Trinidadian businessman Arthur Lok Jack, a key shareholder in Guardian Holdings Limited, GHL, is giving consideration to adjusting a three-year loan arrangement with NCB Financial Group in a bid to appease the finance ministry in Trinidad and Tobago and close the long-standing takeover deal that awaits regulatory approval. Notwithstanding the

A recent article from Bloomberg, the business and markets focused media company with a global following, has brought the resurgence of Jamaica's bauxite industry into the limelight. The island's mining revival is “turning Jamaica's red earth to gold for a new set of investors from hedge fund luminaries to commodity

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The British Government has established a scheme to compensate members of the Windrush Generation who were unable to prove their right to live in the United Kingdom (UK). The compensation scheme was announced in London by Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. It will provide payments to eligible individuals

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, says a minor earthquake was felt in sections of the island early yesterday. The unit said the 3.8 magnitude quake occurred at 6:30 pm and was located approximately 4km Southwest of Bluefields in the parish

It has been five years since the initial announcement, but GraceKennedy Limited still plans to list on the London Stock Exchange or other foreign market. Other events have overtaken the food and financial services conglomerate, which is otherwise executing plans that are meant to deepen its global footprint. “The truth

While focused largely on Trinidad, this issue is relevant to the entire region. Jamaica is considered well ahead of Trinidad on this because it hasn't had any oil and gas.   The risks connected to climate change are mounting. Across the Caribbean, the increasing frequency and growing intensity of extreme

TOURIST arrivals in Jamaica are projected to climb to 1.5 million visitors for the 2018-19 winter season, which ends later this month. According to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, the record visitor arrivals — of which 900,000 are stopover visitors – should rake in US$1.6 million in revenue for the period

Chris Hind (left), general manager, JN General Insurance Comany, talks road safety with Trevor Christie, deputy superintendent, National Police College of Jamaica Faculty of Operations Management and Skill Training, and driver upgrading course graduate officer, Ryan Reddie. GENERAL manager of JN General Insurance Company, Chris Hind said police drivers need

“Court upholds $35 million award for workplace injury.”So read one headline in this newspaper’s Business on March 17. The article should be mandatory for owners and aspiring operators of small and medium-sized businesses – an emerging entrepreneurial group. The events that led to the court award provide an example of

The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday the global economy is at a “delicate moment” with a hoped-for rebound in growth later this year being threatened by a variety of factors, such as rising trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. IMF Managing Director Christine