CARICOM labour market opens slowly
THE CARICOM jobs market has started opening up, but Jamaicans appear to be among the laggards in making use of the opportunity. As at November 2005, 325 applicants from seven other CARICOM states had successfully applied...

CEO, CFO bound together
IN MOST well established and large companies the president, managing director or chief executive officer (CEO) is professionally obliged to have a close relationship with his or her chief financial officer (CFO).

$Billions handled via MultiLink
JAMAICANS WITHDREW some $33.4 billion from the MultiLink network last year via automated teller machines (ATMs) and debit point of sale (POS) transactions, according to information from J.E.T.S.

Boost for private sector in Jamaica
SEVENTEEN PRIVATE sector organisations and support institutions yesterday got $70 million in grant funding under the European Union/Government of Jamaica-funded Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP).

Tactics to avoid the other 'potholes'
QUESTION: MY car was hit last December. The accident occurred at the corner of Roseberry Avenue and Shortwood Road. I was heading in a westerly direction along the avenue. My vehicle was stationary. I was waiting to turn right.

Azmart, Broadbent broadening opportunities
AZMART AND Broadbent Jamaica Limited became the first two companies recognised this year by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) for creating more than 25 new jobs over the last 12 months.

Reaping good crops from reclaimed bauxite lands
THE BAUXITE alumina industry has not only been a primary foreign ex-change earner for Jamaica, grossing over US$900 million in the last fiscal year and slated to earn over $1.018 billion this year, but there is life after bauxite.

World jobless hits record high
GENEVA (Reuters): GLOBAL UNEMPLOYMENT hit a record high of 192 million last year, despite a buoyant economy, with young people making up nearly 50 per cent of the jobless, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Tuesday.