Stories by Avia Collinder

A one-day lockdown of Caribbean Producers Jamaica's (CPJ) facilities near the end of October was for a systems upgrade.The distribution and manufacturing company, based in Montego Bay, is adding a new technology platform to improve on its supply...

Dione Jennings, whose substantive post is chief technical director at the Ministry of Labour...

Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JP), which is currently searching for a specialist farm manager for pineapple production, said it is now making headway on plans to expand markets for the fruit.Production yields are expected to climb next year by 17...

Digital product delivery at the NCB Financial Group is being pursued at hyper-speed, by the company's own estimation, with new cross-functional teams at work in a specialist information technology unit, called the Agile Lab.At the helm within the...

Jamaica's central bank is eyeing the Chinese renminbi, the RMB, as an opportunity to reduce reliance on US dollar usage in the Jamaican economy.John Robinson,...

Jamaica will soon eliminate small coins, and while such a measure tends to lead to a 'rounding tax', the monetary authority say that won't happen when it comes to foreign exchange rates, stock prices, dividends and any other non-cash transactions.It...

The Blanco Group, owners of Lanco Paints, will be opening its first factory in Jamaica next year, an investment that falls within the ballpark of US$10 million.Deborah Cumming, managing director/broker of Century 21 Heave Ho Properties Limited, said...

Chief financial officer (CFO) Dan Theoc has resigned from the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) after 16 years in the power utility's employ.The company,...

ANSA Coatings International Limited got just over three per cent more of the Berger Jamaica shareholdings, a result that signalled overwhelming rejection of its bid...

Digital ledger, or blockchain technology, is set to change the way both private companies and governments do business, says Mat McGuire, a financial crime risk management expert from Canada.The technology has substantial utility as a solution to...

The Urban Development Corporation says that it continues the search for the site for Jamaica's third city but notes that the master plan contemplated will lean towards business incentivisation.The agency is pursuing the project in stages: first,...

Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is of the view that the pushback from the legal fraternity notwithstanding, its members would have to...