Caribbean agri-food sector a US$5.6b industry
A new study has valued Caribbean food distribution services as a US$5.6 billion industry, measured on annual turnover. But while endorsing the sector's value to Caricom economies and as employer of a 112,000 workforce, the region's top experts on trade say its overall competitiveness is limited by inefficiencies...
S&P rates Jamaica for fiscal discipline, debt reduction
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday affirmed its 'B' long-term and 'B' short-term sovereign credit ratings on Jamaica, saying its outlook was stable, a day after lawmakers approved a $14 billion increase in the national budget resulting from a bigger wage bill and higher debt servicing costs.
SOS ring ceremony
Hazel Barrington (left), SOS Children's Village, Stony Hill, 'mother' for the past 18 years, laughs at a joke made by the international body's president, Helmut Kutin (right), during a special SOS ring ceremony at the Village in Barrett Town, St. James...
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