Beneath one of the oldest bridges in Jamaica lives the ancient siren of the Bog Walk Gorge, the River Mumma. Many have tried to capture the famed mermaid, but none have succeeded. In fact ...

THE Bank of Jamaica (Amendment) Act, 2020 took effect last Friday, allowing the central bank to operate independently of the Ministry of Finance. The principal objectives of the legislation is ...

Jamaica is aggressively progressing with the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the Bank of Jamaica, or BOJ, has minted the country’s first batch of CBDC. The BOJ officially ...

The Bank of Jamaica said in December that it completed a pilot project that issued 230 million Jamaican dollars (US$1.5 million) of the new currency, an effort that comes on the heels of a similar ...

and encourage better stewardship of all rivers. In Jamaica, rivers are temporal creatures—some may disappear for months or even years because of drought, or transform into unruly torrents during heavy ...