BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Barbados government has put a temporary freeze on borrowing even as it reported an improvement in the island's economic position. "Over the next four years the Barbados government will not borrow any new funds. To put the impact of that into context, over the past four
A &A Lime Hall Development Limited, a company incorporated in 2004 as a rental service in Montego Bay, St James, has offered PDV Caribe S.A. a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), US$100 million for its 49 per cent stake in Jamaican oil refinery Petrojam Limited. In a letter dated
STRASBOURG, France (AP): European Union, eu, leaders were pleading Wednesday with the UK to finally get its act together on Brexit, end internal strife and come up with a realistic plan to leave the bloc well over two years after Britain decided to leave the EU and departure just 10
A REPRESENTATIVE of Jamaica's Climate Change Division (CCD) has noted the intention to support the use of the recently published special report on 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming to inform policy and planning in Jamaica. "I consider science as foundational in our decision-making processes, because it provides the evidence
The Justice ministry has delivered a scathing indictment of the system used by the police to record traffic tickets issued to motorists, revealing publicly that there are "deficits in the accuracy and adequacy" of information sent to the courts, causing some judges not to issue arrest warrants for delinquent drivers.
PanJam Investment has declined to say whether it will raise funds in the short term amid its first-ever rating by regional rating agency Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS). "We intend to be rated going forward regardless of our fundraising activities," stated PanJam in response to Financial Gleaner
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and leading to a no-confidence vote in her government. Moments after the vote, May said it was only right to test whether the government still
A &A Lime Hall Development Limited, a company incorporated in 2004 as a rental service in Montego Bay, St James, has offered PDV Caribe S.A. a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), US$100 million for its 49 per cent stake in Jamaican oil refinery Petrojam Limited. In a letter dated
Leading local architect Evan Williams has completed his 10-year odyssey to build an extended-stay hotel. The 48-room hotel is called the R Hotel and is located on Kingston's Renfrew Road. The 57,000 square foot hotel sits on 13,000 square feet and came in at a cost of US$6.5 million. Speaking
Beijing, China (AFP) — China's trade surplus with the United States hit a record high last year but the country's imports and exports fell in December as the long-running trade war begins to bite in the world's number two economy, data showed Monday. The surplus with the US is a
