Fertiliser company Newport Fersan Jamaica will be developing a pier to accommodate large ships as the company looks to overseas markets in search of growth.

The news from Europe is not good. So serious has its sovereign debt crisis become, that at worst it threatens not only to bring down the eurozone but also to make unviable the European integration process.

In December of 1991, I bought a Shelter Life Policy with Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society. The premium was J$544.10 per month. My beneficiary would get J$300,000 when I died. I paid the premium for nearly 20 years and only took J$25,000 and J$12,000 from the policy. Now I am told that I have four options to keep the policy relevant.

As companies set up their annual strategic-planning retreats, there is a natural temptation to forget about the future, and focus on today. While the recession has driven us to examine daily cash flow, it is a mistake to think that the long-term future doesn't matter.

Barbados and Panama are 'on the verge of cementing air links as a vital element' in their efforts to strengthen cooperation in the areas of tourism and culture.