Guyana, Barbados win

PINELANDS, Barbados (CMC): Guyana, 302 for nine, recorded a 76-run win over Leeward Islands in the limited-overs competition of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday. The Leewards, who slumped following an explosive start, were dismissed for 226 …

Big names still flying the flag high

IT is rather ironic, as it is unfortunate, that on the heels of this brouhaha concerning Jamaica’s dope testing procedures for its track and field athletes, the ‘A’ sample from one of the country’s runners turns up positive. The criticisms came by way of articles carried…

Skeet Club targets membership

Amid the celebrations on Monday night at the Jamaica Skeet Club awards banquet, at Jade Garden Restaurant, president Errol Ziadie lamented the club’s declining membership. At the club’s annual All Jamaica Shotgun Championships, which ended on the weekend, only 45 members took part…

'We've to move on' - Fennell charges Jamaicans to focus on positives

Mike Fennell, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), yesterday urged Jamaicans not to let the recent drug controversy overshadow the excellent work put in by the rest of the nation’s Olympic squad. “It is a disgraceful thing, but I am sure that you will agree…

'We did ourselves proud'

Gibbs Williams, coach of Jamaica’s Under-17 cricket team, says despite their failure to win this year’s Digicel Sir Gary Sobers International School’s Tournament, the performance was satisfying. Trinidad and Tobago won the title for the second consecutive year…

Cuban tourism FDI limited, but earnings grow

Cuba has had limited success in attracting foreign capital to its tourism industry and while visitors to its shores have been on the increase, Columbian academic Mauriciode Miranda says the Spanish-speaking country has not been able to attract high-end business…

Crawford delivers offshore report - Jamaica recruiting IFSC manager

The Eric Crawford-led advisory committee has wrapped up its review of local markets and the regulatory environment that is to guide Jamaica’s strategy for drumming up business for its planned offshore financial centre. And the Ministry of Finance is now recruiting what it calls …

Lascelles to market Angostura products

Lascelles Limited, a subsidiary company of the Wray and Nephew Group, will be distributing the full range of Angostura Limited’s products in the Jamaican market with the exception of one. Michael Carballo, executive director of Angostura, said his company…

The new BNS boss

Bruce Bowen, seen here, will take over as CEO of Scotiabank Jamaica on October 31. Bowen, who has been with the Canadian banking group since 1990, has worked in Jamaica before as senior general manager.

Salada 9:1 stock split - Analysts say action may be futile

Salada Foods, the Jamaican firm that manufactures and packages instant coffee, is planning to a nine-to-one share split aimed, the company says, at creating liquidity in the stock. But while welcoming the move to stimulate trading in Salada, analysts warned yesterday…

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