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Rafters want better marketing of the Rio Grande River rides, which they expect to be tackled by the new management of the rafting attraction, if Tourism Product Development Company, TPDCo, follows through on plans to privatise it. Visitors get...

The large resort spanning 4,800 rooms to be developed by Karisma in St Ann will also feature a component for luxury residences. The US$1-billion hotel project being developed at Llandovery on Jamaica’s north coast will officially begin...

The European Union let go of the United Kingdom with a final vote Wednesday at the EU's parliament that ended the Brexit divorce battle and set the scene for tough trade negotiations in the year ahead. In an emotion-charged session at the session...

California officials announced Monday that marijuana vape cartridges seized in illegal shops in Los Angeles contained potentially dangerous additives, including a thickening agent blamed for a national outbreak of deadly lung illnesses tied to...

Power utility Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, JPS, plans to spend nearly US$100 million ($14 billion) on two main projects to improve power reliability in the Corporate Area, including a new gas-fired plant to be commissioned in 2023. The...

Jamaica should see its first set of companies trading digital assets on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, by mid-year through a platform powered by partner company Blockstation. Four companies out of Australia, Canada and Trinidad...

QUESTION: Why do interviewers always ask how much an employee expects to be paid? And is it good or bad to name a figure? – Drew CAREERS: Thank you for your question, Drew. The question of salary is one of the most important you can prepare for....

A fight is coming to California over whether to list one of the world’s most common over-the-counter drugs as a carcinogen, echoing recent high-profile battles over things like alcohol and coffee. The drug is acetaminophen, known outside the United...

General Motors, GM, is spending US$2.2 billion to refurbish an underused Detroit factory so it can build a series of electric and self-driving vehicles, eventually employing 2,000 people. GM said in a statement Monday that the factory will start...

ADVISORY COLUMN: INSURANCE HELPLINE The chairman of a local broking company recently called my writings ‘academic’. The use of that word by the former businessman was an attempted put-down. It showed, in my opinion, his ignorance of...

ADVISORY COLUMN: PERSONAL FINANCIAL ADVISER Retirement is not a one-off event; it has several stages, each having its special features. How fulfilling it is depends on how the process is planned and how the plan is executed. Not all retirees will...