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Paymaster partners with CUNA Jamaica

By |2018-08-17T06:54:55+00:00August 25th, 2017|news|

Lana Forbes, vice president for sales, products and branding at CUNA Caribbean Insurance Jamaica, speaks with Michael Fisher, general manager of Paymaster Jamaica, at the signing of a partnership agreement between their companies, at CUNA Caribbean’s offices at the CWJ Building, 51 Half Way Tree Road, Kingston on Thursday, August 17, 2017. Bill payment [...]

Briefing | Jamaica so near yet so far from a steady growth

By |2018-08-17T06:54:55+00:00August 25th, 2017|news|

HOW IS THE ECONOMY?   According to STATIN, inflation for the month of April 2017 was approximately 0.3 per cent, and it fell further to 0.1 per cent in May but displayed a clear structural shock, spiking to 0.7 per cent in June and 0.6 per cent in July. This shock occurred as a result [...]

JMMB Bank is Jamaica’s newest bank

By |2018-08-17T06:54:55+00:00August 25th, 2017|news|

MMB Merchant Bank is now a licensed commercial bank operating as JMMB Bank (Jamaica) Ltd. The group's entry into the commercial banking sector became official on Monday, making it the eighth commercial bank operating on the island. It also marks a significant milestone for JMMB, which is celebrating its 25th year of operation, and [...]

Law coming for gated complexes to be controlled by Real Estate Board

By |2018-08-17T06:54:55+00:00August 25th, 2017|news|

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board/The Commission of Strata Corporations (REB/CSC) Sandra Watson Garrick, speaking at a recent JIS 'Think Tank'. (Photo: JIS) LEGISLATION is in the works for the Real Estate Board/Commission of Strata Corporations (REB/CSC) to be given the responsibility for gated complexes. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' recently, CEO [...]

Guardian life awards top boy and girl scholarships

By |2017-08-25T14:24:20+00:00August 25th, 2017|news|

President of Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin (left), offers words of encouragement to recipients of Guardian Life Limited's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) Top Girl and Boy scholarships, Grace-Lee Bolt (second left) and Alex Gray (second right), during a ceremony held today (August 23) at the company's head office on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew. [...]

Interest rates on bank loans still too high, says Wynter

By |2017-08-19T04:39:32+00:00August 19th, 2017|news|

Interest rates on bank loans still too high - Wynter McPherse Thompson Assistant Editor - Business The Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, says that while interest rates on bank loans have been decreasing, they are still too high and this has affected businesses which cannot generate a return above the levels at which they are being [...]

J’cans will design, build new Parliament building – UDC

By |2018-08-17T06:54:58+00:00August 18th, 2017|news|

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (third left) along with Niu Quinbao (left), Chinese ambassador to Jamaica; Ransford Braham (second left), chairman of the Urban Development Corporation, and Xuexaun Zheng, vice-president of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, just after the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the building of a new Parliament building. The Urban Development [...]

New R Hotel to be furnished by Jamaicans

By |2018-08-17T06:54:58+00:00August 18th, 2017|news|

While several foreign-owned hotels may choose to import their furnishings, Kingston's newest hotel, The R, does not fit into that mould. The hotel opened its doors to the media and specially invited guests, stakeholders and friends on Wednesday for an exclusive model room viewing of the facility currently in construction. Guests were taken on a [...]

NCBIC wins third consecutive World Finance Pension Award

By |2018-08-17T06:54:58+00:00August 18th, 2017|news|

NCBIC has received the 2017 title for the best pension fund manager in the Caribbean, for the third-consecutive time and the fifth time in seven years, having claimed the title in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016. “We are truly honoured to have been selected another year. I believe this award speaks to the public's [...]

Jamaican Government borrows at new low of 5%

By |2017-08-18T10:30:14+00:00August 18th, 2017|news|

NEW YORK, United States — Minister of Finance Audley Shaw (second left) and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica Brian Wynter (centre) met with A J Mediratta, president of Greylock Capital (right with bottle of Appleton rum), CEO Hans Humes (second right); and Jonathan Prin, director of research, in the Greystock Capital board room in [...]

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