From Maroon Town in Portland to Rick’s Cafe in Negril, Westmoreland, Rashell Myrie is facilitating Jamaicans on several journeys to discover the beauty of the island through her Instagram handle ExploringJA. Since founding…
Category: Business & Economy
Pensioner helped
Dear Claudienne, I am a retired vice-principal and I have been receiving a full pension from the Accountant General Department of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) since 2012. Despite a two-year wait to…
Supreme Ventures going global
Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) is looking to capitalise on its growing business profile to further expand its platform across the globe following a historic 2022 performance. The betting, gaming, and lottery company had…
Data-driven models needed to push MSMEs
A stakeholder within the local network of small business development centres (SBDC) is proposing the use of more data-driven models to drive the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and push the…
Fesco acquires Wilson Beck’s LPG assets
Future Energy Source Company Limited (Fesco) has acquired the assets of Wilson Beck LPG Limited (WB) as it gears up to launch its own LPG (liquified petroleum gas) business later this quarter under…
Short-term rental worry
MORTGAGES for properties used for short-term rentals such as Airbnb are causing “increasing concern” for the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) as they show heightened levels of delinquency when compared to the rest of…
MicroFin sector gets access to core banking platform
REPRESENTATIVES OF microfinance institutions, MFIs, or MCIs, are to sit down with regulators in the coming days to chart a way forward, as the MFIs transition to a regulated environment under the Microcredit…
CIBC FirstCaribbean makes significant purchase of Barbados gov’t bonds
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): CIBC FirstCaribbean said yesterday it is acquiring BDS$100 million (1 Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents) in the Barbados Optional Savings Schem, BOSS, Plus investment instrument that officials say represents the return of…
MicroFin sector gets access to core banking platform
REPRESENTATIVES OF microfinance institutions, MFIs, or MCIs, are to sit down with regulators in the coming days to chart a way forward, as the MFIs transition to a regulated environment under the Microcredit…
CIBC FirstCaribbean makes significant purchase of Barbados gov’t bonds
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): CIBC FirstCaribbean said yesterday it is acquiring BDS$100 million (1 Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents) in the Barbados Optional Savings Schem, BOSS, Plus investment instrument that officials say represents the return of…