The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Wednesday granted permission to the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) to challenge the jurisdiction of the CARICOM Competition Commission to investigate the cement market.
There's so much to explore and consider in Jamaica's jubilee year of Independence, occurring as our population so recently heralded the demise of our first one-term government of the half-century....
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday drove home a message that her administration would be prudent spenders and that Jamaica was open for business to owners of capital willing to invest."Let me reassure all investors, both domestic...
Cocoa prices have been falling on the international market, but Jamaican growers expect a turnaround and are positioning internally to ride the upswing.The private group of growers, Jamaica Cocoa Farmers' Association...
American energy firm GreenRG Management LLC, which last year got the go-ahead from Cabinet to set up business in Jamaica, said it will be investing some US$30 million (J$2.6 billion) to finance a plant to manufacture...
Local members of the food-exporting industry are yet to take up any of the J$100-million loan fund offered by the Government of Jamaica through the EXIM Bank to upgrade and which was put in place...
International financial analyst Carl Ross believe the Jamaican economy is on the mend and that to solve the financial problems policymakers need only implement measures already in place.Ross, the managing director...
Blue Equity LLC is now focused on integrating new asset Shell gas operator Cool Petroleum Holdings into the group, and says it will be expanding the network of gas stations nationwide. The private equity firm also hinted...
Mark Linehan, chief executive officer of Digicel Jamaica, is selling the idea of Jamaica as an excellent place to do business, citing the performance of his company in its decade of operation...
NEW YORK (AP):The price of oil is higher after new reports on jobs and manufacturing show a steadily improving US economy that will need more oil and gas.Benchmark oil on Thursday rose US$1.23 to US$100.63 per barrel at midday in New York.
A 60-YEAR-OLD banana farmer, Rudolph King, is adamant that farming is still a viable product for rural parishes, despite the collapse of the banana industry, which has suffered immensely from recent hurricanes...
The Toronto, Canada-based Solamon Energy Corp says it plans to build the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean. The solar company said the programme, to be built in Jamaica, will cost in the region of CDN$450 million (US$444.2 million)....
DON AND Erica Clayton are proud beekeepers.The St Catherine couple was among 18 farmers who graduated at the end of a 12-week beekeeping training programme conducted at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) office in Linstead recently.
THE TIME is well overdue for judges to crack the whip in order to arrest the rampant farm theft which has plagued Jamaican farmers for years, leaving many destitute while others continue to enjoy the benefits of their...
THE BROODING period is one of the most important phases during the life of your chicken and, if done incorrectly, may result in financial losses to the farmer. When the chicks are born they are unable to maintain their body temperature...
Negotiations for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme would begin in February but will not involve new borrowing, Minister of Finance Dr Peter Phillips said Tuesday.The timeline begins next week...
Local conglomerate Jamaica Producers Group Limited is seeking to invest more than J$1.7 billion to acquire 25 per cent of port company Kingston Wharves Limited.The Kingston Wharves board has given...
One of the world's largest oil refineries will close next month, the company has announced, stunning nearly 2,000 workers and threatening to upend the reeling economy of the US Virgin Islands.Industry analysts said the closure is unlikel...
Food Safety Modernisation Coordinator Beverley Miller said Monday that the latest assessment of food exporters shows that close to half are still in need of major assistance to conform to the stricter trading regime...
Haiti's president said Monday he hopes to double the number of rural households that receive electricity within two years by offering people small loans to buy solar kits.The announcement by President Michel Martelly is part of a US$45 million-plus...
Telecommunications providers Digicel Jamaica Limited and Oceanic Digital have filed an application in the Supreme Court challenging the jurisdiction of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) in its legal attempt to roll back...
A recession in Europe will slow the global economy this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted Tuesday, while urging world leaders to focus on growth more than budget cuts.The IMF...
ANSA McAL Limited has acquired Standard Distributors Limited and two related companies for TT$120 million. The deal was sealed on January 16, but is subject to a share purchase agreement to be finalised by February 1.The companies, which include Standard...
