SSL campaigns to demystify investment
Stocks and Securities Ltd (SSL) is on a mission to get people more financially literate and, according to General Manager Lamar Harris, to “demystify investment”. In an interview with the Jamaica...
View ArticleSen. Murray, Members of WA Delegation on Announcement Selecting Alaska...
(Source: Patty Murray) Proposed service would attract local business, leisure, and Cuban American customers to PNW Earlier this year, members of the WA delegation urged U.S. Department of...
View ArticleCaricom urged to avoid ‘wait-and-see’ approach on Brexit
THE Caribbean Community (Caricom) is being been warned against adopting a wait-and-see approach concerning Britain’s pending exit from the European Union, but instead quickly set up a task force to...
View ArticleJPS to pilot smart homes in MoBay
ROSE HALL, Montego Bay — As part of its ongoing thrust to revolutionise energy savings with the use of technology, the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) will be introducing smart homes to its...
View ArticleEight carriers get approved for direct flights to Havana
U.S. airlines' fiercely contested battle for the Obama administration's approval for flights to Havana is nearing a close. Eight carriers — most with flights departing from Miami and New York...
View ArticleJunior minister wants national ID system fast-tracked
MINISTER of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams says the time has come for Jamaica to fast-track efforts to establish a national identification system for its...
View ArticleSandals CEO to give keynote address at State of the Tourism Industry Conference
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, will outline his vision for Caribbean tourism at the State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC),...
View ArticleJunior golfers claim 2nd place in regional tourney
Jamaica’s Junior Golf Team played steadily on the final day of the 54-hole Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship at the Barbados Golf Club to secure second place behind defending champions Puerto...
View ArticleJamaicans who know better must do better
If you had any doubt that our Jamaica is worth the healing and the nurturing, just check the news coming out of the US this week. In this, the land of Marcus Garvey, of Nanny, Sam Sharpe, Paul Bogle,...
View ArticleOlympics athletes to ‘attend’ grand gala via live link from Rio
JAMAICAN athletes at this summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be able to view the Independence Day show at the National Arena, through a live link being organised by the Ministry of...
View ArticleJamaica beat Cuba, Panama 3-0 in Group 3 ITF Davis Cup Tennis Americas Zone
JAMAICA defeated Caribbean neighbours Cuba and Panama 3-0 at the 2017 Davis Cup Tennis Group 3 Americas Zone Team competition in La Paz, Bolivia, yesterday. In their opening match on Monday, Jamaica...
View ArticleCuba a friend in need and a friend indeed
We draw attention to the report in our Monday publication which covered the story of eight young Jamaican medical students receiving scholarships to pursue studies in Cuba for the academic year...
View ArticleJunior golfers second place in Barbados Championships
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is second behind current tournament leaders Puerto Rico after Day 2 of the 29th staging of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships currently being held in Barbados....
View ArticleUS gives tentative OK to flights to Cuba from 10 American cities
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government on Thursday tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as...
View Article15 Jamaicans qualify for main draw of ITF Jamaica Junior International...
FIFTEEEN Jamaicans have qualified for the main draw of the boys’ and girls’ Under-18 singles at the 2016 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Jamaica International Invitational Tournament which begins...
View ArticleTax on sugary drinks?
THE Ministry of Health is exploring the possibility of a special consumption tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in order to tackle what Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton described as the health...
View ArticleJunior golfers finish 2nd in Barbados
KINGSTON, Jamaica – On today’s final day of the 54-hole Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championship, Jamaica secured second place behind defending...
View ArticleUS gives tentative OK to flights to Cuba from 10 US cities
Scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities won tentative government approval Thursday, advancing President Barack Obama's effort to normalize relations with Cuba. Eight U.S....
View ArticleCosmos and Canvas opens in Montego Bay
A new dimension has been added to Montego Bay’s burgeoning entertainment scene with the official opening of Cosmos and Canvas on the city’s popular Hip Strip...
View ArticleBack in the Desi day
The 1959 Cuban Revolution transformed Miami forever. Because of the Cuban migration that followed, we became an international Latin-tinged city, our culture inextricably intertwined with one of the...
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