Going For Growth: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Confident in Jamaica’s Ability to Manage Its Affairs

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) continues to sit among the greats, coming in as the 4th best performing stock exchange in the world in 2019, this after the leading the world twice over the last 5 years. The entity is spearheading some fairly new initiatives and we’re getting an update on two of them today. Listen to this edition of Going for Growth to learn more.

How do you prepare for an earthquake? We visited the Sandy Bank Primary School in Treasure Beach where a team from the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation conducted an earthquake simulation exercise. Listen to this feature to learn more.

The spread of the coronavirus outside of China has led the World Health Organization to declare the situation a global health emergency. On two separate occasions, fears started brewing in Jamaica following reports of suspected cases. Although the patients in question did not meet the case definition for the coronavirus, it begs the question “What if they did?” and “Is the country adequately prepared to manage an outbreak?” Listen to this feature to hear what the authorities have to say.