- Weekly Round-up: Vaz sworn-in… Missing 8-y-o found dead... Pat Rousseau dies 11:01 pm
- Report missing persons immediately, Police Commissioner urges 7:48 pm
- Tourism minister calls for build-out of more eateries 7:46 pm
- Axed Windies selectors set to contest dismissals 7:22 pm
- Unidentified body found in Meadowbrook Estate 6:54 pm
- Aguilleira, Mohammed dropped for England tour 6:09 pm
Business
JSE signs agreement with Blockstation
THE Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced the execution of a historic Master Agreement with Blockstation, a leading Canadian FinTech company, becoming one of the first stock exchanges in the world to sign an agreement to enable live trading of digital assets and security tokens in a... Read More
Google signs deal with
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — US tech giant Google has signed a deal with Cuban operator ETECSA to explore ways of boosting Internet service on the communist-run island, despite diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana. Read More
Caribbean creatives look to build exports
The recently held Cultural and Creative Industries Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago empowered Caribbean creative practitioners with the much-needed information to build their export capacity. Read More
From grooves to streams, VPAL Music moves with the times
With dynamics of the music business changing 10 years ago, VP Records launched a subsidiary label that catered to independent music producers and artistes. The new company, VPAL Music, would expose product to VP's massive network based on a fluid... Read More
Grenada's NIS did not give government a “haircut” on debt
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) — The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) says it did not provide the Grenada Government with a haircut during the island's debt restructuring period because it opted to restructure with an extended time of repayment. Read More
Cuban dailies to slash editions over newsprint shortage
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Communist Party daily Granma and other Cuban newspapers will slash edition sizes from today because of a shortage of newsprint, echoing similar cutbacks imposed by Fidel Castro after the fall of his Soviet Union ally in the 1990s. Read More
Record arrivals for 2018/19 winter season
TOURIST arrivals in Jamaica are projected to climb to 1.5 million visitors for the 2018-19 winter season, which ends later this month. Read More
Jamaica's bauxite industry highlighted by Bloomberg
A recent article from Bloomberg, the business and markets focused media company with a global following, has brought the resurgence of Jamaica's bauxite industry into the limelight. Read More
JPS profit jumps to US$31M
LIGHT distributor Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has reported a 26 per cent jump in annual profit, increasing from US$24 million in 2017 to US$31 million for its financial year ending December 2018. Read More
Visionaries Summit hosts panel discussion on road to sustained growth for Jamaica
Economic history is often said to be a story of paradoxes and potentials. But after years of ups and downs, the country finally seems to have got the ingredients for economic stability right, according to a release from Visionaries Summit... Read More
Brian Boothe to head NCB's restructured divisions
National Commercial Bank (NCB) has announced plans to consolidate its Retail and Corporate Banking divisions effective Friday, April 5. Read More
ICreate lends support to training video producers
CREATIVE training institute iCreate Limited has signed off on an agreement with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to train 40 young people in digital video production. Read More
MoBay chamber encourages business sector to partner in crime fighting
MONTEGO BAY, St James —President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), Winston Lawson, is calling on members of the Montego business community who are the owners of closed circuit cameras to share their feed with the JamaicaEye programme. Read More
tTech conference targets business growth via leveraging IT
LocalLY managed information technology services provider tTech Limited plans to reshape the way people think of IT and business by hosting “Tech Con by tTech” on Friday, April 12, 2019. The conference will be staged at the Jamaica Pegasus and aims to help... Read More
Worthy Park launches into the world of premium rum
Worthy Park has revived its Worthy Park rum brand in Jamaica, with the local launch on Sunday of its premium Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve. The rum, a blend of rums between six and 10 years old, was introduced to Europe last year, but is now available on the local... Read More
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