Growth Tech, a provider of tech services and solutions, has acquired majority ownership of electronic products and office supplies retailer Innovative Systems Limited. The price of the transaction was not disclosed. The acquired business comprises...
Twitter’s quarterly profit, revenue and the number of daily users on its platform are rising, but its quarterly report, released days after agreeing to be sold to billionaire Elon Musk, offered scant details about what it expects on the financial...
United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlight the possibility of big economic shocks in the future, adding that downturns are “likely to continue to challenge the economy...
Cutting off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria cost Russian President Vladimir Putin very little – but it is adding stress on European countries wrestling over how to reduce energy imports that are feeding the Kremlin’s war chest and keep a united...
Uncertainty remains elevated around the supply and price impacts on fuel, food and fertiliser after the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in late February, a networking forum of exporters and manufacturers noted on Wednesday....
The future of Jamaica’s economic ties with the United States, the world’s largest economy and Jamaica’s largest trading partner, rests on the pillars of entertainment, tourism and remittances, noted economist, Caribbean trade negotiator, academic...
Residents in Tivoli Gardens are stocking up on salt. However, it is not for cooking. The West Kingston-based community is battling a surge in the maggot population in some areas as uncollected garbage piles up. When The Gleaner visited the area...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is closely monitoring hospitalisation and deaths as a result of the increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week, but noted that he was not harbouring regrets over the...
Jamaica has expressed satisfaction with the decision by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to acquiesce after pleas by Education Minister Fayval Williams for the regional authority to delay by three weeks the start of the exam period which...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: All eyes will be fixed on the clock this afternoon when defending champions Edwin Allen High School compete in the final of the Championship of America 4x100 metres at the Franklin Field stadium on Day Two of the 2022...
The Church is demanding a greater role on the board of the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC), arguing that denominational institutions make up more than 35 per cent of schools across the island. The group, comprising members of the Ecumenical...
ROAD TOWN (CMC): British Virgin Islands (BVI) Governor John Rankin has urged citizens to remain calm following the arrest of Premier Andrew Fahie in the United States on conspiracy to import cocaine and money laundering charges. Rankin said that he...
Despite relentless pressure, Jamaica ensured that they held Canada at bay in their final group game of the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship in the Dominican Republic last night. The two teams played to a 1-1 draw at the Panamericano Stadium...
MUMBAI, India (CMC): Rovman Powell unfurled a 16-ball cameo as Delhi Capitals chased down a modest total to beat Andre Russell’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by four wickets yesterday and remain within touching distance of the Indian Premier League...
Education Minister Fayval Williams says she will not be quick to jump at the recent recommendations from the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) to sack three principals heading government-operated institutions over their “flagrant disregard” for the...
The Surrey Royals, thanks to some late heroics from captain Javelle Glenn, defeated the Surrey Kings by eight wickets in their seventh-round Dream XI Jamaica T10 clash at Sabina Park yesterday. Glenn was the hero with the bat, hitting the final...
WESTERN BUREAU: The operator of the Chances Rehabilitation Centre in Rejoin, Hanover, who is before the courts for operating the facility without a licence, has said that it has been a struggle trying to get her nursing home approved by the health...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: After capturing the gold medal in the Championships of America discus event at the Penn Relays yesterday, Holmwood Technical High School’s Cedricka Williams says she is feeling a lot more confident and relaxed ahead of...
Talent scouts at this week’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia may well cast an eye on Gregory Prince, the winner of the Class One 400 metres at the recent ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships (Champs). Prince, a strapping lad from St Jago...