Friday, February 12, 2016 The UK headquarters of Fitch Ratings in London Jamaica on February 11 received a ratings upgrade from Fitch Ratings, with the company stating that among its key assumptions was that “the fiscal policy stance will remain broadly unchanged after the general election called by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller for February [...]

Sunday, February 07, 2016 The Goat Islands have remained virtually untouched since the first half of the 20th century Theodore Mitchell, group sovereign economist with the JMMB Group, says the likelihood of growth above two per cent for the Jamaican economy is diminished because promises of large investment projects have failed to materialise. In a [...]

Published:Sunday | January 31, 2016 | Jamaicans will go to the polls on February 25 to vote in the country's 17th general election. Nomination Day will be Tuesday February 9. Parliament is to be dissolved on Friday, February 5. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announced the dates at a mass meeting in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, [...]