Jamaica’s unemployment chopped to 11.3%

More Jamaicans were employment in July this year, than those that did a year ago, accordingly 29,200 or 2.5 percent more persons gained employment by July, raising the total persons employed to 1,216,200 up from 1,187,000, recorded in July 2016.
Increased employment, resulted in the unemployment rate for July 2017 declining to 11.3 percent, 1.6 percentage points lower than the rate of 12.9 per cent for July 2016 and is also down from the 12.2 percent achieved in April this year, The decrease was driven by a decline in the unemployment rate for both males and females.
The unemployment rate for males decreased from 9.5 per cent to 8.0 percent while that of the female decreased from 16.9 per cent to 15.2 per cent. The size of the July 2017 labour force increased over the corresponding period in 2016 with the number of persons in the Labour Force being 1,371,200 persons, an increase of 8,000 (0.6 percent) compared with the 1,363,200 recorded in July 2016.
This report presents the key findings of the July 2017 Labour Force Survey which was conducted during the period July – September 2017 with the reference week being June 18 -24, 2017.

Employ,ment increased strongly in the hotel sector.

According to Statin, the occupation group ‘Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers’ showed increase employment of 8,400 persons (3.1 percent), between July 2016 (269,200) and July 2017 (277,600). The group ‘Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Workers’ increased by 8,300 persons from 188,600 in July 2016 to 196,900 in July 2017.
The industry group “Hotels & Restaurants Services” increased by 11,000 (11.4 percent) moving from 96,400 in July 2016 to 107,400 in July 2017. The largest increase in the number of males employed (6,800) was in the industry group “Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing” moving from 145,200 to 152,000 representing a 4.7 per cent over the period. For females, the industry group “Hotels & Restaurants Services” accounted for the largest increase of 8,300 (14.9 percent) over the period, moving from 55,700 in July 2016 to 64,000 in July 2017.

Carib Cement Q3 profit $748m

Carib Cement silos.

The Jamaican based Caribbean Cement, sole producers of cement in the country, is reporting profit of $748 million after taxation of $99 million for the September quarter.
Profits arose from revenues of $4.18 billion, up from sales of $3.68 billion in 2016, due mainly to a 15 percent increase in volume sales locally. The result compares to a loss of $81 million in the similar quarter last year. For the nine months to September, profit after tax ends at $1.8 billion versus $973 million in 2016 and well ahead of the $1.3 million reported for the 12 months to December 2016. Revenues for the nine months, amounted to $12.26 billion, up from $12 billion in 2016.
Cost were mostly kept within the levels incurred in 2016 except for a sharp increase in fuel and electricity cost that jumped from $530 million to $759 million in the quarter and moved from $1.87 billion to $2.2 billion for the nine months, but repairs and maintenance fell to $254 million from $358 million in the 2016 third quarter but was slightly down for the nine months at $650 million.
Cement ended the quarter with cash at $1.6 billion after $1.57 billion was expended on additional fixed assets.
Earnings per share for the quarter amounted to 88 cents and $2.13 for the nine months, with the full year looking to exceed $3. Importantly, the results should be looked at not so much for the out turn for 2017, but what it means for full year earnings in 2018. IC Insider.com expects demand for cement to continue to rise as the economy gathers steam and the company renegotiates the leasing arrangement for equipment that is expected to lower the cost in that area going forward, pushing earnings well over $4 per share. The stock closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Wednesday at $29.01.

Is war about to break out for SVL board room?

War seems about to break out over board room composition at Supreme Ventures, as the largest block of shares in the company, recently underwent a major ownership change.

Accordingly, the current board issued a release on the matter today. The board noted the recent reports of the $2.9 billion block share transaction buy out of Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL), by Zodiac International Investments & Holdings Limited and Mayberry Investments.
The company confirms that it has received correspondence from Mayberry West Indies Limited for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to pass a resolution to remove seven current members of the SVL Board.
The current list of Directors include SVL’s Chairman, Paul Hoo, as well as Peter Chin, Richard Foreman, John Graham, Steven Hudson, Ian Moore and James Morrison.

