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ZIKV appeal

By |2018-08-17T06:55:22+00:00January 26th, 2016|news|

Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Regional health agency urges Caribbean not to downplay importance of dealing with virus RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A graduate student works on analysing samples to identify the Zika virus in a laboratory at the Fiocruz institute in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday, January 22, 2016. Health officials say they’re trying [...]

Anthony Hylton welcomes Jamaica’s Forbes ranking

By |2016-01-26T16:18:23+00:00January 26th, 2016|news|

Monday, January 25, 2016 | 5:54 PM KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton has welcomed Jamaica’s ranking as the Best Country in the Caribbean to do Business for the second year in a row. The Forbes Best Countries for Business Report showed Jamaica’s improvement from 64th in the 2014 report [...]

Sagicor boss in hospital overseas

By |2016-01-25T23:33:46+00:00January 25th, 2016|news|

Published:Monday | January 25, 2016 | 2:29 PM Sagicor Group Jamaica has disclosed that its President & CEO, Richard Byles is in hospital overseas for observation after complaining of not feeling well while on a business trip. The company says Byles remains in touch with his office. “I am fine, I am OK,” Byles told [...]

Government to re-enter local bond market

By |2016-01-22T18:32:56+00:00January 22nd, 2016|news|

Published:Friday | January 22, 2016 With the expected influx of billions of dollars in the market to flow from NDX bond redemptions in February, the Jamaican Government looks set to end its three-year hiatus from the domestic bond market and issue fresh debt instruments to absorb the liquidity. The new issues will likely be listed [...]

House approves $600-per-week minimum wage increase

By |2018-08-17T06:55:23+00:00January 22nd, 2016|news|

Thursday, January 21, 2016 NEW minimum wage rates were approved for lowly paid Jamaican workers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a noisy showdown between Government and Opposition members of Parliament (MPs) over the level of increases. New Minister of Labour and Social Security Dr Fenton Ferguson apologised for the low increases, pointing [...]

What to do in the event of an accident

By |2016-01-20T21:09:41+00:00January 20th, 2016|Consumer Information|

Take photographs of the positions of the vehicles and the debris involved before the vehicles are removed. This can easily be done if you have a camera/camera phone. We also suggest a disposable camera kept in the glove compartment, along with pen and extra paper. • Take photographs of the damaged areas on the vehicle [...]

BUILDING YOUR INSURANCE CAREER THROUGH CIPS

By |2018-08-17T06:55:23+00:00January 20th, 2016|Consumer Information|

A career in Insurance is a viable option for young people today. A career in Insurance is also a good option for persons who are looking for a career change or who want to move into a vibrant and growing part of the economic sector. Both groups of persons, young people beginning their working life [...]

Unity needed in Caribbean to tackle correspondent banking challenge – CaPRI

By |2018-08-17T06:55:23+00:00January 20th, 2016|news|

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Caribbean nations which are facing the withdrawal of correspondent banking services must unite to find workable solutions to the issue, presenters said at yesterday’s forum on the correspondent banking challenge in Kingston, an event organised by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI). Economist and former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur [...]

Seek extra-regional partnerships for economic growth — Street-Forrest

By |2018-08-17T06:55:23+00:00January 20th, 2016|news|

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (centre) spends time with Donovan White, vice-president, C& W Business, and Marlene Street-Forrest, general manager of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, during Monday’s opening ceremony of the 11th annual Regional Investments & Capital Markets conference yesterday. ON Monday Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) General Manager Marlene Street-Forrest, in [...]

Bill passed to improve Jamaica’s financial services sector

By |2018-08-17T06:55:23+00:00January 20th, 2016|news|

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 KINGSTON, Jamaica — The House of Representatives took another step closer to creating a regime for the establishment of a modern financial services industry in Jamaica, when it passed two essential Bills – ‘The Limited Partnership Act, 2015’ and ‘The General Partnership Act, 2015’, yesterday. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, [...]

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