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FOR THE past three years a group has been working to reclaim the mined-out bauxite lands in the hills of Mocho, Clarendon. This small group of farmers in the community are helping Mocho to regain the days when the community flourished with citrus and coffee farming.

IF THINGS go according to plan, Enos Anderson's plan, the "roaring hills of Mocho", will be alive with greenhouse farming by mid-year. Anderson, who is president of the Mocho Greenhouse Management Committee, is set on putting Mocho on the map for all the right reasons with a view to clearing up long-held misconceptions about Mocho, Clarendon.

Wigton Windfarms Limited is laying the groundwork for nationwide expansion, having got hold of a US$750,000-grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to procure consultancy services.

Billionaire financier George Soros warned Wednesday that Europe could potentially fall apart because of the "two-speed Europe" of haves and have-nots that is being perpetuated by the reform of the embattled euro.

The Government of Jamaica will be going to the international capital market to finance repayment of a US$400 million eurobond, which matures in May.But Pamela McLaren, senior director at the Debt Management Unit, Ministry of Finance and the Public...

Janitorial and maintenance management company Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited has put in place a "modest" marketing budget of J$10 million to promote its training and placement services, for which there has been increasing demand...

Like they did in 2010, emerging and developing economies, particularly in Asia, are this year expected to be the main drivers of global recovery. In its latest forecast, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting that while advanced economies ...

Beverley McDonald, chief executive officer of the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), says the Ministry of Finance has given permission to hire another 40 immigration officers.

Established in 1879 as Benjamin's Jamaica Healing Oil Factory, P.A. Benjamin is one of the oldest manufacturing companies in Jamaica. Always located in downtown Kingston, Benjamins had its beginnings...

After several years of financial difficulty and wrangling over its management, the St Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) has adopted a resolution for the voluntary liquidation of its assets valued in excess of EC$10 million (US$3.7 million)...

Brazil says unemployment hit a record low last year at 6.7 per cent.The government's statistics bureau says it is the lowest rate since officials began using the current methodology in 2002.It dipped from 8.1...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange Investment and Capital Markets Conference 2011 was staged over three days, January 25-27, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.