Mayberry crossed 40m C&W shares.

The letter, sent jointly under the signatures of Mayberry West Indies’, Castries, St Lucia, Bamboo Holdings Limited and Konrad Mark Berry, also outlines the intent to appoint seven (7) new Directors to the SVL Board, namely Christopher Berry, Gary Peart, Nicholas Mouttet, David McConnell, Peter McConnell, Ansel Howell and Lance Hylton.
In acknowledging the developments, Chairman Paul Hoo stated, “We have been made aware of the intent of major shareholders to have the EGM and effect some changes at the Board level. The discussions are ongoing, and as such I cannot comment too much at this time. What we can definitively say is that the SVL Board holds the interest of its shareholders as paramount, and even as we deal with the issues arising out of these developments, we are reiterating our continued commitment to exercise our fiduciary responsibility to all shareholders, as well as to protect the image and reputation of our company and our committed team.”
According to SVL President & CEO, Ann-Dawn Young Sang, “Our dedicated team continues to remain focused to build and grow our great company.”
There have been recent reports in the media of the significant shareholder transactions in the last couple of weeks. Based on these transactions, the ownership interest of SVL’s major shareholder, Zodiac Caribbean Ventures Limited – former name, Intralot Caribbean Ventures Limited – (ICVL)) has been reduced from 49.896 percent to 38.3245 percent. ICVL will now be fully owned by Zodiac International Investments & Holdings Limited a company registered in St. Lucia. Mayberry is said to have recently picked up a block of 300 million units or around 11.375 percent of the company’s shares.

Bulls take charge of Exchange Place

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Bulls at large in down town Kingston again

The Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed at another record on Friday with 21 securities changing hands in the main market and 3 in the US dollar market and 22 in the Junior Market.
At the close, the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 8,028.94 points to a record close of 313,990.54 and the JSE Index to surged 7,315.27 points to 286,080.89. The Junior Market rose 48.58 points to end the week at 3,034.13. The US dollar Index fell 2.29 points to 183.01.

Friday’s move pushed the market outside of the medium term channel it has been trading in since 2014 and if the price of NCB holds, the break out for the market will be significant as it move on to the 360,000 points level.
NCB Financial traded at a new record of $107 and is ahead of the $102 it traded at in Trinidad on Friday, up until today it trailed the price of J$100 it was trading at in the twin island state. Berger Paints traded at $14, after news broke on Thursday that only 6.6 million shares were sold by minority shareholders to Ansa Coating following the company’s mandatory offer of $10.88 per share. Attempts were made to trade it as high as $17.50 but the price exceeded the 30 percent limit it could trade at for the day and was cancelled at the close of the market. Trading closed with bids to buy Berger ranging from a low of $11.02 to a high of $14 to purchase 259,773 shares, 204,458 units are on sale from a low of $16.75 for 41,583 units to mostly 89,388 at $22.
For the year to date, the All Jamaican Composite Index is up 49.4 percent and the JSE Index 48.8 percent.
In the foreign exchange market at midday dealers bought US$13,372,228 at J$127.31 and sold US$11,367,821 at J$127.74.

J$127.77 mid-day rate for US$

Authorised dealers bought US$9,913,199 at an average rate of J$127.137 up to mid day on Thursday and sold US$5,243,960.45 at an average of J$127.769.

On Wednesday at midday, the selling rate of the US dollar was $127.85, with US$12 million being sold. In Thursday’s session dealers bought C$6,640,074 at J$102.817 each and sold just C$98,944.26 up to the same time.

