Over the past two months, some micro and small business owners and their customers have found themselves in the firing line of a deepening cash crunch and automated banking machine dilemma, brought on…
Sagicor sacks four execs
According to Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited’s 2022 annual report, four executives were separated from the financial conglomerate in addition to other senior leaders who resigned to take up positions at other listed companies….
Jamaica on showcase
Montego Bay, Jamaica, will play host to Outsource2LAC Global Digital Summit, the largest outsourcing showcase in the Western Hemisphere, next month, June 14 and 15. The event will be organised by the Ministry…
JPS responds after Tell Claudienne’s intervention
Dear Claudienne, I live overseas and I own land in Clarendon that I bought in the 1990s. The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has trespassed on my land and installed a guy wire…
NWC lobbying for better electricity bill recovery
The National Water Commission, NWC, is projecting a $3.9 billion surplus this fiscal year, which would reverse losses recorded two years earlier, but a major plank of that growth will rest on increased…
UDC to bring 68 commercial lots to market
The Urban Development Corporation, UDC, has begun groundwork for the sale of roughly 108 acres of Caymanas Estate lands, all of which is slated for light commercial development. So far, the state agency…
6 Benefits of Boiled Green Bananas
Bananas are an ancient fruit with the first written reference dating to 600 BC. They’re most commonly consumed raw, but few know about the benefits of boiled green bananas outside of Caribbean nations….
Karisma’s multi-billion-dollar St Ann project back on track
LUBO Krstajic, co-founder of Karisma Hotels & Resorts and international investor, has confirmed that the Karisma mega-resort project planned for Jamaica is back on track. Krstajic shared the update with Minister of Tourism…
COVID no longer a global health emergency — WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The COVID-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning, however, that the…
Jamaica Tourist Board to Host Business-Building Workshop for Canadian Travel Agents
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will present a free “Business Building Workshop” from 9 May to 11 May 2023. The workshop will be hosted by Destination Jamaica and is being presented jointly with…