MINISTER of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips has confirmed the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) agreement to an extension of the deadline for public sector salaries to be reduced to nine per cent of GDP, which could make it much easier to reach an agreement with the trade unions by
Henley MORGAN. Wednesday, March 04, 2015 Earl Jarrett (left), JN managing director and chairman, JN Foundation; Denise Herbol, USAID mission director; and Anthony Hylton, minister of industry, investment and commerce; enjoy a moment at the inaugural SEBI Summit, January 2015, held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. A prudent man holds
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica’s trade and investment agency, is putting the finishing touches to the 2015 Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF), which is slated for the Montego Bay Convention Centre from March 10 to 12. JIF is the island’s premier international investment and business conference, designed for
BY STEVEN JACKSON Business reporter jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com. Wednesday, March 04, 2015 President and CEO of Sagicor Richard Byles (left) speaks with IMF resident representative in Jamaica Bert van Selm (centre) and Sagicor chairman Danny Williams at a Sagicor pension seminar at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston yesterday. (PHOTO:
Published:Sunday | March 1, 2015 While persons might have been injured in this recent accident the insurance companies are seeing more instances where scammers are claiming that they were injured in accidents. An upward trend in personal-injury claims from motor vehicle accidents over the past seven years has the Insurance
Eric Hosin, president of Guardian Life Limited, has said that graduates who pursue careers that require proficiency in mathematics such as actuaries, gain better-paying jobs in Jamaica and across the globe. Hosin was speaking yesterday in his capacity as vice-president of the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) during a workshop
BY STEVEN JACKSON Business reporter jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com Power Group’s executive chairman Graham Power (left) engages in a discussion with (from second left) John Roomes CEO of Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean, Robert Levy chairman of Jamaica Broilers, JMA’s Brian Pengelley, and Omar Azan. (PHOTO: GARFIELD ROBINSON) GRAHAM Power, the South African known
Monday, February 23, 2015 YESTERDAY'S 17th staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run recorded the largest number of registrants, just under 24,000 people, according to the organisers. The 5.5-kilometre walk, run and wheelchair road race raised $26,048,095 million, which was presented to Cornwall Regional Hospital's Neo Natal Unit and Jamaica
By Godfrey Barnes February 19, 2015 A budget of $641.56 billion has been presented by the Government for fiscal year 2015/16, with $432.57 billion earmarked for Recurrent (house-keeping) expenses and $208.98 billion for Capital (development) spending. This represents an increase of $102 billion over the revised Estimates for Financial Year 2014/15. http://jis.gov.jm/budget-641-56-billion-201516/
King's House February 19, 2015 Our meeting today is historic. It marks the earliest start to our new parliamentary year and the presentation of the annual Budget. It is taking place well before the start of the new Financial Year in April. For the first time, the tabling of the Estimates of
