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…
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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…
L’ACADCO, Jamaica’s Leading Contemporary Dance Company Returns to New York After 20-Year Absence
L’Acadco – A United Caribbean Dance Force, Jamaica’s leading contemporary dance company, makes its return to New York City after a 20-year absence, for a special gala performance at the Gerald W. Lynch…
Stocks Round Up | Ciboney the biggest winner today
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Tuesday advancing marginally. The slow to moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 39/48. The JSE Combined Index advanced by 503.65 points or 0.15…
Jamaican Canadian Paulette Senior Appointed to Senate of Canada
The president and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Paulette Senior, has been appointed to serve as an independent senator in the Senate of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon. Born in Jamaica,…
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Iceland?
Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in Iceland? In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World”, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Claudia Wilson. She is a Jamaican…
Locked out
HEAD of the judiciary, Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, says among the issues hobbling the juror selection process is the “proliferation of gated communities in Kingston and across the island”. Speaking at a swearing-in…