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IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, through a recent agreement with JMMB Bank has provided the bank access to US$35 million with a five-year tenure to facilitate increased

In Jamaica, where a significant per cent of employment is provided by micro and small entrepreneurs, taking ‘small’ ideas seriously is paramount to moving the economy forward. For two decades,

A key stakeholder in the export-import process has welcomed the tabling of the Customs Act, 2020, declaring that the proposed law will position the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) as a

Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams has welcomed the launch of the Dr Joseph Tait STEAM Infusion project at Jamaica College. Speaking at the launch and opening of the Science, Technology,

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, has endorsed the proposed 450-acre Land We Love Organic Greenhouses project, the largest commercial organic farm to be established in the Caribbean, hailing it

Jamaica is now compliant or largely compliant with 27 of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) 40 recommendations. The Financial Action Task Force is the global money laundering and terrorist

Local builders have joined the Caribbean Cement Company Limited (CCCL) in crediting the Government’s decision to relax nightly curfew rules affecting the construction industry as early as last April with

As the demand for skills in coding and software development continues to grow worldwide, Jamaica is set to prepare thousands of youths to transform the country into a technological hub

Beverage maker Trade Winds Citrus Limited is converting from bunker oil to liquefied natural gas as fuel source for the company’s steam generator plant, or boiler, and has hired New

As a means of (re)connecting with descendants, and strengthening bilateral relations, Nigeria embarked on a historic chartered flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica, in December 2020. Living caught up with the