NCB Financial shares slid 2.5 per cent, or more than the overall market, on its first day of trading since the large conglomerate unveiled plans to raise about $20 billion, based on prevailing…
Digital literacy in the spotlight for Seniors’ Month
In recognition of International Literacy Day on September 8, the Flow Foundation partnered with the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) to host a digital literacy awareness session with the aim of expanding…
Explore Jamaican History While in Negril
Negril is best known as a resort town and the location of the popular Seven-Mile Beach. It is situated in two parishes – Westmoreland and Hanover – in western Jamaica. The downtown area of Negril,…
What’s It Like Being a Jamaican Living in the Turks and Caicos Islands?
Have you ever wondered what’s it like being a Jamaican living in the Turks and Caicos Islands? In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World”, Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Franklyn Powell….
ENTRY DENIED!
In just under 24 hours the 36 Haitians who arrived on a beach in Long Bay, Portland, last Saturday at 6:00 am were sent back to their country. But the fast pace at…
‘Quick fixes not enough’
DENBIGH, Clarendon — Unimpressed by a raft of suggestions to beef up security at May Pen Hospital after a nurse was viciously bludgeoned in the head, one of her colleagues has dismissed the…
Timmy Love and Big Mountain, ‘Wake Up Everybody’.
Timmy Love and Big Mountain, ‘Wake Up Everybody’. The telephone rang once, then twice, before Timmy Love could barely open his bedridden eyes. He glanced at the clock, staring at him in his…
Showdown over Google’s dominance of internet search
The United States government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine, which has become the internet’s main gateway. The legal attack will swing into full force…
NCB Financial to raise billions from stock market investors
NCB Financial Group will be approaching stock market investors to raise fresh equity capital, but needs its shareholders to approve the transaction. The banking conglomerate plans to sell up to 300 million new…
Dunce Trend in Jamaica Schools – Good or Bad?
As far back as 2018, officers in the St. Andrew South Division expressed concern about young people using the slang term “fully dunce” to applaud those who proudly state they are illiterate. According…