The country’s net international reserves, NIR, has surpassed the US $5 billion mark for the first time in history. Finance Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke, highlighted the achievement on Tuesday. The NIR is the ultimate form of a contingency arrangement for Jamaica. It serves to underwrite stability in the financial markets and influences the foreign exchange…

Jamaica is the only country in the Caribbean with a data collection culture that accords with international best practices. That’s according to World Bank economist, Trinidad Facusse. Ms. Facusse says the deficit in data collection in the rest of the Caribbean, creates problems where the accurate measurement of the prevalence of household poverty is concerned.…

Several Members of Parliament have been in their communities, encouraging students as they prepare to sit the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examination. Member of Parliament

Frustrated by unresponsive agents, managers and PR firms, Operation Scrubs CEO says, “New Rules” and uses global news releases as her recruiting invitations. Read_More