TRUST IS not a common element in the business arena. In fact, most, if not all business operations and activities, are executed on the premise that no one outside of the organisation can be trusted...
The soon-to-be completed Falmouth cruise-ship pier in Trelawny could potentially generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the country, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said."It is going to cause an increase in some 15...
With the cost of electricity in the public sector surpassing the $10 billion mark last year, Government is moving to implement a US$90 million energy conservation efficiency (ECE) programme geared at realising a 15 per cent reduction in energy consumption throughout all state agencies in the short to medium term.
When CARICOM heads of government meet in Grenada towards the end of February, among the issues they are expected to consider is how to respond to the situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Cable & Wireless Jamaica, the telecoms company that trades as LIME Jamaica, continued its financial haemorrhaging in the December quarter, posting a $1.3 billion loss for the three-month period, nearly triple the the $351.4 million of a year earlier.
The Government has achieved most of its tax- reform objectives, director general of tax administration Viralee Latibeaudiere has asserted. Addressing a Jamaica Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum on tax-administration reform at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday, February 10, Latibeaudiere pointed to some of the milestones that have been achieved.
While Spanish Town, the capital of the parish of St Catherine, may be viewed as a kind of rotting borough and a zone of internecine crime and decayed infrastructure, it might yet be overtaken by relentless change, what with high levels of planned development for nearby communities.
Many businesspersons in the parish of Trelawny are eagerly anticipating the benefits to be derived from the first cruise ship's call at the multibillion-dollar cruise-ship pier in Falmouth on Thursday. Among the groups buzzing with excitement is the newly formed Trelawny Art and Craft and Entertainment Association, which comprises some 300 of the parish's craft vendors.
I am a 35-year-old woman. I work as the manager /bookkeeper of an auto parts shop. I have held a driver's licence for nine years. I have had no claims during my five-year history of buying motor insurance. I have owned a 2005 Toyota Altis since 2009. This vehicle was insured comprehensively through a broker
Education Minister Andrew Holness (right), speaking with United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Pamela Bridgewater (left), when she visited him at the Ministry, Heroes Circle, on Thursday, February 10.
Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Jamaica has relaunched its brand with the introduction of 'Club Ville' at its Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Negril locations. Club Ville, which falls under the Island Entertainment Brand, is owned by Margaritaville's original investors Ian Dear and Michael Shamrey, former operators of the Coral Cliff Gaming Lounge.
PORT ANTONIO, Portland:CRAFT VENDORS at the Musgrave Market in Port Antonio are appealing to tourism officials to open a gateway adjacent to that facility to allow entrance to tourists, who will be better able to view their...
NAIROBI, Kenya:Somali pirates captured a Greek-flagged supertanker carrying an estimated $150 million worth of oil to the Gulf of Mexico, the second successful attack against an oil tanker by sea bandits in two days, officials said.Such vessels can...
Cable & Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) and the Bahamian government on Wednesday inked a deal which sees the telecoms giant gaining a 51 per cent controlling stake in the state-owned Bahamas...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): The St Kitts and Nevis government will stage a national economic growth forum later this month that is also designed at identifying new areas of economic activity in the twin-island Federation...
Richard Pandohie, as did his predecessor, knows that for all the profit it has generated in the past, Carreras isn't an easy business and things will only become more difficult.
In fact, at the reception last Christmas where Michael Bernard...
Local processors of Jamaica's luxury Blue Mountain brand are backing the industry to make a strong comeback, even as prices continue to fall in the once lucrative Japanese market which traditionally absorbed some 85 per...
Salada Foods Jamaica Limited has reported a 25 per cent drop in net profit at the end of its first quarter, resulting it said, from increased production, selling and administrative expenses for the period.At the end of December 2010 net profit...
Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to discuss with a wide range of Caribbean visitors their views on where the regional integration process is headed.
Jamaica has no overarching standard for how security companies transport cash and the head of the industry group says recent robberies have highlighted the need to upgrade laws.
Shoppers at Payless ShoeSource are expressing disappointment at the prices at which the American based company has entered the local market at its first store, which it opened in St Andrew...
Early retirement for Louise Brown - Long-service economist at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Louise Brown, will go on early retirement after 37 years of service to the institution.Brown retires from her substantial post of director for the economic...
