Around the Globe
EUR | Jan 21, 2022
News
USA
|
Jan 21, 2022
Is COVID retreating in the US? Data paints encouraging scenario
News
JM
|
Jan 20, 2022
Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman installed as newest JDF chief
News
SVG
|
Jan 20, 2022
Caribbean nation of St Vincent exports first cargo of medical cann...
News
CAIRB
|
Jan 20, 2022
CARICOM leaders shower congrats on Mia Mottley amid second poll vi...
Latest
Popular
News
EUR
Jan 21, 2022
Slight increase in Euro Area and EU annual inflation
The Euro Area annual inflation rate for 2021 inched up to 5.0 per cent while the European Union was 5.3 per cent. The statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat)…
News
USA
Jan 21, 2022
Is COVID retreating in the US? Data paints encouraging scenario
NEW YORK (Reuters) New coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are falling in parts of the United States hardest hit by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, according to a Reuters analysis of public health…
News
JM
Jan 20, 2022
Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman installed as newest JDF chief
Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman, in becoming the newest Chief of Defence Staff at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Thursday (January 20), also created history as the first woman…
News
SVG
Jan 20, 2022
Caribbean nation of St Vincent exports first cargo of medical cannabis
KINGSTOWN (Reuters) St Vincent and the Grenadines has exported a cargo of 110 pounds (49.8 kilos) of medical cannabis after receiving a licence for export to Germany, according to official…
News
CAIRB
Jan 20, 2022
CARICOM leaders shower congrats on Mia Mottley amid second poll victory
Hours after leading a second landslide general election victory for the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), several leaders from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are extending congratulations to Prime Minister Mia…
News
CHN
Jan 20, 2022
China’s digital economic growth plan unveiled
China’s latest plan to grow its digital economy will empower national digital transformation, shore up innovation and enable the government to offer more equitable public services, analysts say.
News
JM
Jan 20, 2022
Export earnings rose faster than import spending during January-September 2021
Exports earnings increased by 26.3% and import spend went up by 23.3% The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that export earnings rose much faster than expenditure on imports…
News
LATAM
Jan 20, 2022
BIG BUCKS: Expert says 5G could bring huge socio-economic benefits for Latin America and the Caribbean
Under the considerations for 5th-generation (5G) technology, Latin America and the Caribbean stand to make quantum leaps in socio-economic development if countries across the region can get integrated in time,…
News
JM
Jan 20, 2022
Jamaica’s inflation rate increased by 0.8% in December 2021
Inflation in Jamaica increased by 0.8 per cent in December 2021 with the Consumer Price Index rising 10 basis points to 117.0, up from the 116.0 recorded in November 2021.
News
BDS
Jan 20, 2022
PNP congratulates Mottley’s BLP for Barbados general elections victory
Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has extended congratulations to the Barbados Labour Party(BLP) on its landslde victory in the general elections held in that small island nation on Wednesday….
News
USA
Jan 20, 2022
Immigrants from Jamaica and Haiti at forefront as US black population swells
Of the black population in the United States, which since 2019, has identified as originating from another country, the majority have traced their heritage to Jamaica. Coming in a close…
News
JM
Jan 20, 2022
‘We have to strike a balance’: Holness maintains stance on new COVID-19 strategy
Despite receiving immense backlash for the Government’s new strategy of personal responsibility to the COVID-19 pandemic fight, Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday (January 19) maintained that the new direction…