Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Grace Silvera has completed her interim posting with the Jamaica Cultural Develop-ment Commission (JCDC), but Red Stripe Jamaica says she will not be taking up her old job with the beer company.The disclosure came in a joint release commending Silvera...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
GraceKennedy Limited posted net profits of J$1.5 billion for the nine months ended September, a 15 per cent drop compared to the corresponding period last year, which company executives say is due to the general decline...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Debit cards have become a common feature of commerce in Jamaica, but now FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) has moved ahead of the pack, launching, with noted global credit-card provider, Visa Inc, what appears to the first of its kind here...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Chairman of the Commission Dr Hopeton Dunn said the broadcasting sector, including radio stations and free-to-air television companies, does not contribute to the cost of regulation, leaving the burden solely on the shoulders of subscriber-television ...
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Two cruise ships have cancelled calls to St Kitts this week after 17 foreign visitors were robbed at Brimstone Hill, one of the island's main tourist attractions.
Europe's debt crisis spread widening ripples Monday, with Irish officials denying that their talks with other eurozone governments were aimed at getting a bailout, while the Greek prime minister accused Germany of making things worse with talk...
Seaboard Jamaica and the Jamaica Freight and Shipping (JFS) regret to announce the death of Mr Jonathan Reid, affectionately called (Ken/Mr Dock Office) who departed on November 1, 2010....
Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest construction and mining equipment maker, moved aggressively to capitalise on demand in emerging markets Monday with a US$7.6 billion buyout of Bucyrus International.Bucyrus makes surface mining equipment...
According to Reuters on Monday, November 8, 2010, the head of the World Bank stated that: "The world's largest economies should consider gold as an indicator to help set foreign exchange rates."They are calling for a new...
JN Small Business Loans Limited (JNSBL), the microfinance subsidiary of the Jamaica National Building Society, has designed a new loan facility to assist beneficiaries of Govern-ment's Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) to access funds...
With the price of gold continuing to climb, the cash-for-gold trade is providing a revenue boost for some local companies which continue to pour marketing dollars into promoting their stores as exchange points.
In September, Jamaica became a member of the Global Forum, an agency of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a move the Government said positions the country to push ahead with its plans for...
Leaders of 20 major economies last Friday refused to back a United States push to make China boost its currency's value, keeping alive a dispute that raises fears of a global trade war amid criticism that cheap Chinese exports are costing American jobs.
It is not often that the Caribbean can say it is leading global thinking on an issue; but that is what happened this week when the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) released a detailed report on the damaging effect on tourism that the British...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has warned that he would be willing to nationalise any banks that refuse to finance housing construction projects promoted by his government.
Nature adventure tour company, Chukka Caribbean Adventures, is investing US$2.3 million (J$198 million) to bring its attraction closer to Falmouth, Trelawny, in a bid to cash in on the booming cruise-ship tourism business...
THE MAIN opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) is calling on the St Kitts and Nevis government to halt what it says is the "unchecked" sale of state lands to foreigners.The party is also urging the administration of Prime Minister Denzil Douglas ...
In real estate, it is said, the most important feature of any property is location.If you are in the spring water business, the same thinking definitely applies.
Interest rates, at least the rates at which the Government is able to borrow, are just 40 per cent of what they were only a year and a half ago and are at the lowest levels in a quarter of a century. This is a remarkable achievement by policymakers...
