jamaica

Markets

Jamaica Bets on a New Export: Honey

The first shipment of Jamaican honey produced under a joint venture between the government, the All-Island Bee Farmers’ Association and the Boston Diaspora Ventures LLC could hit overseas markets in six months, according to Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Robert […]

News

Jamaica, Chinese Firm Finalize Sugar Deal

The Jamaican government has completed the privatisation of the country’s sugar industry, signing a divestment agreement with state-owned Chinese company COMPLANT. Under the agreement, COMPLANT will acquire the Bernard Lodge, Frome and Monymusk lands for $9 million. “We know that […]

News

Jamaica, Costa Rica Talk Free Trade

Above: Jamaican Foreign Minister Dr Kenneth Baugh Jamaican and Costa Rican officials met in Kingston this week to discuss a potential Free Trade Agreement between the two countries. The Costa Rican delegation was led by Anabel Gonzalez, the country’s minister […]

Law

David Smith Gets 30 Years in Prison

By Robert Di Pano Caribbean Ponzi schemer David Smith, whose OLINT scheme defrauded investors across Florida and the Caribbean out of over $220 million, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the United States by Judge Mary […]

News

Jamaica, UAE Sign Airlift Agreement

The Jamaican government has signed an air services agreement with the United Arab Emirates, according to Information Minister Daryl Vaz. The deal was signed in the context of the country’s Open Skies policy, which was previously approved by the cabinet. […]


Time to "Fix What is Wrong with Jamaica," Governor-General Says in Washington

Above: Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen says the service of Jamaicans both at home and in the diaspora is needed to “fix what is wrong with Jamaica.” The Governor-General was in Washington this weekend for a […]


Jamaica Tries to Reassure Public on International Monetary Fund Agreement

While the last completed review with the IMF on Jamaica’s economy as September 2010, Jamaican Finance Minister Audley Shaw said the December 2010 and March 2011 assessments had not yet been reviewed by the IMF. “We have neither passed nor […]

News

Jamaica Begins Wind Mapping Study

Above: the wind farm at Wigton In a bid to improve its renewable energy strategy, the Jamaican government is commissioning a Wind Mapping study undertaken by Wigton Wind Farm Limited, which controls the country’s only wind farm. Wigton Wind Farm […]


Jamaica to Earn Double on Sugar Exports

The Jamaican government has secured a contract to supply 80,000 tonnes of sugar to the European market for more than double the price of the current crop. The agreement with European firm ED&F Man Sugar Limited is coming at a […]


Blackberry to Supply Jamaican Teachers

Above: RIM’s headquarters in Canada The Jamaican Ministry of Education is partnering with Research in Motion to provide some 20,000 teachers on the island with Blackberry smartphones. “If we are ever to close the development divide, technology will be one […]

Markets

Jamaica to Expand Tech Sector

Jamaica’s government announced a plan to expand the country’s information and communications technology sector, along with its business process outsourcing industry, according to Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton. “It is our position, as a government, that the […]


Interview with Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett

By Alexander Britell As the Caribbean’s integral tourism industry has been hurt by the global financial downturn, countries in the region have been forced to looked to new markets and devise new initiatives to spur both new visitors and new […]


Cuban Biomedical Team in Jamaica

The first members of a Cuban biomedical engineering team are in Jamaica to restore medical equipment in the public health system. The biomedical agreement between Jamaica and Cuba will last for two years and cost $350,000, according to Health Minister […]


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