6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 30, 2014
Gold Rush In Glasgow – Jamaica Sweep Women’s 400m, Win Triple Jump, 110m Hurdles In Glittering Commonwealth Games Display. Glasgow, cue the Bob Marley, the Jamaicans are taking over! That’s how it...
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Flush Fears – Students May Have To Take Water To Keep School Toilets Clear. Although arrangements have been made to truck water to schools given the current water crisis, Education Minister Ronald...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 25, 2014
Holness: Vindictive PNP Keeping Bus Fare Protesters At Bay. Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has expressed confidence that there is a strong wave of underground support for this morning’s scheduled...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 26, 2014
Sugar-Cane Power – Pan Carib To Generate Electricity From Bagasse. The Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Limited is powering up its generators in order to use bagasse to produce energy to slash...
View ArticleEconomy Update: Inflation August 2014
Click Image According to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) ‘Consumer Price Index’ report released yesterday the inflation rate for August was 1.1 per cent, which represents 0.3 % decline...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – September 18, 2014
Energy Path Set – Lawrence Announces Several Initiatives To Replace 381MW Project. A Dr Vin Lawrence-led team, charged with the responsibility of rebooting Jamaica’s baseload energy plan, has revealed...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 13, 2014
Portia Sinking. People’s Champ Sees Worst Poll Numbers In 20 Years. For the first time in almost two decades of doing polls in Jamaica, pollster Bill Johnson has found that more Jamaicans have an...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 14, 2014
Government Flops – Gets Low Ratings For Job Creation, Crime Fighting And Road Maintenance. There is more bad news for the ruling People’s National Party as it continues to take a whipping from the...
View ArticleJamaica’s Inflation Hits One-Year High – September 2014
According to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica’s (STATIN) ‘Consumer Price Index’ report the inflation rate for September was 2.1 per cent. September’s inflation rate is the highest month-over-month...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – October 23, 2014
Ebola Scare Probe – Health Authority Launches Investigation Into Mandeville Regional Hospital Incident. A full investigation is now under way into how nurses and other medical personnel at the...
View ArticleUnemployment Down 1.6% From Last Year
As at July 2014 the number of persons that made up the Employed Labour Force was 1,124,600 persons. This meant that 16,700 more jobs were added to the job market when compared to the corresponding...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 7, 2014
Probe NHT Purchase – Private-Sector Groups Want OCG, AG Offices To Examine Outameni Acquisition. With local private-sector interests yesterday calling for an investigation into the National Housing...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 11, 2014
Jamaica Running Out Of Public Burial Space. With figures from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) showing 15,427 deaths recorded in 2013, and murders becoming a growing concern yearly, the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 12, 2014
NHT Cash Splash. The National Housing Trust (NHT) will have to spend an additional $20 million to acquire chattels, intellectual property, script, and props from the Outameni Experience in Trelawny in...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 21, 2014
I Won’t Resign! Despite mounting calls for his resignation as head of the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) over the controversial Outameni property purchase, Easton Douglas says he is going...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 11, 2015
Outbound! Poll Says J’cans Are Eager To Leave Country. Yet another study has found that a sizeable portion of young Jamaicans can’t wait to ditch the land of their birth for “greener pastures”… Read...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 28, 2015
Gov’t Weighs FIFA Impact – Sports Minister To Meet With Local Football Officials. Minister with responsibility for sports Natalie Neita-Headley has indicated she will be looking to meet with the...
View ArticleA Brief Look At Unemployment In Jamaica
Fundamentally, the number of persons actively seeking work but are unemployed is caused by three main factors: Cyclical factors – including seasonal unemployment, for example, low tourism arrival in a...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 24, 2015
Education Ministry To Process 500 Transfer Requests. The Ministry of Education has received 500 transfer requests for students placed at high schools based on their performance in this year’s Grade Six...
View ArticleThe Population Is Ageing And There’s No Going Back
This article in today’s Gleaner about the pros and cons of an ageing population caught our attention. It stated, “Data collected from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica have indicated that the...
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