Business

Former prime Minister Owen Arthur is calling on the private and public sectors, as well as the labour movement, to help produce a new economic plan for Bar-bados, saying the mid-term programme crafted by the...

Both external and domestic air traffic are yet to return to levels of aircraft usage and landings maintained by Air Jamaica in its heyday, according to local airspace regulator Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby, who says room for growth is to be found...

Diageo PLC, parent company to Red Stripe Jamaica and the world's biggest spirits maker, said Thursday that its full-year profit rose 1.5 per cent as sales in emerging markets fuelled a rebound from a weak first half.For the year ending June 30, the...

The Dominica government says it has been given the green light by the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) to commence night landing after a series of test flights. "Based on discussion with the director of the Eastern Caribbean Civil...

Many years ago, I came across a concept that has since become a major part of my life philosophy. It was the title of a series of self-development audiotapes by Anthony Robbins - Get the Edge.

India's environment ministry on Tuesday refused Vedanta Resources permission to mine bauxite for its alumina refinery in eastern India, citing violations of environmental and human rights laws...

Pan Caribbean Financial Services Limited (PCFS) has been rebuffed in its bid to reduce its funding costs, having fallen way short in its bid to buy back 50 per cent of the more than six million...

Registrar of Cooperative Societies Errol Gallimore said local credit unions are now largely compliant with international financial-reporting requirements for permanent shares, and that Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) oversight for the sector has entered the...

The four-month old People's Partnership government of Trinidad and Tobago will present its first national budget in Parliament on September 8, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has...

The St Catherine Parish Council is warning prospective homebuyers not to make any deposits on a residential development being promoted by a company called Topez Construction, until it has established the legitimacy of the project, which it says has not...

President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela's state-run oil company plans to soon issue US$2 billion in public debt bonds.Chavez says the securities to be offered by PDVSA will be bought and sold in a new public-bond market....

Gleaner Silver Pen awardee Christopher Pryce believes the island's problems can be mitigated if more Jamaicans simply pull their weight. Pryce, who is vice-president - compliance and regulatory affairs for the Jamaican branch...