Jamaicans in Florida urged to come home and invest
CHAIRMAN OF THE National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ), Aubyn Hill, has appealed to Jamaicans in South Florida to "come home and invest." Mr. Hill, was the guest speaker at the Jamaica United States Chamber of Commerce's first annual recognition...

Savings that can be seen
THE ACCUSTOMED VIEW of savings is an account with a financial institution (or in a piggy bank or maybe the old fashioned 'under mattress' way), where interest is paid and the cash can be counted up at the opening of a book.

$19.9m for Jamaica's National Quality Infrastructure
THE JAMAICA BUREAU of Standards' project for the Strengthening of Jamaica's National Quality Infrastructure has been allocated $19.9 million in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.

IDB urged to address declining loans
JAMAICA'S AMBASSADOR TO the United States, Professor Gordon Shirley, has called on the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to move to address the "significant decrease" in loan facilities available for Caribbean member countries...

Young people take centre stage
YOUNG PEOPLE, AGED 18 to 35 years, have benefited from a series of islandwide 'Entrepreneurship Interface Meetings', aimed at encouraging them to develop entrepreneurial skills and to seek opportunities for self-employment.

Two cars cheaper than one?
'TWO IS BETTER than too many', is a lasting message from the National Family Planning Board and it is also basic common sense that two cars are more expensive than one.