The Ministry of Finance and Planning has disbursed US$1.69 million from the Petrocaribe Development Fund to the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) for clinker exported to Venezuela under the trade compensation mechanism of the PetroCaribe agreement.
Jamaica already has ample information as it relates to establishing a logistics hub and hence there is little need to wait for more studies to be done, according to Professor Gordon Shirley, chairman and chief...
The Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) said that based on a survey conducted by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), fee income, excluding those for loan processing, now accounts for a larger percentage of total revenue of commercial banks.
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has expressed displeasure with news that the United States (US) Congress has not adopted a measure necessary to ratify the 2010 Quota and Governance Reform."I am...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has encouraged the government to consult widely in preparing the specific elements of pending fiscal rule legislation, but there is as yet no signal of a structured public-education campaign relating to that...
Jamaica's efforts to develop an offshore financial sector, though late in the day, can go hand in hand with the push for a logistics hub, according to Eric Crawford, chairman of the Jamaica International Financial Services...
Panic buying has contributed to the current egg shortage facing the country, which has extended into the third week of January, according to Caribbean Broilers' Corporate Affairs Manager Dr Keith Amiel.Consumers may have...
The list of countries exposed as central banks tighten monetary policy is longer than monikers such as the 'Fragile Five' and 'Sickly Six' suggest.The big worry for investors, as highlighted by the World Bank yesterday, is of an...
Columbus International Inc said Tuesday that Michele English, who heads up its operations in Jamaica, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief customer officer with oversight for eight markets.The new job will see English eventually...
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is about to put Petcom on the market and the National Insurance Fund wants to acquire a piece of the petroleum marketing company, but its pitch for a cashless transaction via a debt-to-equity swap has so far been...
GraceKennedy Limited is finalising talks with an overseas investor to partner on the development of a new commercial centre on lands being acquired from the Urban Development Corporation in downtown Kingston...
Intense bickering more than half a century ago led to the collapse of an ambitious political union of British colonies and protectorates in the Caribbean.Yet an unprecedented economic crisis may force the former members of the West...
The government has disbursed US$1.69 million from the Petrocaribe Development Fund to the Caribbean Cement Company Limited for clinker exported to Venezuela
The Panama Canal Authority continued informal talks with a Spanish-led consortium on Monday, seeking to resolve a US$1.6-billion cost-overrun dispute that has threatened to halt the biggest part of the project to expand the canal.The consortium, led by...
Trinidad's government says a state-owned petroleum company cleaned up some 4,200 barrels of oil from a recent spill in the island's southwest region, but that a mangrove section remains contaminated.A total of 7,500 barrels of oil were spilled last...
The following are excerpts of a speech by former chairman and chief executive officer of the GraceKennedy Group, Mr Douglas Orane. It was delivered at a Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) retirees' luncheon on Friday, January 17, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston....
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