Category: Business & Economy

According to Dr Sharon McLean-Salmon, Consultant Paediatrician and Haematologist/Oncologist, at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), paediatric patients dealing with critical illnesses benefit from incorporating play therapy and interpersonal engagement into their treatment…

Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that helps explain why women around the world are less likely than men to work and to…

LAST week the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announced that it will hold its policy rate at 7 per cent until, at least, its rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets again at the end…

Lasco Distributors Limited, LASD, has made progress on the expansion of its warehouse in St Catherine, planned for completion in 2024, and is already eyeing a similar project for the pharmaceutical arm of…

Grab-and-go restaurant chain Chicken…

Shadai Myrie is now looking to grow La Lona Art and Be Our Guest Jamaica to further serve the interests of Jamaicans after navigating the hurdles of the COVID-19 pandemic. The young entrepreneur…

Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF) is betting its future growth on its microfinance subsidiary Lasco Microfinance Limited amid the shifting remittance market. Lasco Financial purchased the microcredit outfit from Scotia Group Jamaica Limited…

There is no shortage of investment opportunities in sectors beyond oil, but the country’s capital markets lack capacity to handle the levels of financing needed, Guyana’s finance minister said on Tuesday. At the…

JSE Group Chairman Julian Mair is pitching the stock market as a way to sustain legacy and share in the benefits of a growing economy. It’s a message he took to Guyana, where…

Following another record year where consolidated revenue jumped 19 per cent to a historic US$142.58 million ($22.10 billion), Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) Limited (CPJ) is looking to grow that figure to a quarter of…