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'Several more years of losses at Monymusk'

Published:Monday | November 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

George Hong Guo, deputy CEO of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC), is forecasting several more years of losses at Monymusk, but believes there could be gradual improvement if the Government stands by its commitment to supply the raw material for...

Excellence on full display at Hospitality Jamaica Awards

Published:Sunday | November 12, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

It was a night of glamour, where fine food and exciting entertainment accompanied accolades bestowed on those recognised for excellence in tourism, at the RJRGLEANER Hospitality Jamaica Awards, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, on Saturday...

BPO players want greater engagement

Published:Friday | November 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Gloria Henry, the president of the Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ), has said that there is need for greater engagement with the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) to resolve the misunderstandings...

Data support sugar leakage claim, says Samuda

Published:Thursday | November 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Karl Samuda, who came under fire from manufacturers earlier this year when he claimed that imported sugar was leaking into the local domestic market, said the Government now has...

Cane farmers body backs early start to sugar year - Rickards

Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Allan Rickards, the chairman of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association, thinks there is sufficient cane available to support the plans by the Golden Grove and Frome estates for an early start to the 2017-2018 crop year,...

Jobs on offer at BPO career fair

Published:Wednesday | November 1, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Hundreds of job-seekers are expected to be in attendance at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) inaugural BPO (business process outsourcing) Career Fair, to be held at the University of Technology, Alfred Sangster Auditorium, on Friday.A...

Tufton renews war on tobacco

Published:Friday | October 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says that while there is a law against smoking in public spaces in Jamaica, it will require a collaborative approach to effect the World Health Organization (WHO) policy framework to support...

Bilingual deficiency hurting outsourcing sector

Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:With far too few job applicants possessing the ability to speak multiple languages, local business process outsourcing (BPO) operators have had no choice but to surrender that sector of the market to their more prepared counterparts."...

'Devil in the details' - Natural gas conference reveals partnerships key for success

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:The decades-old dream of fuel diversification in the Jamaican energy landscape became a reality late last year, thanks to the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the Jamaica Public Service's (JPS) partnership with United States-...

PM Holness bats for HOPE's potential

Published:Thursday | October 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expressing confidence that the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, which his Government has introduced, can supply the quality workforce required for the business process...

Holness to address itelbpo opening in MoBay

Published:Wednesday | October 4, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be the keynote speaker at the official opening of the new Montego Bay campus of itelbpo Smart Solutions, to be held at Freeport House in the second city today. The state-of-the-art campus incorporates a modern yet...

Visitor arrivals to Jamaica expected to double this year

Published:Monday | September 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Jamaica is set for a double digit increase in visitor arrivals for 2017, after surpassing the ministry's projection of five per cent after just eight months."I am pleased to tell you that growth this year will surpass the target that I established...

Stand firm on sugar packaging and labelling - Pandohie

Published:Monday | September 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Richard Pandohie, the chief executive officer of the Seprod Group, has said it is important for the Government to resist the temptation to relax the new packaging and labelling standards for sugar, and believes the new packaging regime should be...

Sugar players take aim at new crop year

Published:Wednesday | September 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:Following a below-par 2016-2017 crop year, a number of local manufacturers will be starting their sugar production much earlier this season as they seek to make up for the shortfalls from last year.Except for Worthy Park Estate, in St...

Jamaica BPO gets ready for Yello Expo 2017

Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

CEO of itelbpo Smart Solutions Yoni Epstein and his wife, Lisa Lake, were the perfect hosts as they welcomed guests to their newly built 70,000 square-foot call centre. Guests included members of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...

Sugar workers learning Chinese out west

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:The Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) has embarked on an ambitious programme to teach its Jamaican staff the Chinese language, Mandarin, a move CEO Liu Chaoyu says is destined to bridge the culture gap that currently...

Sweet smiles - 2016-2017 sugar crop gives main players reasons to hope

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Key stakeholders in the sugar sector are singing the praises of local manufacturers, who had to navigate a raft of challenges but still managed to produce a combined 87,990 metric tonnes of sugar from 1.13 million tonnes of cane for the just...

Top cannabis experts to address CanEx II in MoBay today

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:A number of high-level stakeholders in the expanding cannabis industry are expected in Montego Bay today for the second staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference...

Getting ready for Expo 2017

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Hard Rock Cafe in Montego Bay recently hosted the perfect precursor for the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Expo 2017, set for October 13 to 15 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.The promotional initiative featured displays by the...

Judge refuses to lift injunction against NEPA

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Justice Georgiana Fraser has refused an affidavit to lift an injunction contesting the National Environment and Planning Agency's (NEPA) decision to allow Westmoreland businessman Andrew Williams to establish a liquid petroleum gas...

Long Pond co-generation plant in jeopardy - CEO

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Chief executive officer of Everglades Farm Limited says that the long wait for a request for proposal (RFP) to obtain a licence is threatening the US$38 million co-generation facility planned for Long Pond in Trelawny as their partner...

Chinese fed up - Investors want out of Monymusk sugar deal

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) said earnest efforts are being made to offload Monymusk Sugar Estate to a new operator. It is also adamant that whatever the outcome, the Clarendon-based factory, which racked up more than US$60...

Samuda and Chinese to hold Monymusk talks today

Published:Monday | August 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

WESTERN BUREAU:Agriculture Min-ister Karl Samuda and representatives from his ministry will hold a teleconference with the principals of COMPLANT, the parent company of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC), to discuss the future of the Chinese...

Education minister apologises again - Reid vows to work with teachers

Published:Wednesday | August 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid, yesterday, made a public apology to the nation's teachers and school administrators for his reference to several learning institutions as extortionists."The satisfaction of teachers and effective administration...

BPO sensitisation series starts with a bang

Published:Monday | August 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMMark Titus

Western Bureau:The Business Process Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) series of workshops, which is designed to help players in small and medium-size enterprises to become more proficient, got off to an encouraging start last weekend with...

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