If you plan to visit Jamaica soon, you might be wondering how best you can fit into a conversation without being singled out as a ‘foreigner”. You might want to be able to…
Cedella Marley: the “Backbone” of Women Football in Jamaica
The exceptional performance of the Reggae Girlz, Jamaica’s national women’s football team, at the 2023 Women’s World Cup – and even the team’s existence – was made possible to a very large degree…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Run to win”
As the apostle Paul came to the close of his second letter to his spiritual son Timothy, he spoke of the Christian life as a fight to be fought, a race to be…
Mysterious six
THE mystery surrounding six parliamentarians being investigated by the Integrity Commission (IC) for illicit enrichment deepened on Thursday as both sides of the political divide claimed they are unaware of any of their…
Jamaica’s poverty rate expected to fall, says PIOJ
THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that while Jamaica’s poverty rate, impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, increased in 2021, some improvement is expected when subsequent data are calculated. It said…
Turbulence & Higher Trod – Communicate
Turbulence & Higher Trod – Communicate NEW RELEASE The iconic singer and musician Leroy “Heptone” Sibbles, who’s 58 years in the music business, has also been busy in the producer’s chair for his…
FTC asks Massy for remedial action after IGL acquisition
The acquisition of cooking gas supplier IGL has concentrated around 80 per cent of the market in the hands of Massy Group, enough to raise concerns about market dominance, but Jamaica’s Fair Trading…
PIOJ shaves top end of growth projections, but economic outlook positive
The Planning Institute of Jamaica, PIOJ, has reduced by one percentage point the upper end of growth projections for gross domestic product, the measure for economic output, for this fiscal year ending March…
Economy grows 2.9% in 6 months
THE pace of growth in the local economy slowed in the first half of this year to 2.9 per cent as the country completed the recovery from the pandemic-induced decline and settle down…
Banks and dealers raise rates to new highs
THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is not expected to change its key policy rate when the decision of its monetary policy committee (MPC) is announced later today, but consumers are already feeling the…