With an increasing number of Jamaican overseas farm work programme employees ‘running off’, sometimes before even stepping onto a farm, Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr is appealing to Members of…
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Election guesswork
A sotto voce remark by Kingston Mayor Senator Delroy Williams that Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) would be the last before local government elections has sparked…
Renowned Christian philanthropist heading to Jamaica
PASTOR Joe Persaud, a global Christian philanthropist, will headline a major leadership summit at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston this weekend. The conference is expected to bring together Christian leaders from all…
This Day in History – January 10
This is the 10th day of 2024. There are 356 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1994: The trial of Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband’s penis, begins. OTHER EVENTS 49…
Macka B – Mi Nuh Normal EP
Macka B – Mi Nuh Normal EP NEW RELEASE Renown UK deejay Macka B presents his lastest effort, the EP Mi Nuh Normal, produced and released by Top Secret Music. Read more about:…
Nigy Boy – Continent
Nigy Boy – Continent NEW VIDEO Montego Bay-born, New York-based Nigy Boy (real name Nigel Hector) has created a buzz with his latest single and music video, Continent. It’s an infectious song with…
Winners and losers on the JSE in 2023
The Jamaican stock market saw more than two-thirds of listed securities drop in value as a combined $89.98 billion in value was erased across the entire market where there were a lot more…
‘It’s wasting resources’
FORMER governor the Central Bank of Barbados DeLisle Worrell has slammed efforts by central banks around the region to establish central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) such as JAM-DEX here in Jamaica saying they…
JSE, Nairobi exchanges ink cross-listing pact
The Jamaica Stock Exchange and Nairobi Securities Exchange, NSE, have signed a memorandum of understanding committing to financial market collaboration. The JSE expects the collaboration to open up opportunities for green bonds and…
Climate stress tests coming for banks, fincos
Regulators have been engaging with Jamaica’s financial companies on plans for better stress tests to protect the financial sector from a changing climate, and expects to ramp up on the collection of data…