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•Business lobby groups plead for lending rates to fall •BoJ cuts policy rate for 4th-straight time
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Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) officials capped 2024 with a fourth-straight rate cut and a strong signal that it is not happy with commercial banks failing to ...
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BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Alfa Anderson, one of the lead vocalists of the American disco group Chic, and actors Mark Withers and Wayne Northrop, from the original cast of the i...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) has expressed outrage over commercial banks refusal to adjust their lending rates ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Through the Learning Curve Jamaica (TLC), a domestic violence facility, benefitted from a $500,000 donation through National Commer...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Bill Clinton, the former US president who has faced a series of health issues over the years, was admitted to hospita...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) has expressed outrage over commercial banks refusal to adjust their lending rates ...