSC Inc is but one of many moves that the
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has welcomed a new partnership between Chukka Caribbean Adventures and J. Wray & Nephew Limited, describing it as a “big game changer” for Jamaica’s south coast tourism. Speaking to JIS News, Bartlett said the partnership, which went into effect on December 1, will be mutually
Companies all over the world develop products and services that are targeted at young people who can recall their teen years and the gadgets, food, movies and merchandise that were specifically created for their age cohort. As with every fad, it takes money to acquire these products and services, and
General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica (GENAC) has recevied a “Good Creditworthiness” rating from the Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services (CariCRIS). GENAC has been assigned initial issuer/corporate credit ratings effective December 16, 2021. Additionally, CariCRIS has assigned a stable outlook on GENAC with the expectation that the company will
A continued upswing in remittance inflows is accredited to a growth of 9.8 per cent in inflows via remittance companies aided by an increase in inflows via other remittances of 3.0 per cent for the month of October. Remittance inflows for the month of October amount to US$277.9 million, an
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) expanded its central bank digital currency (CBDC), DCash, to two more nations of the Commonwealth: Dominica and Montserrat, making it seven out of the eight-member union which are now listed as participants. The Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$) is used by the members of the
