YOU FINALLY have time to look back at outputs from prior strategic planning retreats. A quick glance reveals an approach they used which includes ‘pillars’. If so, be aware: there are some drawbacks…
Category: Business & Economy
BOJ spent US$1 billion to defend the pandemic dollar
THE BANK of Jamaica (BOJ) spent US$1.0 billion in defending the local dollar since the onset of the pandemic, but the country’s outlook, like that of the Caribbean, remains very challenging, according to…
Oran A. Hall | Benefits of a central bank digital currency
A DIGITAL currency is legal tender issued by the central bank, such as the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), and complements physical forms of currency like notes and coins. It has the same value…
Business events
APRIL 17 Statistical Institute of Jamaica release of monthly Consumer Price Index/Inflation data for March 2023. APRIL 19 138 Student Living Jamaica Limited annual general meeting, at Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, 81 Knutsford Boulevard,…
Cedric E. Stephens | IAJ should do more to help consumers
LAST WEEK’S article, ‘Insurance literacy matters’, was placed next to one by my colleague Yanique Page – ‘Profiting from ignorance of small business’. Alert readers, like my editor, saw the link between the…
AIS makes digitalisation push in wider Caribbean
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)…
AIS makes digitalisation push in wider Caribbean
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)…
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…