Coffee farmers get fertiliser to increase crop production The Gleaner | Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer | The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is soon to begin distribution of fertiliser to between 5,000 and 6,000 registered farmers through licensed coffee dealers. This follows the delivery of 12,000 pounds of the product, valued at $20 million, as part of the $29-millio...
23,000 jobs lost, unemployment spikes to 14.1% The Gleaner | Jamaica's unemployment rate spiked in January, according to new jobs data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). | The findings of the January 2012 Labour Force Survey released in May put the unemployment rate at 14.1 per cent, compare...
Pan-Jam acquires 20% of Chukka Caribbean The Gleaner | Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust on Thursday announced the acquisition of a 20 per cent shareholding in the Melville family-owned Chukka Caribbean Adven-tures, aimed at financing the expansion of the tour company. | The purchase price was not disclose...
Paulwell accuses JPS of 'monopolistic arrogance' The Gleaner | Steven Jackson, Business Reporter | Threatens sale of utility to new investors | Energy minister Phillip Paulwell says that Govern-ment can, as a last option, sell Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to new investors rather than allow the utility ...
JN introduces a different kind of cash machine The Gleaner | Information technology company Management Control Systems has introduced to Jamaica an automated teller machine that can recognise cash notes. | The technology is also said to be sensitive enough to detect counterfeit bills. | The machine, said to ...
Toyota Jamaica expanding to MoBay The Gleaner | Avia Collinder, Business Writer | Toyota Jamaica Limited is expanding operations beyond Kingston and will open a new branch at Ironshore in Montego Bay in August, according to Tom Connor, the new man in charge of the dealership. | The company is cu...
Palmyra receiver moves to Plan B as auction fizzles The Gleaner | Plans to sell the Palmyra Resort & Spa at auction have failed, according to well-placed sources, despite two extensions on the original sealed-bid deadline. | The Financial Gleaner has learned that Palmyra receiver Ken Tomlinson has switched to...
Coffee farmers get fertiliser to increase crop production The Gleaner | Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer | The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is soon to begin distribution of fertiliser to between 5,000 and 6,000 registered farmers through licensed coffee dealers. This follows the delivery of 12,000 pounds of the product...
Jamaican non-Blue Mountain coffee shows favourable outlook The Gleaner | THE PROSPECTS for non-Blue Mountain coffee in the United States of America are promising, Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke was advised during a recent visit to Atlanta, Georgia, when he toured Blue Mountain Inc and got to see Jamaica Blue Mountain...
Growing shade-loving vandas The Gleaner | The Vanda Alliance is made up mostly of warm and full-sun-growing orchids with colourful flowers that bloom often. Originating in tropical Asia, they grow in warm tropical climates just like Jamaica. | If there is direct sun for too long, the leave...
Coffee farmers get fertiliser to increase crop production The Gleaner | Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer | The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is soon to begin distribution of fertiliser to between 5,000 and 6,000 registered farmers through licensed coffee dealers. This follows the delivery of 12,000 pounds of the product...
Jamaican non-Blue Mountain coffee shows favourable outlook The Gleaner | THE PROSPECTS for non-Blue Mountain coffee in the United States of America are promising, Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke was advised during a recent visit to Atlanta, Georgia, when he toured Blue Mountain Inc and got to see Jamaica Blue Mountain...
Growing shade-loving vandas The Gleaner | The Vanda Alliance is made up mostly of warm and full-sun-growing orchids with colourful flowers that bloom often. Originating in tropical Asia, they grow in warm tropical climates just like Jamaica. | If there is direct sun for too long, the leave...
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results Seeking Alpha | PIRAEUS, Greece, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (ANW) ("Aegean" or the "Company") today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. | First Quarter and Year-to-Date Highl...
'Don't mortgage Jamaica's future' The Gleaner | Edmond Campbell, Senior Staff Reporter | ROLLING THE pitch for what appears to be the start of a tough innings on May 24 when he makes his opening Budget Debate presentation, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips yesterday spoke bluntly about the crip...
JPS CEO throws down gauntlet The Gleaner | Steven Jackson, Business Writer | If the Jamaican government wants to break the monopoly on electricity distribution, the best way to do it is to buy out the majority owners of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS), the utility's new CEO sai...
The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril The Gleaner | Byron Buckley, Contributor | CARIBBEAN AIDS prevention advocates fear that crucial funding to sustain hard-won gains over the last decade could dry up by year end. Financial support from the Geneva-based Global Fund could cease because Jamaica and other Caribbean states, having been classified as 'middle-income' countries, no longer qualify as re...
