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On January 10, two of France's Caribbean département d'outremer (DOM), Martinique and Guyane, rejected the possibility of greater autonomy.

The Government of Jamaica has extended an offer to the major holders of its local debt to participate in a "voluntarily exchange" of these securities for new notes with lower coupons and longer maturities.The new instruments will have lower initial...

Question: I have a restricted-driver's Road Angel Policy. My premium is low. I earn the maximum no-claims discount; I have driven accident-free for many years. Recently, I tried to change the policy to allow a friend to drive.

Barita Investments Limited made its debut on the Jamaica Stock Ex-change (JSE) Thursday, three decades after its founding by Rita Humphries-Lewin.The securities firm's 445,001,824 ordinary shares, which were listed at $2.50 per unit, will trade under...

The 2010 regional four-day cricket season got under way last weekend, and like the Combined Campuses and Colleges, Jamaica, the two-time defending champions, got away to a winning start.Up against last year's runners-up, the Windward Islands, Jamaica,...

Jamaican savers are about to undertake, perhaps, the greatest act of faith in the country's history by surrendering a huge chunk of their wealth on the promise of politicians to be good and prudent managers,...

In the days when BWIA used to fly to Haiti, I once sat next to a man who asked me to fill out his immigration form. - Carolyn Cooper

The purpose of a free market is to drive down prices while increasing the quality of goods or services. Through free competition among vendors for the provision of products and services, prices tend to decrease, and quality tends to improve. - Egerton Chang

The Editor, Sir:As I sat and watched the destitution and desolation in Haiti, I cried. I realised that their suffering after the earthquake is the result of corruption and poor administrative skills on the part of all those who have governed the country.