Occasionally running his fingers through his trademark silver hair, Jamaica’s national football team coach, Winfried Schäfer, regaled us with tales from his years in the Bundesliga, Africa and the Emirates. His broken English was punctuated by our laughter at stories of rich sheikhs and fanatical supporters. The occasion was the launch of the VMBS/St. James …
The 6th Jamaica Diaspora Conference (JDC) was launched recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel under the theme ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Linking for Growth and Prosperity.” The JDC, convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, was first staged in 2003 and has been held biennially since in an effort to bring together …
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What age did you get the ‘money-talk’ from your parents? Did you have one at all? I’m that stage in life when you start to mumble your age and develop an obsession with sunblock, but I’m still waiting on one from mine. As for my colleagues, a quick office poll revealed that, 75% of us …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,600 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to …
We’re so proud to have opened another Victoria Mutual Wealth Management Client Centre, this time in the bustling Montego Bay Fairview Shopping Centre. The second VM Wealth Client Centre to have opened this year, this one offers the people of St James a modern and comfortable space to sit with our Wealth Advisors and really get down to business. It’s been an exciting year for …
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Think you can’t possibly save more? We’re here to tell you – OH YES, YOU CAN! One of the greatest obstacles to successful money management is negative thinking, so from now on … positive thoughts only. We’re arming you with 28 great tips for saving a bit more of your hard-earned cash every day. Print …
It’s just past 5 a.m., the sun hasn’t risen yet but Andrea is up washing uniforms for her daughter, Danielle, with days to go before the new school term. She’s a hard worker but times are tough, and she finds that she needs some assistance every now and then. Fortunately her uncle is happy to …
We’ve all been given that speech by our parents, or taught by our teachers in primary school Integrated Studies, about the difference between need and want. A need is something you have to have, and a want is what you’d like to have. Needs occupy a generally accepted list of three: food, shelter and clothing …
It was impressive to see 23 local brands representing a variety of food-industry Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at the recent Jamaica Observer Food Awards. Proudly displaying everything from pastries and preserves to sauces and seasonings, and even a curried goat burger! It was a tasty spread of no mean proportions, but for those who …
Our Annual General Meeting was held on July 31, 2014 to discuss the Group’s performance in 2013 and the plans for 2014. For Members who missed it, here are a quick summary and some photos: Despite the challenges of our nation’s economy in 2013, the Victoria Mutual Group’s surplus, after taxes, came in at J$960 million; …
