Former Chief Executive Officer of Stocks and Securities Limited, SSL, Zachary Harding, says the money stolen from several clients at the embattled investment firm was insured. He made the revelation on Nationwide yesterday morning. Mr. Harding says it's unclear on...
The Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Richard Byles, is the new Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, FSC. The disclosure was made Monday afternoon by finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke. Byles will be joined by several members of the Central Bank's Management...
The terms of the separation and resignation of former Executive Director at the Financial Services Commission, Everton McFarlane, could be published as early as Tuesday. That's according to Minister of Finance, Dr Nigel Clarke. Dr Clarke says McFarlane was asked to...
St. Elizabeth’s most wanted man, Dwayne Morrison, didn't appear before the parish court as scheduled on Monday. Morrison, otherwise known as "Sharkie", was scheduled to appear in the Santa Cruz Criminal Court Monday morning after being slapped with additional criminal...
Chief Operating Officer at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited, KFTL, Carlos Cabrera, is urging local importers to collect their shipping containers from the port to prevent future backlogs. He says importers cited lack of warehouse space and financial difficulties...
Minister of Education and Youth, Fayval Williams, has ordered the closure of the New Discoveries Daycare and Preschool in St James with immediate effect. The order was given based on a report of child abuse submitted to the Early Childhood Commission, ECC, on...
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, has directed that an independent operational audit is to be commissioned immediately into the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority, NCRA, and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica. In a release, the...
Jamaica has recorded the highest number of visitors from the United Kingdom to a Caribbean destination. Tourism Minister, Ed Bartlett says Jamaica saw over 2-hundred and 31-thousand visitors from the UK last year. Ed Bartlett, Tourism Minister. Jamaica welcomed over...
The Westmoreland Police have ramped up safe school interventions following the arrest and charge of two teenage boys for assaulting a male student at the Godfrey Stewart High School. The boys were arrested after investigations began into a video circulating on social...
Everton McFarlane, Executive Director of the Financial Services Commission, centre has resigned from the post. (Image courtesy of Kalilah Reynolds/Twitter) Amid mounting pressure on the Financial Services Commission over its oversight of the scandal hit Stocks and...