Global shocks will make the raising of US$350 million in seed capital for Portland Caribbean Fund III more challenging this year. Consequently, the fund managers will extend the offer to new investors until…
Stocks Round Up | 7.86 million units traded today
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index reversed recent gains as it closed down on Thursday. Slow trading on small volumes ended with an advance/decline ratio of 44/52. The JSE Combined Index declined…
Courts launches microfin business BlueStart
Courts Jamaica Limited has restructured its operations to create a new company called BlueStart Capital (Jamaica) Limited, under which it will conduct its microfinancing or loan business. The loan business, more popularly known…
Health ministry promises to fix public procurement breaches
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness on Tuesday climbed down from Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan’s strong defence of its stewardship of public funds, saying that it would rectify the breaches identified in the…
Bartlett Is Not Pleased With The State of Falmouth
Even as the development of the parish of Trelawny into a sought-after resort is progressing in earnest, Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett is expressing displeasure with the state of sections of the town…
Refuge of Hope Sheltering Montego Bay’s Homeless
In the heart of St. James, Jamaica, there is a place where hope springs eternal for the homeless. It is called the Refuge of Hope Homeless Shelter, and it provides food, shelter, and…
Learn from the past!
POLITICAL scientist and civil society advocate Professor Trevor Munroe is adamant that the present Constitutional Reform Committee, which is to play a lead role in Jamaica’s transition to a republic, seems hell-bent on…
Literacy rates expected to leap with ‘ARROW’
HIGH school principals whose institutions are part of the Government’s Literacy, Education, Acceleration Programme (LEAP) say one of the greatest challenges is that many students matriculating from primary schools are reading far below…
Local travel advisors getting ready to sell Sandals to Jamaican, Caribbean guests
Sandals Resorts has made it clear to Jamaican travel advisors (formerly travel agents) that its world-renowned hotel chain welcomes local and Caribbean guests as much as it does visitors from the rest of…
Cecile and Chris Martin Reunites in ‘No Expectations’
Former Jamaican celeb couple Cecile and Christopher Martin have teamed up to release a new single, ‘No Expectations’. “Boy let’s get together and take a vacay. Let me love you now over your…