Photo above: Principal Director of the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Program, Office of the Cabinet, Wayne Robertson. Photo credit: JIS. By Elaine Hartman Reckord JIS Staff Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 29 (JIS) — A key component of plans to ...
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Photo above: Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), William Mahfood, before the start of the PSOJ’s President’s Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel ...
Read More »Preventing Fraud All Year Round: How To Safeguard Your Identity And Financial Information From Theft
By Carla Hindman PRIDE Financial Columnist A generation ago, most families didn’t think about financial fraud. Today, it can come in many forms – over the phone, through the mail and increasingly, online. It’s an equal opportunity crime that affects ...
Read More »Caribbean Countries Fear New Banking Regulations Could Affect Their Economies
WASHINGTON, DC, Mar. 29, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries say, there is an urgent need for action to be taken to ensure that banking regulations, designed to foster transparency and accountability and prevent money laundering and terrorism financing, do ...
Read More »African Canadians Are Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population, Says Prison Watchdog
TORONTO, Ontario — The Office of the Correctional Investigator tabled in Parliament, on Thursday, March 10, its Annual Report for 2014-2015 that reveals that, overall, African Canadians are the fastest growing inmate population within Canada’s federal prisons. In his report, ...
Read More »Jamaica Police Reports Slight Reduction In Murders
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 29, (CMC) – Jamaica has recorded a slight decrease in murders during the first three months of this year, according to official figures released here. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said, there were 245 murders up to ...
Read More »Think Sizzle And Spice With These Shrimp Skewers And Peanut Pesto
(NC) Elevate your weeknight dinner routine with these Indian-flavoured kebobs that have a little sweet and a kick of spice. This take on pesto blends peanuts, coriander and coconut for a dipping sauce that is big on flavour, and better ...
Read More »Factors Affecting Female Participation In Sport
(NC) Despite the wide-ranging evidence of the benefits of physical activity, many young girls continue to make the decision to drop out of sports. According to a new report called Women in Sport: Fuelling a Lifetime of Participation, social pressures ...
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See what these couples have to say about their finances. Courtesy of News Canada.
Read More »Sock It To Foot Injuries
(NC) Socks may peak out from the bottom of a pair of pants or be hidden entirely within a pair of shoes, but foot experts say they are an important part of our wardrobe and that we should choose our ...
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