A cottage industry has sprung up around the bottling of coconut water, evidenced by the emergence of a number of labels in grocery stores, but the bottlers of the product have largely been unable to solve the issue...
A United States-based waste-to-energy outfit is preparing to establish a US$500,000 (J$44 million) tyre recycling facility in Jamaica to convert old tyres into energy sources such as fuel oil as well as biochar...
First, it was natural gas. Now a rush to tap new oil wells in North America is creating bigger profits for Halliburton. The Houston company, which provides a variety of services for the petroleum industry, said Wednesday that earnings jumped 22.7 per cent...
The World Bank this month described as 'moderately satisfactory' Jamaica's fiscal reform process while noting that it expects the country's tax collections score to improve to grade level B.The December general election and change of administration...
The Guyana government says it is still studying proposals submitted by the cash-strapped Barbados-based low-cost carrier REDjet that suspended its services to several regional destinations, including Georgetown, last month."We haven't concluded...
Justin Nam, a former assistant vice-president at Proven Investments, has expressed confidence in raising the J$500 million he requires to establish and list a new start-up called Exponential Holdings Limited...
Bill Express, the vehicle used by conglomerate GraceKennedy and Company Limited to collect utility and other bills for third parties in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands, has pioneered a new insurance service for its...
Bermuda suffered a two per cent decline in the number of jobs last year with expatriates bearing the brunt of the losses, according to a new government report.It is the third straight year of sharp decline in the British overseas territory's jobs...
Honeywell International Inc has agreed to work with satellite communications company Inmarsat PLC on providing in-flight Internet connection for airline passengers.The demand for in-flight connectivity has grown as people have become more reliant...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Latin America and the Caribbean is "on a glide path to steady growth" as the global economy picks up pace...
Yellow Yam will be the featured main ingredient in all the agro-processing and valued-added products at the Jamaica 4-H Clubs' National Achievement Expo to be held at the Denbigh...
Oil prices dropped Wednesday after the government said US supplies grew more than expected last week. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.53 to finish at $102.67 per barrel in New York, while Brent crude lost 81 cents to end at $117.97 per...
AS WAS outlined in the previous article, integrated weed management definitely contributes to increased production and productivity. We had highlighted all the control strategies that can be employed...
PRAEDIAL LARCENY at sea goes largely unreported, the result mainly of the difficulty in proving the theft. That's the view of deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Oral Harrison, second in command of the marine division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
THE MAN spearheading the national campaign to reduce and eventually stop praedial larceny has called into question the effectiveness of the men and women charged with carrying out that mandate...
Labour and Social Security Minister Dr Esther Byer Suckoo has a message for her fellow citizens.Learn a foreign language. She says as the island continues to sign bilateral trade agreements, pursue foreign direct investment...
John Issa, chairman of SuperClubs, and Richard Byles, president and CEO of Sagicor Life Jamaica, jointly announced Tuesday that they have reached a deal on the sale of the 226-room Breezes Runaway Bay hotel...
The world's biggest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev on Monday announced a deal to acquire a 51 per cent stake in a Dominican brewer for $1.2 billion, creating the leading beverage company in the Caribbean...
Real estate fund IWC Opportunity Fund I Limited has acquired three properties in the US Tri-State area, financed from funds raised last December from mostly Jamaican investors.A fourth acquisition is said to be pending, funded from this pool...
Auditors Ernst & Young has criticised the inclusion of future sales under the PetroCaribe agreement by the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) in its 2011 financial report which, if excluded, would wipe out...
Do you think it is right for your company to judge your suitability for the job by something that happens in your personal life? Why should it matter if you lose your temper and beat up your wife occasionally...
Citigroup, which has 4,600 branches in 40 countries, boasts that it is the most global American bank.That reach paid off big time in the first three months of the year...
The owners and breeders of racehorses are skittish about the postponement of several meetings with policymakers regarding a business they say could be generating much higher returns with just a few tweaks of policy...
A senior Trinidad and Tobago government minister on Tuesday said a lack of agreement on key issues is preventing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) from functioning effectively. The CSME allows for the free movement...
