Left to right: David Oh, Philadelphia City Councilman; Cherri Gregg KYW News Radio; Blane Stoddart President of YCPN; Derek Green, City Councilman; Dr Kingsley Chin; Ronald McKay; Consul General Trudy Deans;and Jean Wintz Dabne and Claudia Colon, both of YCPN. (.) The Young Caribbean Professional Network (YCPN) last week presented Dr Kingsley Chin, renown spinal [...]

RAMAKRISHNAN... I'm happy to report it all went well The IMF supports the idea of Jamaica disengaging from it and moving towards economic independence, as was recently outlined by new Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke. In fact that was how the current lending arrangement was designed, according to Dr Uma Ramakrishnan IMF mission chief [...]

MITCHELL... we will be endorsing it to our members individually THE national closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance programme, geared at improving public safety and security, is receiving strong support from members of the private sector, who believe that the initiative will make an impact on crime in the country. Dubbed 'JamaicaEye,' the public-private partnership, launched in [...]

Private Sector Organisation President Howard Mitchell (Photo: Michael Gordon) The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday came out in support of the stated intent of Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke to proceed with the rationalisation of public Bbdies. “The PSOJ supports the execution of this initiative as a very necessary step to achieve the [...]

Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has declared that Jamaica must take a different approach this time round after the conclusion of the staff-monitored Stand-by Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "We have been here before. This time, however, the post-IMF era, has to be positively different," Clarke said Wednesday at the labour market forum [...]

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ageing populations in advanced economies drain the labour force and could slow economic growth, but allowing an influx of immigrant workers could counteract that decline, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. IMF economists acknowledged that governments face political backlash over immigration. Meanwhile, several developing countries suffer from brain drain — [...]

MIAMI BEACH, United States — A vehicle passes downed palm trees and two cyclists attempt to ride as Hurricane Irma passes through the area on September 10, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — The cost of natural diasters hit a record $144 billion (117 billion euros) last year, a study from one [...]

AZAN... intricately understanding past failures can be one of the things any business owner can do (Photo: Aldane Barrett) The end of the first quarter has passed and though some of us might have ticked off many off our targets, others may unfortunately be behind. However, don't lose hope; it's not too late to start [...]

Singapore, with an economy 20 times that of Jamaica, has one third the amount of public bodies The Government is about to speed up the rationalisation of its public bodies over the next four-six weeks, says new Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke. Dr Clarke said that, during the review period, [...]