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A UWI academic on Thursday declared small businesses and transformed 'criminals' as the more likely saviours of the economy, and not the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with which Jamaica is negotiating a bailout agreement.Dr K'adamawe K'nife said at...
Grenada announced that it intends to revive a programme that will essentially allow investors from across the globe to buy citizenship on the sparsely populated Caribbean island known for its beaches and spice-scented forests.
THE JAMAICAN economy stands to benefit significantly from the wealth of knowledge of its livestock experts if their expertise is exported to other countries in the region which are spending significant resources importing animals from North America in order to develop their livestock industry.
Bobby Pottinger (left), former custos of St Mary, accepts a plaque from member of parliament for North East St Mary, Dr Morais Guy, during a presentation ceremony at the St Mary Agri Expo.
While other caterers were busy setting up shop at the St Mary Agri Expo on Easter Monday, having paid their fees, Gregory Scott and wife Veronica simply drove on to the grounds with their mobile kitchen and opened for business.
Despite the loss in value of the Jamaican currency relative to the United States dollar, two academics and a businessman have suggested that it provides opportunities to spur economic growth...
The Guyana government says it will hold a national mining lottery later this month that will target small miners due to the increased demand for mining properties. Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud said the lottery...
Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals. The missive that began Tuesday marks the third phase...
Monday's International Monetary Fund (IMF) statement on Jamaica reads: "Fund management will submit to its Executive Board a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility in the amount of SDR 615 million (about US$958 million, or 225 per cent...
THE CRISIS in Cyprus is grave and has ushered in a new template as to who will carry the risk and financial burden of banks which face financial difficulties.Recent history has some significant lessons which investors, depositors and shareholders need...
Airlines are struggling this year to get planes to the gate on time.The government said Thursday that 80.3 per cent of flights by United States carriers arrived on time in January and February...
Haiti's finance minister resigned from her post, Haitian radio reported Wednesday.Privately owned Radio Vision 2000 reported that Marie Carmel Jean-Marie submitted her resignation following a "disagreement" with President Michel Martelly....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will dispatch US$213 million to Jamaica immediately after its board approves the new bailout programme expected by month end, according to central bank Governor Brian Wynter.Those funds, along with future...
Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) is challenging a Supreme Court ruling in appellate court that it must pay US$330,000 (about J$32.8 million) with interest to marine operator Freight Management Limited (FML) for breach...
UnionOne Express Limited, the courier subsidiary of First Union Financial Group, is branching out into the Caribbean with planned investments in three other markets, even as the company ramps up its search from home...
The National Insurance Fund (NIF) took a haircut on J$30.62 billion worth of bonds that it swapped under the FRAN component of the national debt swap, but the head of investments for the fund says the full value...
Newly listed junior company, Paramount Trading Jamaica Limited, doubled its pre-tax profit to J$37.6 million for its third quarter ending February 2013 due to the incorporation of income from a related entity called Stamina Truckings.Revenues inched up...
Retail furniture and appliance giant Courts Jamaica will be hosting the first-ever in-store appliance exposition in Jamaica. The exposition will be held this weekend at the Courts Washington Boulevard store located at the Boulevard Supercentre, Kingston....
The Child Development Agency (CDA) through the kind sponsorship of the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation recently hosted a training workshop aimed at refining the skills of its staff members in providing therapeutic interventions for children...
A draft bailout document between Cyprus and its international creditors shows that the size of the country's banking sector has been sharply reduced since the country's rescue package was agreed last month. The draft memorandum of understanding...
