This is a podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending April 14th, 2023. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. The post…
Assessing Jamaica and its Importance to the Carifta Games
The 50th staging of the Carifta Games came to a close at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday night. At the close, the Jamaica contingent walked away with 78 medals including…
Where to Go Before Road March. Jamaica Carnival 2023 weekend events
With its many breakfast parties, soca cruises, cooler fetes, and the Grand Finale Road March, Jamaica Carnival 2023 events are not to be missed. Carnival began on April 13, 2023, and will end…
FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy to Be Displayed in Jamaica
Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica will be featured stops on a display tour of the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy. It will be on display at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston,…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Back in 1923, when Thomas Obadiah Chisolm put pen to paper and started to write, he had no idea that over 90 years later, his poem, set to music by William M. Runyan,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…