BoJ revises growth forecast for the fiscal year
THE BANK of Jamaica has revised its forecast for economic growth for the fiscal year to between one and two per cent down from the original two to four per cent. Addressing senior journalists, bankers and analysts, at a quarterly briefing...
Cheaper drugs for HIV/AIDS patients
HIV PATIENTS will now be seeing a huge reduction in the cost of drugs, following the signing of an agreement this week between the Ministry of Health and major pharmaceutical distribution companies.
UNESCO establishes Caribbean Office in Jamaica
THE UNITED Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has established a Caribbean office in Jamaica with Helen-Marie Gosselin as director. According to Mrs. Gosselin, the decision to expand the role of the office in Jamaica to...
Coroner overturns attorney's request to disregard Braeton photos
CORONER, LORNA Errar-Gayle, on Monday, overruled an objection from a lawyer representing the police that 12 photographs taken of seven young men killed by the police last March in Braeton, St. Catherine not be tendered into evidence at the Inquest into...
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