Category: Business
LIME Dominates Early Number Portability
Just over 100 telephone customers switched service providers yesterday, on the first day that number portability came into effect. Number portability allows customers to...
Responding to New Economic Challenges
Iconic Jamaican company, the Seprod Group says it’s responding to challenges facing consumers and the economy with strategies ranging from a multi-billion dollar...
Greater Opportunities with N’ America – World Bank
The World Bank is encouraging Caribbean countries to pursue greater trade opportunities with North America. In a report released yesterday, the World Bank says the...
Consumer Price Index Up O.5% in May
The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) says the Consumer Price Index increased by 0.5% for May. STATIN attributes the movement to higher prices for vegetables and...
Tribunal to Decide $1Bn JPS Refund
The Electricity Appeal Tribunal will decide in September whether the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, should refund its customers almost $1-billion. In February, the...
NIR Up $9-mil
The Bank of Jamaica says the country’s Net International Reserves increased at the end of May this year, when compared to the figure at the end of April. At the...
FSC Urges Investors Not to Do Business with International Financial Services Limited
The Financial Services Commission, FSC, is warning investors not to engage in solicitation offers from the International Financial Services Limited or IFS. This, as the...
STUDY: Ja have the highest airport fees and taxes in the Caribbean
Jamaica’s airport taxes and fees are the highest in the region. That’s according to a new study entitled, ‘Making Air Transport Work Better For The...
Krauck Systems Confident of $US5-Billion Investment Prospect
German-Austrian company, Krauck Systems says it remains confident that its proposed 5-billion US dollar investment in Jamaica’s logistics hub will be successful....
Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Ja’s Credit Rating from B- to B
Jamaica’s credit rating has been raised for the second time in a week. Credit ratings agency Standard-and-Poor’s has lifted Jamaica’s sovereign rating from...
