DIRECTOR OF Health Applications at Advanced Integrated Systems (AIS), Shekar Sanumpudi, indicates that the company is targeting a growing healthcare technology market within the wider Caribbean. Already, the company’s Provider Access System (PAS)…
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itel expands to Belize
Business process outsourcing giant itel will be expanding its footprint to another Caribbean country — Belize. Considered the largest home-grown Caribbean business process outsourcing (BPO) operation, itel has begun retrofitting a prime location…
Business social
On Saturday, April 1, Jamaica Producers Group honoured the long service of 101 team members serving its local businesses — the group’s corporate head office, JP Farms and Tortuga. With its roots as…
CMU taps Guyana for growth
THE Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) has become the latest Jamaican entity to tap opportunities in oil-rich Guyana, signing a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Guyana (UG) under which joint…
NIR up 5.6 per cent in March
Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) grew above five per cent to total US$4.2 billion at the end of March, according to the latest data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). This was US$220.7…
AMG optimistic despite challenges
Despite cost challenges and continued paper shortage, the management of AMG Packaging and Paper Company said it remains optimistic about driving growth and improving its business. For the six months ended February, revenues…
Stocks tick higher on Wall Street as inflation slows further
NEW YORK (AP): WALL STREET ticked higher yesterday following the latest sign that inflation continues to cool. The S…
Marathon head demitting office
BY JULY 1, 2023, Marathon Insurance Brokers, MIB, will have a new leader. Levar Smith, the present CEO, will have the title of president and CEO. Outgoing Executive Chairman Richard Burgher said the…
New India-born World Bank chief: Real change or rebranding?
BENGALURU, India (AP): THE INCOMING president of the World Bank was born in India and forged his early business success there, a fact supporters say gives Ajay Banga valuable insight into the challenges…
Guyana extends deadline for licensing bid round
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): GUYANA ANNOUNCED on Wednesday an extension of its deadline for the 2022 licensing round’s bid submission for 14 oil blocks to July 15 this year. The Ministry of Natural Resources…
