Thursday, July 07, 2016 Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton addressing this week’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange at the newspaper’s head office on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston. (Photo: Antonio Graham) HEALTH Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Government plans to formalise a system which would require private health insurance holders to utilise

The Ministry of Health has set up a committee to develop plans for the establishment of a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme for the country. Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate on June 29 in the House

Published:Tuesday | June 28, 2016 United States stocks indices were sharply lower Monday as investors grappled with the fallout of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The British pound, which last week plunged to its lowest level since 1985, continued to fall as traders expected the British economy would

Mark Chisholm, executive vice president of Sagicor Life Jamaica. Insurance provider Sagicor Life Jamaica is making a pitch to women through revamped insurance products befitting their lifestyles, partly in acknowledgment of their more dominant role as heads of households. It helps that they are more inclined to pay their bills.

WILLIAMS... we inherited a mountain of domestic arrears Minister of state in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams, says that the Government believes that the public enterprises should be held accountable for achieving returns on the $1.1 trillion in assets that they collective own. She said

24 June 2016 From the section EU Referendum This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide now that the UK has voted to leave the European Union. What has happened? A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was

Sunday, June 26, 2016 Eric Hosin, new president of the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) and head of Guardian Life Limited, is positing that continued, enhanced profitability for the life sector could flow from reduced tax charges on insurance providers. The seven companies registered locally reported an average 60 per

Thursday, June 23, 2016 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says after several decades of low growth and rising public debt, Jamaica has made significant progress in restoring economic stability due mainly to strong policies and programme ownership. The Washington-based financial institution said the Government’s reform programme, supported by a four-year

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMSteven Jackson More than US$550 million of investments in hotel projects are rolling out this year and the next, according to the annual market filing by the Ministry of Finance released this week. The spend spanning 10 projects does not incorporate the casino

Published:Thursday | June 23, 2016 | 12:00 AM Ambassador Burchell Whiteman, a former high commissioner of Jamaica to the United Kingdom (UK), has urged Jamaican immigrants in Britain to vote for that country to remain in the European Union (EU). Britons will today decide, in a referendum popularly referred to