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Sue-Ann Johnston, chief executive officer, Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Company Limited.

August 25, 2020

Two of Jamaica’s major shipping companies now have female chief executive officers. The chairman of both companies, Charles Johnston, recently announced the appointment of Sue-Ann Johnston as chief executive officer of Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Company Limited, and Anna Hamilton as chief executive officer of Jamaica Freight & Shipping Company Limited. Johnston, a fourth-generation Johnston, follows in the footsteps of her great-grandfather, Charles Edward Johnston, who along with...

Participants in the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihood Skills and Development Project - Blue Economy training programme in attendance at the initiative’s recent graduation ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

August 23, 2020

Some 165 unattached youth recently graduated from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Alternative Livelihoods Skills and Development Project – Blue Economy training programme, during a recent ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The project was undertaken in partnership with the RE School of Education and Technology (RESET) with funding of $34 million jointly provided by the Government and World Bank. The Blue Economy,...

August 22, 2020

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising importers that starting Monday, August 24, 2020, that all applications for refunds must be submitted online at: www.jacustoms.gov.jm.  Previously, applicants were required to manually submit a letter to the Collector of Customs, detailing the circumstances for requesting the refund. Importers are also being reminded that all applications must be made within two years after such overpayment is made, as stipulated in...

Dr Keith Amiel, corporate affairs manager at CB Group.

August 19, 2020

Caribbean Broilers has already expended three-quarters of the US$120-million ($18-billion) expenditure planned on its production facility in St Catherine, called The Nest, but says COVID has hampered progress on the project. Still, the poultry company, which trades as CB Group, expects to start rolling out production there by year end. “We are pushing along and the facilities are being built, but we are a bit behind where we...

Duncan Stewart, managing director of Stewarts Automotive Group.

August 19, 2020

Equipment rental and fleet management company Ameco Jamaica is now a part of the Stewart’s Automotive Group, which has rebranded it as JAMECO. The transaction was announced by the seller, American company Fluor, as a US$22 million deal in market filings. That translates to more than $3 billion in local currency. Stewart’s Automotive Managing Director Duncan Stewart said the acquisition has been over one year in the making...

Jamaican Businesses Look to Seize Opportunity in Guyana

August 19, 2020

After a near six-month stalemate and swearing-in of Irfaan Ali as the new president of Guyana, Jamaican businesses have renewed their plans to enter the South American country, which is expected to have positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 53 per cent in 2020, despite COVID-19. Following the first offshore discovery of the black gold by ExxonMobil in 2015, Guyana became the centre of attention among several...