When you hear the term “financial stability,” words like freedom, retirement and security may readily come to mind. We usually think of financial stability as a synonym or prerequisite for financial independence. When the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) refers to financial stability, however, it is referring to financial system stability.

Contrinute Natalie Powell, branch manager, Sagicor Bank, May Pen, puts a smile on this little one’s face during the Sagicor Foundation back-to-school health tour held at AME Basic School in Portland Cottage Clarendon, recently. The tour provided free vision, audio and oxygen saturation tests to all students from its three

Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe, known worldwide for his cancer research and development of nutraceuticals from Jamaican plants, including cannabis, says he intends to list his company, Medicanja Ltd, on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) within weeks. “Most Jamaicans would like to get involved in the medicinal cannabis industry but

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The new Road Traffic Bill was passed with 131 amendments in the Lower House of Parliament today. The Road Traffic Bill, 2016 will replace the current Road Traffic Act of 1938, sections of which have become outdated due to the technological developments in motor vehicle and road

NCB Financial Group, led by Patrick Hylton, has extended its offer for Guardian Holdings shares by another three weeks, but says the offer is already oversubscribed. The transaction still requires approval from the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago, NCB said in a market filing. The Jamaican bank, which is

Over the last four months, the Jamaican-to-US dollar exchange rate has appreciated by approximately 4 per cent, and is now at approximately j$125 to US$1, indicating that a new exchange rate landscape might be on the horizon. The University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Economics wants to unravel

At the Jamaica Stock Exchange conference last week, in a presentation entitled “Boom, Bust and Recoveries”, Oppenheimer's chief investment strategist John Stoltzfus stated that his target for the US S&P 500 index for end 2018 is 3,000 points. This was actually initiated on December 8 last year, and is based

FINANCE and the Public Service Minister Audley Shaw has announced that the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which falls under his ministry, is to become an independent government department. He said the decision will afford the FID greater autonomy and independence, similar to what is contemplated for the Major Organised Crime

SHAW ... Jamaica has been positioned in a whole new light in the eyes of our international creditors Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says that the Jamaican economy is projected to grow by just over one per cent for the 2017/18 fiscal year. The finance minister

TUFTON... we will have the capabilities right here in Jamaica to be among the leaders in cancer treatment and care in the Caribbean IN recognition of World Cancer Day on February 4, Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton reaffirmed that Jamaica is now in a position to provide world-class cancer