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Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Already more than two years behind schedule, the developers of Harmony Cove now say they expect the construction of the mega-sized casino resort in Trelawny on Jamaica's north shore to start next year....

Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CORAL GABLES, Miami: Commodity export is about a US$400 billion industry for the seven largest economies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), but the region has a poor history of managing the wealth such exports...

Published:Tuesday | September 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Students at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), along with residents of the community of Port Royal, received medical attention during a week-long Wellness Tour held on the campus of the CMI last week....

Published:Tuesday | September 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Members of the police team operating in the Newport West (NPW) business district, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Lorna Brown Bailey, recently engaged business operators on security concerns in the community...

Published:Tuesday | September 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Stocks extended their rally into a third week yesterday as investors sent bank stocks higher following new global regulatory requirements and China's economy continued robust growth.A round of corporate dealmaking also gave a lift to stocks.

Published:Tuesday | September 14, 2010 | 12:00 AM

A government legislator, describing as "an elaborate Ponzi scheme" the operations and collapse of the regional insurance giant, CLICO, said he is hoping that legal action would be taken against persons implicated in the matter.

Published:Monday | September 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Some are doing all kinds of research, spending millions of the nation's money to find solutions. But in biblical economics, the main key to growth and development is righteousness - everything starts and ends with righteousness.

Published:Monday | September 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM

In 1672, Potosi, Bolivia, was one of the largest and richest cities in the world. Located at the base of Cerro Rico, Potosi was a hotbed of Spanish silver mining, the operations of which were so prolific, a potosi became synonymous with great riches.

Published:Monday | September 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the people of Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, through their community consciousness, have made the area a major tourist destination."The growth of this community, the extent to which its name has gone abroad and has...

Published:Monday | September 13, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) opened a new branch at The University of the West Indies (UWI) on September 1, as part of a deepening relationship with that institution. JNBS General Manager Earl Jarrett said...

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

It has been 11 months since Cabinet issued a directive allowing the marketing of foreign-currency, denominated insurance products, but the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has stalled the plan saying last week that the matter remained under review.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

QUESTION: I have J$1 million in my savings account and would love some advice on the best way to invest, maybe towards a home.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Question: My car was parked off the Breadnut Hill Road, near Paradise, Ocho Rios, at about 5 p.m.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Devon House belongs to the Government and is not a private entity.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Recent developments in the form of concern about Trinidad's commitment to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the appointment of a new secretary general suggest that the coming months may well determine CARICOM's future trajectory.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Google Inc stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Saying the issue was as fundamental as their survival, a group of micro and small businesses has collected close to 1,000 signatures on a petition handed to Prime Minister...

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

The Montego Co-operative Credit Union (MCCU) is claiming that its student loan, which offers a maximum J$3 million at 14 per cent interest, is the nearest thing that Jamaicans will find to Students' Loan Bureau (SLB)...

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Come October 1, the EXIM Bank will lower its lending rates to between 10 and 11.5 per cent for Jamaican dollar loans, and 7.5 to 9.0 per cent for US dollar loans.

Published:Sunday | September 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Licensed practical nursing (LPN) programmes which have been attracting significant intake in local schools, some of which which created new faculties for them because of the promise of the labour ministry to place...

Published:Saturday | September 11, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Minister of Finance Audley Shaw is advocating for new entrants to the financial sector.

Published:Friday | September 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

It looks like a meteor strike: from out of nowhere, a huge clearing appears in the jungle - a deep rust-coloured pit surrounded by mounds of dirt and thick stands of trees pushed to the side in dense piles of overturned soil.

Published:Friday | September 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Trinidad and Tobago's Finance Minister Winston Dookeran was bitterly critical of the handling of highly indebted CL Financial, which he said was caused by reckless corporate governance and a glaring failure...

Published:Friday | September 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Victoria Mutual Money Transfer Services Limited (VMTS) has signed on as a partner with RIA Financial Services, a European-owned remittance operation with global reach, hoping to leverage new business from Jamaicans spread across markets in North America...

Published:Friday | September 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Hi-Lo Food Stores' new supermarket in the Port-more Pines commercial and shopping complex puts it in territory long occupied by rival Super Plus, but both parties are shrugging off the decision on locality...

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