Real estate practitioners have been urged to pay close attention to customers who enlist their services, especially those who reach out virtually. This follows mounting concerns of unscrupulous persons engaging salesmen and dealers under false pretense, when in fact they are carrying out fraudulent activities. “If you are not careful, you can get caught up in this type of situation....

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging citizens to do regular checks with credit bureaus, to ensure that the information on file is accurate. A credit bureau is an agency which collects information from a wide variety of financial and nonfinancial entities, including microfinance institutions and credit card companies. It provides comprehensive consumer credit information with value-added services, such as...

Paediatric patients at the Bustamante Hospital for Children can now interact with animals for comfort and to reduce their stress and anxiety as they undergo treatment at the facility. The intervention is being provided under the Animal-Assisted Recovery Care (AARC) Pilot Project, which was officially launched at the facility on Tuesday (March 28) by the South East Regional Health Authority...

Jamaica is steadily moving closer to becoming a cashless society with the recent official launch of MyCash, a digital wallet by Paymaster. Speaking at the event on March 28, at the AC Marriot Hotel in Kingston, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), Hon. Daryl Vaz, hailed the newly confirmed FinTech organisation for providing another option for accessing digital financial...

A Secretariat, managed by the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, has been established to provide technical guidance and support to the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC). The officers of the Secretariat are drawn from the Ministry and include the Permanent Secretary, Director of Legal Reform, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Senior Constitutional Reform Officer, as well as representatives from the Ministry of...

Jamaica, on Monday (March 27), received the first batch of animals under the Government’s Small Ruminant Development Programme. A total of 50 goats, including the Boer, Nubian and Kiko breeds, arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kington and were received by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. Mr. Charles Jr., who was accompanied by a...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), converses with Minister of Education, Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon. Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly (centre); and Minister of Sport and Community Development, Hon. Shamfa Cudjoe, during a meeting at Independence Park, Kingston on Tuesday (March 28). A delegation from Trinidad and Tobago is in the island for the staging of the...