BUYING property with another person may appeal to some individuals. If you are one of them and you decide to buy a property with someone else — be it your spouse, child(ren), business partner, or friend — one of the most important factors to consider is your ownership (holding) options,
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Micro, small and medium-sized (MSMEs) manufacturers will soon be able to benefit from new a loan facility offered by the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica at an interest rate of 4.75 per cent. State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Floyd Green, made
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Domestic flights are set to resume on Monday, July 8, with the introduction of daily service by local aviation company, Jam Airlink Express. Flights will be scheduled out of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay where Jam Airlink is based; Negril; Ian Fleming International Airport in
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says that is moving closer to finalising its first Youth Policy and Operational Strategy (YPOS), which will guide its youth-related investments in the region. Stakeholders from 17 of CDB's Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) recently met here for a regional workshop to
The Access to Finance Facilitation Panel, a group made up of the Government, private institutions and business development organisations, is exploring movable assets as security for loans as one of the measures aimed at hitting a $100-million target in private sector credit to small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, by
CARICOM partners remained adamant yesterday that Jamaica should make further payments to the Caribbean Development Fund (CDF) after they were told ahead of one of the caucuses at the 40th Heads of Government Conference in St Lucia that the country could not afford to do so because of its tight
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday morning, making hanging lamps sway and photo frames on wall shake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The 6.4 magnitude quake measured struck near in the Mojave Desert,
There were decreases in the volume and value of Jamaican dollar transactions processed by the commercial banks' automated banking machines (ABMs) in 2018 compared to 2017. The volume of the transactions declined 1.7 per cent to 62.3 million, the monetary value of the transactions decreased by 43.4 per cent to
Sagicor Group shareholders take a close look at the financial performance of the company. (Photo: Karl McLarty) Sagicor was forced to fork out $11.45 payouts in insurance claims arising from a large number of death claims last year. While pointing to this issue, Sagicor reports that there was also a
The new and fortified competition in the insurance sector is not too big a worry for market leader Sagicor Life, according to the leadership of the parent company Sagicor Group Jamaica. In fact, it is the rival operators that should be concerned about how to compete, said President & CEO
