St. Lucias Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says some Caribbean countries are refusing to face up to the impact of the global economic crisis. The tragedy of the times is that we are in the throes of a major crisis ...
Caribbean countries are asked to re-examine their tourism policies to ensure the survival of the industry as the region observes Tourism Month in November...
In less than a month after the New York City launch of Farm Up Jamaica, a programme designed to grow more organic foods in Jamaica, the company's chief executive officer, Neil Curtis is reporting an immediate tidal wave...
Last week's article - 'A tale of some fraudulent insurance claims that were paid!' - discussed some of the ways that dishonest persons stage motor-vehicle collisions. Their aim is to collect insurance moneys.
I have read your articles and see where you have helped many entrepreneurs, and I would love for you to give me some advice. I just started a meat shop in a country area that services about five other communities. I would like to know how I can get my business established so people will know what I am offering and the price, thereby creating more sales for me.
For decades Antony 'Tony' Hart has been acknowledged as a titan of commerce, an ambassador of business among the owners of private capital - and the status lingers even though he is long retired. On Thursday night, his peers simply decided to make it official.
West Indies Home Contrac-tors Limited (WIHCON) has brought another 169 homes to market under the current phase of the Meadows of Irwin development in St James.
Chartis Jamaica Insurance Company Limited has partnered with Progressive Insurance Brokers Limited to introduce a new home insurance product to the market which the partners say could reduce the cost of property coverage by 50 per cent or more.
In the early part of October, governments attending the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) assembly in Montreal reached an outline agreement on a basis on which all civil aviation emissions will be regulated in the future.
Although Jamaica has nearly 100 microfinanciers, very few of them will be tapped immediately as providers of credit data, as only those lenders with exemptions under the Money Lending Act are permitted by law to share information.
Red Stripe Jamaica assured shareholders on Friday that the plan to use cassava as an input in the manufacture of Red Stripe beer would not affect its flavour. The company will replace imported American corn with locally grown cassava by 2016.
I would like to know if I could start investing with $20,000. What is the process I have to through? Would I need to be fully involved? How much would a broker charge, should I get one?
Acting Regional Coor-dinator for the Western Region of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Fiona Banton, says she would like to see more community groups registering with her organisation so that more cottage industries could be established in the island.
It was friendly, but fierce, competition at the Port Morant Heritage Celebration and Banana Festival as three teams showcased their creativity in utilising the banana.
The complex world of airlines fees might soon get even more confusing. The fees fliers pay to check a suitcase or pick a more desirable seat might soon become much more complicated and costly....
The Jamaican Cabinet signed off on the supply of cement products to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe agreement in September, according to a document newly table in Parliament this week.But the deal remains in limbo because Caracas is yet to approve...
Royal Dutch Shell PLC will submit an Arctic offshore exploration plan for waters off northern Alaska but has not made a final decision on whether to drill in 2014, the company announced Thursday. Chief Financial Officer Henry Simon announced...
Economists, moralists, liberals, sceptical members and supporters of the Democratic Party in the United States have been critical - sometimes hypercritical - of the Obama administration's handling of the Wall Street meltdown of September 2008....
The government and some bankers with whom I have spoken on the cash-transaction limit are firmly of the view that as little as J$500,000 would be a big enough cash limit to handle the majority of transactions that our society really needs to...
Supreme Ventures Limited is pursuing the development of a mobile payment system, a new application that will make it easier to place wagers or buy lottery tickets on the go.But the project, for which the company is putting...
Hoteliers are now more receptive to the new omnibus tax bill tabled in Parliament this week, even though it will eliminate the discrete laws that codified incentives for the tourism...
Richard Lake has lost a J$29-billion lawsuit against National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB), relating to a hotel development taken over by the bank two decades ago for unpaid debts. ...
National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB) has introduced a first-time fee of J$128.15 for all cheques brought to its counters for lodgement or conversion to cash.The fee is meant to dissuade in-branch teller transactions, and lead to increased...
