Head of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute Dr Parris Lyew Ayee says if Jamaica had experienced a tsunami following a major earthquake in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday evening, the damage would have been minor. However, he has warned against complacency and is urging policymakers to employ comprehensive preparedness strategies. Jamaica had
Jamaica has again surpassed the 10,000 mark for business and company registrations, closing at 11,988 for the year 2017, according to data provided by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ). Last year's registration for enterprises (companies and businesses combined) comes in at 65 more registrations higher than the country saw
FLORIDA, United States (AFP) — Last year was the most expensive in the United States' history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost US$306 billion, according to a US government report yesterday. In 2017, 16 disasters cost US$1 billion or more, and led
Sagicor Group Jamaica says President & CEO of Sagicor Real Estate X-Fund Rohan Miller will be taking up a new position as Head of Treasury with Sagicor Financial Corporation (SFC). SFC is the parent company for Sagicor Group Jamaica with its head office in Barbados. Miller will be stationed in
The committee of four independent Guardian Holdings directors, which is overseeing the board's response to the takeover bid from NCB Financial Group is due to discuss complaints made by minority shareholders with attorneys today. The Trinidad Express newspaper reports that last Friday, a group of minority shareholders of Guardian Holdings
DESPITE the best efforts of the Road Safety Unit, in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), fatalities again soared pass the 300 mark. The year 2017 registered 320 road deaths. Germaine Mason, Olympic silver medallist for Britain, and sprinter Jordon Scott were numbered
The Government could be announcing today who will get the contract for the development of a cruise ship docking facility at Port Royal, the former pirates' haven east of Kingston which was dubiously dubbed the wickedest city in the world. “A cruise ship docking facility, that is environmentally friendly, will
From left: Anthony Copeland, executive director of Knutsford Express Services; Gordon Townsend, chairman of Knutsford Express; Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett; T'shura Gibbs, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Oliver Townsend, CEO and director of Knutsford Express. Luxury bus service Knutsford Express yesterday officially
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the tsunami advisories have been cancelled for magnitude 7.6 quake in the Caribbean. The magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night, shaking the mainland and causing officials to
President & CEO of NCB Financial Group Limited, Patrick Hylton. NCB Financial Group's recent bid for control of Guardian Holdings Limited and majority acquisition of banking outfit Clarien Group do not represent the end of the financial conglomerate's ambitions outside Jamaica. NCB, which made a record net profit of $19
