Transport Minister Mike Henry has ordered a probe into the delays being faced by users of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000. Henry's order comes days after the Portmore Citizens' Advisory Council (PCAC) expressed anger over...
With one month left to go before the deadline for registration with the new commission for strata corporations, about eight per cent of the residential bodies have signed up and paid over the requisite fees.Sonia Graham,...
Hilton Hotels said Monday that its displaced senior managers at Delroy Howell's New Kingston property would be offered, as appropriate, positions in the Caribbean and elsewhere in the global operation.Hilton ended a...
The Jamaica Institute of Bankers, a subsidiary of the Jamaica Bankers' Association, has rebranded itself Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS) with the intention, its directors say, of correcting the perception that the training organisation...
Merger talks are on in earnest in the credit union movement as the entities seek greater economies of scale and try to rein in costs in a tight market."We are committed to seeing it happen,"Johnathan Brown, president of the...
Beijing itself is a study in creativity and control. Its historic and cultural sites, like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, are well-preserved. Its buildings are modern marvels of architecture, its streets pristine, and the city is full of green spaces.
The privatisation of Pegasus Hotels of Jamaica is to be concluded in two months, the agency arranging the sale of the hotel shares said Wednesday.The pre-qualified bidders are still doing due diligence, the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) said, on the...
Tourism,employs, directly and indirectly, one in every nine persons in the Caribbean, and is the largest employer after the public sector.Treated well, it has an extraordinary contribution to make to regional...
Question: My car is insured for J$810,000. In February of this year, I met in an accident. The driver of the other vehicle was attempting to turn right while on the left side of the road.
Block makers say they have been losing business for three years.Barely had the cement crisis passed when the recession hit, driving construction activity down.Now, Anthony Charley, head of Channus Block Factory in Brown's...
The cost of debt has been trending down across the spectrum, but private mortgage lenders have so far refused to budge on rates, despite a plunge in new business that has set the industry back three years....
Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, is growing more impatient at the slow progress toward regional integration, and has hit out at his colleagues whose lack of political will he now sees as the main impediment....
Jamaica is at least seven months away from a final deal on a floating liquid natural gas (LNG) platform and supplies lines for the new energy option, but investors in the project are already signalling that Trinidad is unlikely to be the supply...
Jamaica and Japan are collaborating on a new programme for eco-friendly coffee production aimed at attacking pests now bedevilling crops chiefly marketed to the Asian country.The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is working with...
Wallenford Coffee Company Limited, a state-owned enterprise, is finalising a deal with Starbucks Coffee Company that will see Jamaican coffee added to the menu in 55 of the international chain's 'high-end'...
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has cut by two percentage points the cash reserve requirements for Jamaican-dollar liabilities of deposit-taking institutions, moving it to 12 per cent, with a similar reduction in the liquid assets requirement....
BEIJING, China: At 5 o'clock on a Saturday morning, Beijing is quiet, almost tranquil.The streets are close to being bare of traffic, but even with open roads there is no rush to the next destination; no one is speeding ...
Jamaica's securities dealers are ramping up calls for the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to ease restrictions on foreign currency products, saying the policy constrains investment houses who are being pressed by regulators to diversify away from repos...
The Original Bamboo Factory Limited has wrapped up operations under its old name and is now trading as Bamboo Jamaica, with a more targeted focus on custom-made furniture.The 20-year-old operation, run by John Hamilton...
For the fifth consecutive year, Canadian travel agents have voted the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) as the Favourite Tourist Board in Canadian Travel Press and Travel Courier's 11th annual Agents' Choice Awards. Jamaica was also voted Favourite Honeymoon...
Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) President Omar Azan yesterday challenged the Government to explore alternative energy sources besides liquefied natural gas (LNG), which it has been fervently pursuing with its CARICOM neighbour...
A United States federal judge has ruled that indicted Texan financier R Allen Stanford will be tried alone when the hearing into his alleged US$7 billion Ponzi scheme gets underway next January.US District Judge David Hittner approved an application...
Picture double Olympic record holder Usain Bolt lying in bed at six o'clock on a cold, snowing morning in Europe, hours before a big 100-metre race. His alarm sounds loudly.
A Virgin Islands-based financial manager ran a US$105-million Ponzi scheme that defrauded 400 investors by falsely claiming to invest in foreign currencies, the United States regulators charged Monday....
Haiti's population will continue to grow quickly despite the tremendous loss of life in the January earthquake, according to United States Census Bureau estimates released Monday.The bureau estimates Haiti's current population at 9.6 million...
