Caribbean Business Reports

Technology

Cuba building out IT ecosystem

Cuba is building out its information technology (IT) ecosystem leveraging its world regarded model on knowledge...

Sep 17 | BY

Travel

Royal Caribbean launches world’s largest cruise ship

Royal Caribbean International has announced that the world’s largest cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas, will debut...

Sep 17 | BY

Aviation

Bahamas to receive near B$2 million from airspace agreement

The Bahamas Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has announced that the country will receive...

Sep 17 | BY

Business Process Outsourcing

Jampro welcomes UK-based Ventrica to local outsourcing sector

Jamaica Promotions Corporation (Jampro) yesterday welcomed UK-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Ventrica to the...

Sep 16 | BY Josimar Scott

Agriculture

Promising Jamaican photographer pivots to pepper farming

The uncertainty of a pandemic can fog the lens of any hopeful individual when they...

Sep 16 | BY Abbion Robinson

Travel

More Canadians to ‘Swoop’ to Jamaica in winter

Low-cost Canadian carrier Swoop last Friday announced the introduction of a new winter service between...

Sep 16 | BY Josimar Scott

Trade

Jamaica claws back its export markets

JAMAICA is seeing an uptick in export numbers, according to the most recent trade information...

Sep 16 | BY

Travel

Bill Gates’ investment firm to acquire controlling stake in Four Seasons

Bill Gates’ private equity firm, Cascade Investment, has reached a US$2.21-billion deal to acquire a...

Sep 16 | BY

Finance

Jamaican MSMEs to benefit from DBJ’s SERVE programme

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has collaborated with the Ministry of Finance and the...

Sep 16 | BY Josimar Scott

Investment

Sygnus Credit Investments declares record dividend payout

Alternative investment outfit Sygnus Credit Investments (SCI) has declared a record interim dividend of US$1,550,000 following the...

Sep 16 | BY

News

Bringing cash back offers to the Caribbean through Cashy and WiPay partnership

Regional online payment company WiPay and Mexican-based fintech Cashy are partnering to bring cash back...

Sep 15 | BY

Manufacturing

Jamaica’s lockdown blues

Players in the manufacturing and exporting sectors say they hope the Government does not extend the...

Sep 15 | BY

Employment

IMF managing director appoints Ilan Goldfajn as head of the Western Hemisphere Department

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva on Monday announced  the appointment...

Sep 15 | BY Josimar Scott

Investment

Barita mystery spooks other Jamaican companies

Amid the current questions surrounding Barita Investments Limited (BIL), Barita Finance Limited (BFL) and Cornerstone Financial...

Sep 15 | BY

Finance

Jamaica’s NIR inches closer to US$4 billion

Jamaica’s net international reserves (NIR) is inching closer to the US$4-billion mark with a big US$529.13-million...

Sep 15 | BY

Banking

Problems continue to plague El Savador’s Bitcoin roll-out

One week after El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, problems...

Sep 15 | BY

Entrepreneurship

SSL CEO Zachary Harding accepted into Forbes Business Council

Zachary Harding, Executive Chairman of Delta Capital Partners (DeltaCap) and Group CEO of Stocks and...

Sep 14 | BY

Employment

No-movement days = work holiday?

Private sector stakeholders are warning that there could be more layoffs on the horizon if...

Sep 14 | BY Andrew Laidley

Manufacturing

Jamaican businessman upbeat about demand for tablets

Jamaican businessman Loyal Haylett, chief executive officer of IQH3D, is upbeat over the overwhelming demand...

Sep 14 | BY

Real Estate

Kingston Properties enters agreement to acquire commercial units in Cayman Islands

Kingston Properties Limited (KPREIT) last Friday announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire...

Sep 14 | BY