New role for Cocking

PRESIDENT AND chief executive officer of Capital & Credit Merchant Bank, Andrew Cocking, has been promoted to the position of deputy group president, effective February 1. This now means that Mr. Cocking becomes the number two in the Group, behind...

China comes to the aid of local water systems

AS PART of a US$12.5 million loan facility which has been made available through a co-operative assistance agreement between the governments of Jamaica and China, Jamaica has received 14 containers of pipes and fittings to assist with the expansion of...

Getting rid of the cheats in broking

Question: What protection is provided for insurers "left holding the bag" when brokers defraud consumers? Your January 17 article says that insurers would have to honour the policies of persons whose monies were stolen. How are dishonest...

Prime Minister launches business development centre

PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson has announced the establishment of the Jamaica Business Development Centre which will drive the Government's initiative to facilitate the development of the small and micro enterprise sectors. Mr. Patterson announced the...