Global investors grab new government bond
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL markets yesterday snapped up the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ's) 30-year US$250 million ($16.2 billion) global bond. This comes after the news that ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) maintained its "B" rating for Jamaica...
Montego Bay airport sets sights on Europe
WESTERN BUREAU: MORE FOCUS will be placed on increasing airline flights out of Europe over the next two years, says MBJ Airports Limited chief executive officer, Jorge Sales. MBJ operates the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay...
Goverment of Jamaica should sell surplus land - Hill
CHAIRMAN OF the The National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) Aubyn Hill is proposing a major divestment of Government-held land. "The Government must keep some land for strategic purposes, but as new chairman of NIBJ...
LOJ nets $2.2 billion in 2005
THE LIFE of Jamaica (LOJ) Group produced net profits after taxes, attributable to stockholders, of $2.2 billion for the twelve months to December 31, 2005. This was 57 per cent better than the $1.4 billion recorded for the same period in 2004...
Condos (strata property) must have insurance
Question: The strata where I live is having a problem. It is proving very difficult to collect premiums for the strata insurance policy. Some owners say that the Strata Act specifies that every strata (sic)must be insured for its full replacement value...
Poor infrastructure delays Dragon Bay Hotel
POOR INFRASTRUCTURE is the main reason for the delayed US$25 million upgrading of Dragon Bay Resort in Portland, said Sandal's chairman Gordon Butch Stewart. Responding to recent concerns about the resort raised by Port Antonio's Mayor Rupert Kelly...
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