Global financial services experts say Barbados is among the leading insurance centres in the Western Hemisphere. It ranks behind the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. Its insurance industry assets amounted to US$174 billion in September 2024. By this...
Some farmers and processors are raising concerns about data ownership, the exposure of trade secrets, and costs associated with the phased start of a blockchain traceability platform by the commodities regulator, which aims to protect Jamaica’s...
The European Union has launched a fresh privacy investigation of TikTok into user data sent to China, regulators said Thursday. The Data Protection Commission opened the inquiry as a follow up to a previous investigation that ended earlier this...
Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old American cereal company WK Kellogg in an effort to expand its North American sales. The Ferrero Group said Thursday it will pay US$23 for each Kellogg...
Jacinth Hall-Tracey will step down as managing director of Lasco Financial Services Limited in less than six months, having worked with the company for two decades in different capacities. Her tenure comes to an end on December 31, having overseen...
Poultry company Jamaica Broilers Group Limited, JBG, has released a provisional report for the month of May, as it overhauls its operations in the United States. “The board has approved this reporting format through which we will be providing a...
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, CCRIF SPC, says it has entered into partnership with CelsiusPro and its subsidiary, Global Parametrics, to launch two initiatives for the administration of microinsurance products. The CCRIF...
The St Kitts-Nevis government says it has received five bids from internationally recognised firms for the production drilling phase for the twin-island Federation’s geothermal power project. Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew, in a nationwide radio...
Samsung introduced several updates to its foldable devices lineup on Wednesday, with the new Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and the new Z Flip 7 FE taking stage at the latest Unpacked event. The Korean electronics company unveiled the upgrades –...
Submerged in about 40 metres of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity – a durability mark that demonstrates the technology’s commercial viability....
A fierce protest in Mexico City railing against gentrification and mass tourism was fuelled by government failures and active promotion to attract digital nomads, according to experts, who said tension had been mounting for years. The criticism...
Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of homes on the market in the United States as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze out many other would-be homebuyers. Nearly 27 per cent of all homes sold in the first three...
A consortium made up of ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy International has made a second natural gas discovery beneath the seabed south of Cyprus, the government said Monday, a find that bolsters the region’s potential as an energy exporter. New...
Foreign tourists are trickling back to China after the country loosened its visa policy to unprecedented levels. Citizens from 74 countries can now enter China for up to 30 days without a visa, a big jump from previous regulations. The government...
Prime Minster of India Narendra Modi promised continued trade and investment in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday during an address to the nation’s parliament. “It’s time for us to work together to give the global south its rightful seat at the table...
The Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, said Monday that its flagship Special Development Fund has garnered strong regional and international support, with partners stepping up their commitments for the renewal of the financing facility. It said the...
The Caribbean Tourism Organization, CTO, has unveiled a three-year roadmap to transform the region’s tourism sector, launching its Reimagine Plan 2025-2027 in New York. CTO Secretary General Dona Regis-Prosper said that the plan outlines a...
New Rozelle Properties Limited is investing in a large-scale mixed-use development in White Horses, St Thomas, that leverages the upgraded road infrastructure and rising community expectations, documents show. The company plans to build 917...
Let’s play a political parlour game. First question: Which developing country has, since 1990, consolidated a thriving liberal democracy, with free elections and a free press; almost trebled its real income per capita; sharply reduced its Gini...
Despite efforts to curtail the scourge in recent years, businesses of every size in Jamaica continue to lose millions of dollars through a variety of online scams, many because entrepreneurs fail to invest in affordable data protection systems....
The BRICS bloc of developing nations on Sunday condemned the increase of tariffs and attacks on Iran. The group’s declaration, which took aim at Israel’s military actions in the Middle East, spared its member Russia from criticism and mentioned war...
The United States government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government’s plans...
If you are using ChatGPT but getting mediocre results, don’t blame the chatbot. Instead, try sharpening up your prompts. Generative AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini ,and Anthropic’s Claude have become hugely popular and...
