A saint at heart

THIS WEEK'S personality profile on www.Go-Montegobay.com features Larklin Hall, former Assistant general manager of Jamaica National Building Society. "Proper, poised and yet down to earth are the immediate impressions that one gets of Larklin Hall...

Seaga looks to US for tourism investment

LEADER OF the Opposition Edward Seaga, has returned from a trip to New York where he courted U.S. investors with a view to funding hotel and port construction projects in Jamaica. Addressing potential investors he outlined plans for rehabilitating...

Government holds talks with Glencore and Alcan
THE GOVERNMENT of Jamaica is holding separate meetings with Glencore and Alcan to conclude details of mining leases, approved bauxite producer status, taxation, land issues and joint venture arrangements. Glencore is the major Swiss-based commodities...

CIBC cuts interest rates again this year

CIBC Jamaica has announced that effective Friday June 1, the bank will cut its prime lending rate to 22.75 per cent. Consumer loan rates will also be lowered, moving down 1.0 per cent and 1.25 per cent for new business while the CIBC Building Society...