Business

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) emerged champions at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony in Doha, as Jamaica registered its sixth consecutive win in the 2011 World's Leading Cruise Destination Award Category....

THE COUNTRY'S two cellular service providers have been engaging in a verbal tussle following revelations last week that former Prime Minister Andrew Holness reversed a precondition of...

The Government is to review its youth policy, to sharpen its focus on entrepreneurship, skills training and preparing young people for the world of work in the global village.

Vana Taylor, the president of the Jamaica Association of Villas and Apartments (JAVA), says local villa and strata property owners are missing out on business in the timeshare market, because of delay legislative delays.

In bankruptcy, AMR becomes hot topicWith the worst recent financial record in the industry and poisonous labour relations, American Airlines wasn’t a very attractive target for buyers.That view is changing now that American and parent AMR Corp...

Paul Buchanan is fighting in court the takeover of Discovery Pointe Estate by financier Jamaica Mortgage Bank which placed the real estate development in receivership last year.

Why is Gary Barrow looking so eanest? Don’t know, but since this happened at the Shaggy and Friends show, let’s assume it was all about doing more for charities like the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

Despite a decline in business over the past year, veteran farmer Grace Smith is determined to make the best of the opportunities given to her."I simply love farming. It gives me a sense of satisfaction. The freedom of being your own boss is something more valuable than anything money can buy," she said when Western Focus visited her farm in Mafoota, St James, on Tuesday.

After a decade of attempting to prove its ownership of lands known as the Bogue Industrial Terrace, the St James Parish Council received a title for the property last December

THE AVERAGE Jamaican lives in a cocoon where, many times, he is isolated from even what is happening in the next parish. This can be viewed as both a good thing and a bad thing. It is good because it has allowed communities to develop aspects of their lives which are remnants of past cultures that have been passed down to the present generation.

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has revealed plans that will force 10-digit dialing for local and overseas phone calls, in its Business Plan and Budget 2012 released this month...