Continuing to cement its place as one of the world’s leading destinations for tourism, Jamaica ranked once again among the “Top Islands” in Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2023 in ‘The ‘Caribbean…
Your Marriage Is Threatened By This One Thing
I love where I live. Florida is the fishing capital of the world. Michelle and I are fishing partners. The minute Michelle and I moved to Florida we started to go fishing together. …
PAULWELL SHATTERED
Naturally pained by last week’s stunning developments in the case of his missing 10-month-old daughter Sarayah and her mother, Toshyna Patterson, parliamentarian Phillip Paulwell on Saturday said his heart is heavy with sadness…
DRUGS WARNING
AN official of the National Council on Drug Abuse has warned that if preventive measures are not implemented now, more disturbing cases of drug-laced products could reach Jamaica’s shores, and have a devastating…
Christopher Tufton | The climate, dengue dilemma
From extreme hurricanes and droughts to rising sea levels and increasing temperatures, climate-change risks and threats abound, and public health is not immune. The current dengue outbreak impacting Jamaica, as elsewhere in the…
Shonel Dwyer | Earthquakes … the threat is in the fault
It behoves us to understand the world around us or as we experience it, whether it is the latest music that we dive into or the earthquake that moved most of us on…
A sticky problem as yam market grows
Rural folks are earning $2 billion annually from supplying young trees used as yam sticks, but it comes at a cost, says President of the Jamaica Agricultural Association Lenworth Fulton. “Jamaica could be…
Tewani nearing completion of $1b G-Tech building
Real estate developer Gordhandas ‘Gordon’ Tewani says a third building under construction at the G-Tech Park in Portmore is now costing him more to build. The investment has spiked to $1 billion, reflecting…
Cashing out
JAMAICANS are rapidly shifting to digital channels to do transactions, shunning traditional approaches which are witnessing a significant decline in usage and popularity, according to data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). The…
Flipping the budget script
INDIVIDUALS starting out in their personal finance journey often start with a budget, seeking established budgeting rules and guidelines as their compass. Yet, while such rules can provide a helpful framework, financial educators…