The poor condition of local produce has driven food stores to favour imports to satisfy the tastes of Jamaicans, particularly the expatriate community, say some supermarket operators. Significant importation of apples...
Attorney-at-law Howard Hamilton has appealed to members of the shipping industry to support the Save Kingston Fund, a programme he plans to launch in partnership with members of the private sector. The fund is aimed at filling the shortfall...
WHEN YOU think of Ginger Hill in St Elizabeth, the fragrance of the popular rhizome by which it gets its name immediately wafts into your nostrils. But this community situated in the hills of northwest St Elizabeth is the biggest pineapple farm...
A MISSED connection between Hi-Lo Food Stores and a local farmer left his sweet corn to rot in the ground before it could be reaped as he struggled to find a market for the crop.The supermarket chain says it has a market for the vegetable and would have been willing...
Texting while walking Pedestrians are tripping on kerbs, walking into traffic, even stepping into manholes as they chat or type on their cellphones.To help out, technology companies are creating applications that do everything from make a smartphone...
The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Research and Development Division are partnering on a J$13.59 million biodiesel project that, if successful, should...
Having had some difficulties getting at least one previous Trelawny housing development off its hands, local housing developer Kemtek Development and Construction Limited will be spending...
Jamaica's anti-dumping commission has determined that the importation of Vulcan-made cement, the American-made product, is of no threat to the local industry, clearing the way for...
The local demand for freshwater fish is on the rebound, but there is no corresponding return to production to fill the gap despite urgings from the state for growers and processors to...
Clifton Yap, The Gleaner's Silver Pen awardee, is raising concerns about the way successive governments have been implementing projects. He argues that enough attention is not being paid to proper planning and that the country normally pays dearly for the ill-advised use of its resources.
THE EDITOR, Sir:In reading your story, 'LNG Financing, Supplies Unsettled' in the Financial Gleaner of July 2, 2010, some thoughts came to mind that might be helpful in the future.Securing LNG supply prior to...
Guyanese president Bharrat Jagdeo is warning CARICOM to be wary of trade accords that seek to impose labour and environmental standards on the region....
Two years after dismantling a number of revenue-draining tax waivers it said it found on assuming office in 2007, the Government still does not have a comprehensive policy to guide its...
Berger Paints Jamaica Limited is looking to grow through exports this year, and is seeking to break into the Haitian market, where reconstruction efforts are expected to drive demand for construction products.Locally...
The Petroleum Cor-poration of Jamaica (PCJ) wrongly diverted millions from the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PCDF), which it used to enrich it own bank accounts, a probe of the agency has found, and now the Auditor General...
The Finance Ministry has over-estimated the strength of Jamaican pay-packets, and fallen short on personal income tax collections by J$1.3 billion in the first two months of the fiscal year.Overseas trade is also underperforming the Government's...
Last week I found myself doing something I dislike extremely - comparing today's youth, fielding complaints about their difference from the cohort 50 years ago.
Claro Jamaica says it has grown its customer base by 100,000 subscribers in the first calendar quarter, and that it has amassed a total of 400,000 new clients since its market entry.The telecoms firm also said its new business came at the expense of...
