THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) is demanding answers from the Government regarding how revenue raised from the gas tax is being used.This follows Transport Minister Mike Henry's announcement that the share of the...

WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), has launched a new company to help farmers formulate and write business plans.The company, Agricultural Investment...

Jamaica's appeal judges have overturned a Revenue Court ruling that, barring a government challenge, will lead to the reimbursement of more than $2.27 billion in assessment and penalties that the listed Carreras Limited...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding's office is setting an example, which the head of government has already stated he wants others to follow, with the relocation of the Spectrum Management Authority from its swanky uptown location to more moderate...

In the face of a whopping 485 per cent jump in breach of the rules of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) over the past two years, and last year's marked 43 per cent upswing in violations over the 2008 figure, market authorities have tightened the screws...

Three months into the winter tourist season, hotel operators say they have been cutting rates by as much as 65 per cent to attract tourists and keep occupancy levels up. While occupancy and revenue figures were not readily available to assess...

One of the matters that need to be urgently addressed by the Golding administration is whether or not it is going to grant Caribbean Airlines exclusive national-carrier status for Jamaica in its current open skies bilateral agreements...

A reader emailed me. I offer the exchange in its entirety before making a few relevant comments: "Over the years, I have read many of your articles and found them balanced on most issues excepting those issues which relate to the previous PNP...

Patrick Hylton, the career banker who has presided over five straight years of profit growth at National Commercial Bank (NCB), is not about to apologise for the strong profits the Michael Lee...

Despite the challenging circumstances facing economies and businesses around the world, corporate leaders in the Caribbean and Latin America who do business with the United States are upbeat about the future, according to the latest Association of...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Insurance company United America Indemnity Ltd has announced it wants to shift its legal home to Ireland from the Cayman Islands, continuing a trend of international companies seeking exits from Caribbean offshore financial...

Danny Williams replaces Miller as Sagicor Life chairman - R. Danny Williams has been appointed chairman of Sagicor Life Jamaica (SLJ), the country's largest insurance company. Williams' appointment took effect February 1....

During a press conference on Monday to outline the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association's (JALPA) drive to purchase Air Jamaica, its combative spokesman, Russell Capleton, addressed a roomful of vocal supporters....

THE LONG-RUNNING television news feature Jamaica Magazine will soon be history. Come next month, the television news magazine that featured the work of government and cultural activities islandwide is to be replaced by two shorter programmes....

THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to spend some $24 billion in the 2010-2011 financial year starting in April to provide housing solutions and other benefits for its contributors, including a projected $7.8 billion expenditure on 2,000 new homes....

Listed investment and finance house Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (JMMB) continues to experience a sizeable year-on-year profit fall-off even as the company is pointing to a $81-million or 39.5 per...

The country's economic performance monitor, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), yesterday reported that the Jamaican economy continues to contract with real gross domestic product (GDP) falling 2.5 per cent between October and December 2009 quarte...

Listed conglomerate GraceKennedy is reporting brisk profit growth for the 12 months ending December 2009, finishing the period with a net profit of $2.7 billion, $709.5 million of which was garnered in the fourth quarter.

The year 1938 is significant for Frome, Westmoreland, not only because it was the year worker unrest started on a sugar estate in that western area of the country, fomented...

Jamaica National Building Society (JN) is hoping to see a growth in several of its markets this year, particularly in remittances, its boss, Earl Jarrett, has said. During a recent...