Residents float down a flooded street in Havana atop a large piece of styrofoam, after the passing of Hurricane Irma in Cuba yesterday. 1 2 THE BLUDGEONING delivered by hurricanes Irma and Harvey has brought into sharp focus the financing needs of developing countries, and, in particular, those of
Sagicor Group Chairman Richard Owen Byles is in line to become the 25th inductee in the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Private Sector Hall of Fame. Byles, who is lauded as one of Jamaica's transformational private sector leaders, has had a long and illustrious impact on the development
Jamaican Teas Ltd has promised top dollar for green or dried cerasee as it seeks to plug the gap in supply of raw materials to be processed into tea bags for local and international markets. In an advertisement to farmers recently, the tea maker called on farmers to bring in
Manager of the Local Area Planning Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency Dwight Williams shows two of the most recent development orders that have been promulgated, while addressing at a recent JIS 'Think Tank'. (Photo: JIS) THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says that it is on
As you get up into your 40s and beyond, you will notice several things starting to happen to your body. Things such as gaining pounds around the waist even when you stick to a strict diet – and it seems like nothing you do will slim it down; the pounds
Mired in all the muck and grime littering the countryside is an opportunity for young, bright minds to come up with solutions to map and orchestrate the clean-up of Jamaica's growing garbage pollution, in an environmentally friendly, sustainable and even economically sustainable way. That's the informed view of Dr Parris
Jamaica could be faced with a serious physical infrastructural dilemma if the island is hit by a high-category hurricane like Harvey or Irma, according to local infrastructure stakeholders. Civil engineer and Incorporated MasterBuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) executive Carvel Stewart said that while most concrete (or block and steel) buildings,
With the backing of state agencies and angel investors, Patria-Kaye Aarons has taken her Sweetie Confectionery business out of Kingston and is now operating from the Clarendon capital of May Pen. She now has a larger factory, spanning 4,000 square feet, which was developed with backing from entities like First
After years of pleading with commercial banks to lower their interest rates on loans to small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Finance Minister Audley Shaw last Wednesday declared that he had started the ball rolling to get those financial institutions to fall in line. After signing a US$20-million (J$2.56 billion)
Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, and Julie Katzman, executive vice-president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), seem quite pleased as they exchange documents following Wednesday’s signing of a US$20-million (J$2.56 billion) credit enhancement programme for the micro, small and medium enterprises between the Government of Jamaica
