The family is the main underpinning element in the stability and growth of a nation.Without a proper familial structure within any nation, instability begins to eat away at many other facets in the society, including the economy...
The Salvation Army is hoping to raise $2 million from this year's silent auction and fund-raising banquet, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, last Wednesday night. So far, the charity organisation has...
Omar Azan (left), president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association, chats with Renato Gonzalez (second left), the incoming managing director of Red Stripe, during a tour of the plant last Friday.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is currently reviewing rates charged as franchise fees for its degrees and other certification programmes, franchising being an...
Jamaica's chief spokesman for employers, Wayne Chen, is to take on a similar job at the regional level.On May 19 in Barbados, Chen was elected president of Caribbean Employers' Confederation (CEC) at its 51st annual general meeting.
For the past year, Europe and the Caribbean have been working on what, in effect, is a political partnership agreement.This far-reaching treaty, which is relatively unknown in the Caribbean and in Europe, is intended to provide a framework for a...
Scotiabank Jamaica has reported a slowdown in the number of retail loans that end up in the non-performing category, the result of new strategies on which the bank has embarked, including an aggressive collection...
The GraceKennedy Group has experienced a marginal decline in revenues for the year ended December 2010 as well as a drop in this year's first-quarter profit, primarily...
QUESTION: I am a young male who is interested in investing some money. I currently have a degree in accounting so I have the basic idea of what investing entails.
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn was until May 18, this year, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He held the position from September 2007 when French President Nicolas Sarkozy backed him for the job.
When it comes to Jamaica's financial-services sector, several active politicians, past politicians, current and past entrepreneurs, and commentators all give the impression of being engaged in a scrub game of football on a dry, dusty, pockmarked field...
Mexico makes deep-water gas discovery in Gulf - Mexico's state-owned oil company says it has made an important natural gas discovery at the deepest Gulf well it has ever drilled.Petroleos Mexicanos says preliminary results from tests of the Piklis 1 well...
Goddard Enterprises Limited, which acquired majority control of Versair In-Flite Services from partner GraceKennedy (GK) two years ago, is now moving to rebrand the company as Goddard Catering Jamaica Limited. ...
Cable and Wireless Communications Plc, the owner of LIME Caribbean, says the tough economic climate in the Caribbean will continue to weigh heavily on its operations during the fiscal year 2012.
Guardian Holdings Limited and their partners have agreed to dispose of subsidiary Jubilee Group Holdings, a Lloyd's of London business, as part of an ongoing strategic review of the company's operations, which will see the company exiting the European...
Coming off of a tough year in which new business tanked 22 per cent and profit was flat, Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited has been strengthening the lines of communication with its remaining, and still large, customer base...
Notwithstanding the challenges as I have outlined, FINSAC assisted many persons and businesses in sorting out their financial challenges and getting a new start....
Diageo PLC, the world's largest spirits maker, unveiled plans on Wednesday to restructure its international business to focus on fast-growing emerging markets and flagged potential job losses in Europe. Diageo, whose brands include Johnnie Walker...
Victoria Mutual is touting its new mortgage rates, which in one category drops to a position recommended by realtors to drive real-estate sales, as an opportunity for its borrowers to clear arrears on existing loans.
Red Stripe Jamaica has invested US$1.8 million (J$153 million) in a new spirits bottling line as the vodka market opens up domestically, allowing it to produce onsite under two labels owned by parent Diageo...
LIME Jamaica continued to bleed red ink last year, and is reporting losses of J$6 billion after taxes.The company was hit by a double whammy - reduced revenue, which fell by J$1.2 billion; larger outpayments to other carriers, which rose by J$1.2...
Shares in the world's largest commodities trader, Glencore International Plc, edged higher on their first day of public trading on Tuesday, but remained at a discount to their initial offer price amid speculation that commodities prices may have...
While the main markets were flat, the Junior Market turned in a strong performance for the week as 85,593,072 shares, valued at $4,264,606, crossed the floors of the six stock exchanges across Caricom for the week, with 38 stocks advancing...
