Business

GOAT AND sheep farmers in Jamaica and their counterparts in Trinidad and Tobago are set to benefit from a recently launched four-year project aimed at improving the production, productivity and quality of meat, as well as the availability of breeding stock in both countries.

THE NEW quality regime which went into effect on October 1 for locally roasted and sold Blue Mountain Coffee aims to ensure that the minimum quality of coffee packaged for local or overseas markets is of exportable grade.

Starting January, the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) will reduce insurance premium on its loans and lengthen the repayment period by five years, well placed sources said.The new repayment period will apply to new as well...

The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) will be doubling the fees to register trademarks, effective March 1.The fees jump from J$8,320 to J$17,800 - a 114 per cent increase - but JIPO says the new fee...

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has ordered the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) not to back bill new account holders or those showing an increase in consumption during its meter replacement programme unless there is convincing evidence...

A year at the vanguard of Cuba's economic revival has not brought Julio Cesar Hidalgo riches. The fledgling pizzeria owner has had his good months, but the restaurant he opened with his girlfriend often runs at a loss...

Security Administrators Limited (SAL), the premier provider of maritime security locally, has appointed a new managing director - Captain George Reynolds.Captain Reynolds, who previously served as Colonel Adjutant Quartermaster of the Jamaica Defense...

A top investment house shelled out bonuses to some staff equivalent to 11 months pay in one of the most generous yearend reward schemes found within and without the financial sector, well-placed sources say, but for most companies there was no Santa surprise, Sunday Business checks show.

American travel agents are so encouraged by forward booking to Jamaica that they ranked Montego Bay and Negril within their top-10 destinations for 2012, a new survey of agents showed.

Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is mentally competent to stand trial on charges he bilked investors out of US$7 billion in a massive pyramid scheme, a judge ruled Thursday.

Latin America and the Caribbean began 2011 on an economic high. After swiftly bouncing back from the 2008-2009 global crisis, the region grew at a record level in 2010 with some countries reaching East Asian rates of eight to 10 per cent - so fast in fact that early this year economists worried about overheating, additional currency appreciation, excessive consumer credit, and higher inflation pressures.