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he Jamaican dollar has depreciated by 1.4 per cent since May, but Bank of Jamaica governor Brian Wynter said the country need not be alarmed

THE ORCHIDS which prosper in bright light and full sun are typically "vandaceous" hybrids and "hard cane" Dendrobiums.

Roof gardening a rewarding experienceChristopher SerjuGleaner WriterTHE WATER bill is noticeably higher since he started taking backyard gardening seriously in 2010, but for Chris Smith, that's a small price to pay.

As former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's criminal case gets ready to wind down with his sentencing today for a US$7 billion Ponzi scheme, the battle for control of his remaining assets around the globe still hasn't been settled....

DESCRIBING HERSELF as a new farmer, Bev Lattibeaudiere was among the first batch to graduate from the Farm Field School training programme on Tuesday, June 5, which included participants from Yallahs...

Hampden Estate, which ventured into bottling white overproof rum for the local market just over a year ago, has decided to cut its margin on its brand, Rum Fire, by absorbing the recently imposed more than 200 per cent increase in special consumption...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) wants to audit power providers, including Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), to ensure that customers are correctly charged for fuel when world oil prices fluctuate.

Pegasus Hotels of Jamaica completed its transition to private ownership on Tuesday with the delisting of the company's shares, all of which are now owned by Kevin Hendrickson's Quivin International...

Shareholders of GSB and Churches credit unions last week gave the nod to their boards for the merger to proceed, and for the merged entity to adopt the new name of First...

Solid gains on banking stocks and a rally on the junior market saw the major Caribbean indices ending the week slightly higher...

Oil fell Monday on the realisation that a short-term fix in Spain won't offer a long-term solution to Europe's debt crisis. A multibillion-dollar bailout loan for Spain's banks generated initial enthusiasm in the global stock, bond and energy markets...

There is a calm avuncular take-charge charm about Patrick Hylton, the sort of way that makes him answer four interview questions before a single one is posed."I came into banking almost by accident...