Another reord close for JSE

The Jamaica Stock Exchange all Jamaica Composite Index close at yet another record with a rise of 2,135.19 points to 302,498.35 on Monday.
The JSE Index jumped 2,198.62 points to close at 285,647.03 as NCB Financial closed at $91 with 611,333 shares changing hands. Berger Paints resumed trading with 248,769 shares changing hands as the price closed at $11.50 and Scotia Group rose to close at $52.

with todays close and NCB Financial closing with limited supply, the market could be moving away from the recent short term resistance and heading for the next at 360,000 points.

6M Berger shares taken up?

Trading in Berger Paints shares are now trading after trading was suspended two Thursdays ago.

Trading has resumed in Berger Paints after it was suspended ahead of the closing date for the offer by Ansa Coatings to acquire the minority shares at $10.88.
Trading took place between $11 and $11.50 with 213,774 units changing hands. So far the company has not released information on the number of shares that were offered as a result of the offer. IC Insider.com gathers that the take up is around 6 million units, if so it would represent around 3 percent of the issued capital of the company.
this would be in keeping with some of the to minority shareholders coming out publicly against the offer price and with more than 31 percent of the holdings held by entities that were not in support of the offer.

BOJ forex auction clears at J$131.36

Bank of Jamaica sold US$30 million that it auctioned on Wednesday, September 20, to eligible Authorised Dealers and Cambios, at an average of rate of J$131.36 to one US dollar.
The central bank received 42 bids totaling $62.6 million of which 17 were successful, in its B-FXITT Standard Intervention Tool. The highest bid rate was $131.80 to purchase US$3 million, with the lowest being $121.28 to buy US$1 million.
At the auction, last week Wednesday, a total 45 bids amounting to US$60.9 million chased, the $20 million Bank of Jamaica offered for sale, resulting in an average rate of $131 to buy the US dollar on offer. The auction’s highest bid then was $131.10 to purchase US$2.3 million.

Sharp resigns from Scotia

Jackie Sharp has resigned from Scotia Group word reaching IC Insider.com has confirmed.
Sharp who took over from Bruce Bowen in 2013 handed in her resignation today the sources said. the resignation brings to her employment to the group to 20 years.
Sharp initially joined the group in the Insurance segment and rose to top slot in that company before becoming the chief finance person within the group based on what insiders say was her outstanding achievement in the Insurance arm.
Her replacement is David Noel a Jamaican who was seconded to Canada some years ago and was sent off to Barbados to head that operation of the group ahead of higher position whenever that arose. In 2016, he moved back to Jamaica as Sharp’s second in command.
Bank of Nova Scotia, a subsidiary of Scotia Group is Jamaica’s second largest commercial bank in Jamaica.
The change comes at a time when Scotia Group’s profits are at the highest levels in the history of the group with the shares trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange at record levels and the price closing at an all-time high of $55 on Tuesday.
The change comes at an interesting time, with the Jamaican economy expected to move into a stronger growth period in the years ahead. Inflation and interest rates are expected to remain low, while growth in a number of sectors is expected to pick up. Increased activities in areas such as tourism, certain agricultural items, example poultry, dairy farming, business outsourcing (BPO) and construction should provide a basis for increased banking activity from which Scotia should be able to benefit from.

JSE AJI breaks 290,000 points

Helped by a jump of $2.99 in the price of Scotia Group shares in the early morning session on Tuesday to reach a record $54.99, the All Jamaica Composite Index is up to record levels, breaking through the critical resistance of 290,000 points.
The move today have lifted the gains in All Jamaica by an impressive 38 percent for year to date. If the market continues to hold above the 290,000 points mark, it could be setting up for a huge rally ahead with no major resistance levels in sight for sometime to come.
The market index sits just above the resistance level, having exceeded the level at 10.30 earlier in trading today before Scotia Group price fell back to $51.60, after trading just 2,384 shares for the day so far.
At 10:30am, the All Jamaica Composite Index rose 2,173.29 points to 290,234.60, the JSE Market Index rose 1,980.12 points to 264,436.58 and the JSE US dollar market index remained at 198.22 and the Junior Market lost 4.13 points to 3,071.28.

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