Jamaica faces structural adjustment medicine The Gleaner | As the Bruce Golding administration moves slowly towards inking an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, there is no gainsaying that Jamaicans need to be prepared for very tough times ahead, whether or not the IMF imposes strong structural adjustment medicine. | The bottom line is that J...
PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Whither the Caribbean Community? The Gleaner | The bickering now taking place in CARICOM and the CSME is symptomatic of a larger concern of whether the goal is simply a large common market, or a genuine community that demonstrates how small countries with a similar heritage in the same economic...
The road to recovery The Gleaner | While Prime Minister Patrick Manning's announcement that Trinidad is now prepared to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Jamaica is welcome, it is unfortunate that he has come so late to repentance. In 2007 when the viability of the Jamalco US$1 ...
UWI at a time of crisis The Gleaner | The West Indies cricket team, CARICOM as a whole, and the University of the West Indies (UWI) all represent what is most visible about regionalism and Caribbean regionalism is always under watch and on trial. These past few days CARICOM heads have ...
Jamaica wants better trade mechanism The Gleaner | CMC: | Jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade. | "Trade and the smooth flow of trade can't be dependent on an exporter getting hold of ...
Caribbean Community nations seek unity The Miami Herald | GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana, to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart the 15-member regional bloc. | T...
Dyoll vs Dyoll - Fight over $119m court ruling to pay fees to insurance arm The Gleaner | Kenneth Tomlinson, the liquidator for Dyoll Group Limited (DGL) has set a deadline of July 31 for creditors to come forward with their claims, even as he huddles with legal advisors on how to handle at least four lawsuits against the failed company...
CGM reshapes management structure, adds new layer The Gleaner | Caribbean insurance broker CGM Gallagher Group has added a new layer to the company's management structure, making room for William Tomlin whose 30 years of business expertise it hopes to leverage. | Tomlin, who has been serving on the boards of CG...
CARICOM as functioning antique - Integration flounders on creaky regional structure The Gleaner | Once I began contemplating CARICOM conflicts and possible approaches to solution, it hit me. | In consecutive columns I will have addressed comments of the top brass of GraceKennedy Limited, even though one is on secondment operating as a minister ...
Jamaica faces structural adjustment medicine The Gleaner | As the Bruce Golding administration moves slowly towards inking an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, there is no gainsaying that Jamaicans need to be prepared for very tough times ahead, whether or not the IMF imposes strong structura...
Caribbean Community nations seek unity The Miami Herald | GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana, to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart the 15-member regional bloc. | T...
MAJ, PAJ want cap on non-economic damages - Part II The Gleaner | The following are excerpts from the Media Association Jamaica Ltd (MAJ) and the Press Association of Jamaica's (PAJ) submission to the Joint Select Committee of Parliament reviewing Jamaica's libel and defamation laws. | Damages | The issue of dama...
Dyoll vs Dyoll - Fight over $119m court ruling to pay fees to insurance arm The Gleaner | Kenneth Tomlinson, the liquidator for Dyoll Group Limited (DGL) has set a deadline of July 31 for creditors to come forward with their claims, even as he huddles with legal advisors on how to handle at least four lawsuits against the failed company...
CGM reshapes management structure, adds new layer The Gleaner | Caribbean insurance broker CGM Gallagher Group has added a new layer to the company's management structure, making room for William Tomlin whose 30 years of business expertise it hopes to leverage. | Tomlin, who has been serving on the boards of CG...
CARICOM as functioning antique - Integration flounders on creaky regional structure The Gleaner | Once I began contemplating CARICOM conflicts and possible approaches to solution, it hit me. | In consecutive columns I will have addressed comments of the top brass of GraceKennedy Limited, even though one is on secondment operating as a minister ...
Jamaica faces structural adjustment medicine The Gleaner | As the Bruce Golding administration moves slowly towards inking an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, there is no gainsaying that Jamaicans need to be prepared for very tough times ahead, whether or not the IMF imposes strong structura...
Air Jamaica sold - First murmurs about who has bought the national carrier have surfaced The Gleaner | WESTERN BUREAU: | The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's national carrier, Air Jamaica. | It is further understood that Air Jamaica's name might be changed to Spirit of Jamaica. | Sources close to the negotiations are tight-lipped, but they have ...
