LIME Jamaica, which has outsourced some of its operations to international firm Ericsson, has announced that the services of 305 members of its support delivery teams will be terminated
Finance minister Michalis Sarris resigned Tuesday after less than five weeks in the job, as the government begins an investigation into how the country's economy nearly collapsed last month.President Nicos Anastasiades accepted Sarris' resignation,...
Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Association (JCFA) is limiting the bean purchases it makes, to producers who are members of the organisation, which number about 1,600, says president Clayton Williams....
Argentina has proposed a creative way out of its debt showdown, describing a mix of cash and bonds that it suggested would amount to a huge profit, but not a gargantuan one, for the investors it calls "vulture funds".
Bad debts held by financial institutions monitored by the central bank have dropped while total loans hit record levels in 2012, according to the latest Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) data. Jamaican loans unserviced for three months or more totalled J$27.9...
With operations in more than 30 markets worldwide, Mark Rowe considered his selection for Digicel's internship programme nothing less than a coup.The graduate in computing and information technology from the University of Technology...
Gas Products Limited has expanded its storage capacity in Freeport, Montego Bay by 50 per cent to satisfy growing demand for propane in the western end of Jamaica....
Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) has teamed up with its formal rival in a supply deal that allows it to reclaim some of its market share lost to importers.General manager of Caribbean Cement Anthony Haynes...
Three of a reported eight financial companies have said they will participate in a second round of the National Debt Exchange to help the Government plug a shortfall in the funds needed to drive down its debt-servicing costs.
In the last few days, the government of Cyprus has begun to implement the measures demanded of it by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Discussions are ongoing for Colin Bullock, now a senior lecturer in the department of economics at the University of the West Indies, to take over as the head of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, sources have confirmed.
Stewart's Hardware Limited has opened its fifth outlet in Mandeville, investing some J$500 million in the build-out of the 20,000 square foot store, designed round the hardware/home centre concept.
I am living in the United States and have been searching for ways to invest in Jamaica and the minimum I would like to start out with is US$3,000 and allow funds to roll over.
While producers are seemingly on course to meet their projected targets for the first time since the 2009 privatisation of the sugar sector, there is still a cloud of uncertainty over the job security of some of the casual workers.
ON DECEMBER 3, 2011, The Gleaner told the story of how Violet Whyte of Plum Valley in Charles Town, Portland, used hibiscus petals to make a drink similar in taste to what we call sorrel here in Jamaica. ... Now, some students and teachers at Cross Keys High School in Manchester have taken the use of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis to a whole new level of versatility.
