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DR AMA Eyo, senior lecturer in Law at Bangor University in the United Kingdom, has urged large local companies to collaborate with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to grow and benefit from government procurement agreement contracts....

NEW YORK (AP): Express Inc – once a trendsetter of casual office attire that has struggled to compete with the likes of Zara and H...

NEW YORK (AP: True love’s kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarified ranks of international celebrity – and Anna Wintour’s good graces – need not choose. Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the...

Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boeing. Both Southwest and American Airlines reported first-quarter losses Thursday. Demand for...

Some 1,065 uniformed firefighters and civilian staff of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) are expected to benefit from training and certification through an agreement with the HEART/NSTA Trust. Stewart Beckford, commissioner of the JFB, said the...

Jamaica’s largest banking and financial conglomerate NCB Financial Group Limited has offered more than $53 billion worth of bonds to the market since March to refinance existing debt. One of the bonds currently on the market seeks to raise $6...

Violence lurks in nearly all of Latin America’s major cities. Even capitals that have traditionally been considered peaceful are coming to resemble hotspots such as Reynosa, Tijuana, Port-au-Prince, Rio de Janeiro and Cali. In fact, though Latin...

Jamaica’s aviation regulator wants to develop a master plan that addresses expected passenger growth, the dearth of local operators, and the impact of aircraft such as drones, the technology around which is still emergent. The plan, to span 25...

PORT AU PRINCE, (CMC): A new provisional government was sworn in on Thursday in this French-speaking CARICOM member state, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the capital into chaos. The nine-person “transitional council” was...