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Jamaica’s Finance Minister Announces Revenue Measures Amounting To Almost $30 Billion Dollars.

Opening the budget debate yesterday, Finance Minister Audley Shaw announced several measures including taxes on motor vehicle licences, fuel, tobacco and alcoholic beverages and a 16.5...

SGJ And SIJL Declares Interim Dividend Of JA$0.45 Per Share Payable On April 19, 2017 To Shareholders On Record As At March 28, 2017.

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJ) and Scotia Investments Jamaica Limited (SIJL) have submitted their unaudited financial statements for the first quarter ended January 31, 2017. SGJ...

European Central Bank Has Expressed Optimism In The Growth Projections For The Eurozone For This Year And Next

The European Central Bank has expressed optimism in the growth projections for the eurozone for this year and next, to 1.8% in 2017 and 1.7% in...

PanJam’s Refreshed Corporate Identity Starts A New Chapter In The Company’s History, And Reaffirms Its Focus On The Core Business Of Investing

Investment holding company Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Limited this morning relisted on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) as PanJam Investment Limited (PANJAM). Commenting on the rebranding, Chairman...

Signing of UN Women – Private Sector Partnership in support of Women’s Economic Empowerment.

UN Women, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and several leading private sector CEOs will this morning come together to sign a UN Women – Private Sector...

Scotia Group Reporting Net Profit Of JA$2.2 Billion For The Three Months Ended January 2017.

Jackie Sharp Group president and CEO of Scotia Group is reporting net profit of $2.2 billion for the three months ended January 2017. This represents a...

China Has Given Approval For Dozens Of Applications To Register The Trump Trademark

China has given US President Donald Trump the chance to expand his brand, after approving dozens of applications to register the Trump trademark. According to reports,...

French Holding Company, Bonbonnet Buys Goddard Enterprises Majority Interest In West Indies Rum Distillery Limited

Privately held French holding company, Bonbonnet has bought out Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL’s) majority interest in The West Indies Rum Distillery Limited (WIRD). GEL says Bonbonnet...

Edmund Bartlett To Appoint Several Of Jamaica’s Honorary Consuls In Europe As, Unpaid, Tourism Advisors

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has signaled his intention to appoint several of Jamaica’s Honorary Consuls in Europe as, unpaid, Tourism Advisors to his office, as...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will open its first Caribbean investment office in Trinidad and Tobago later this year. According to a release from the Trinidad...