Published:Tuesday | March 22, 2016 A minor earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was felt in Jamaica at 7:43 last evening. The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies says the epicentre was located approximately 40 kilometres east of Port Antonio, Portland. The tremor was reportedly felt

Published:Sunday | March 20, 2016 Trinidad & Tobago is confronting a major shock with the sharp fall in energy prices that accelerated early this year. In a statement following the conclusion of a mission from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year, head of the IMF mission Elie Canetti said

Published:Sunday | March 20, 2016 Meris Haughton, Director of Communications at the Tax Administration Jamaica. Tax Administration Jamaica says it is removing the financial costs of printing Taxpayers Registration Number or TRN cards, and will instead advise taxpayers of their allotted numbers via letter. The switch will save the tax

Published:Sunday | March 20, 2016 The offices of GK General in the New Kingston business district. Question: Is gap insurance available in Jamaica? If so, which company offers the best deal? R.T., Kingston 7 INSURANCE HELPLINE: This column presents me with many opportunities to learn new things to share with

Published:Friday | March 18, 2016 Richard Byles, president and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica. Sagicor profits big in all divisions as banking arm transforms Steven Jackson Senior Business Reporter Financial conglomerate Sagicor Group Jamaica (SGJ) transformed the heavy loss-making RBC Jamaica - now Sagicor Bank Jamaica - acquired two years

Published:Friday | March 18, 2016 Despite all indications that the world may be headed for another global recession, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning Fayval Williams has said it is too soon to worry about such a prospect. "Yes, we acknowledge that in the major economies,

BYLES... total revenues remain within striking distance of the budget Co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says that Jamaica would benefit from a follow-up agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also citing the completion of the current programme as one that is critical to Jamaica’s

Sunday, March 13, 2016 William McConnell, chairman of IronRock The following serves to correct a story which was published on Wednesday and which incorrectly states that the general public secured only seven per cent of shares in the IronRock IPO. The Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) first IPO of the year,

BROWN... the Jamaican employment cost falls below the global average A new study done by international accounting firm UHY indicates that taxes on employment have started to fall globally, but that businesses are still paying out more than a fifth of employees’ salary in employment taxes. The average extra cost

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Eighty-two people have lost their lives due to road crashes since the start of 2016, according to statistics released by the National Road Safety Council (NRSC). This is five more than the 77 people who died in road crashes for the same period in 2015. In 2014,