Interview With Jamaica Business Journal Publisher Brent Williams
This month we interview, Brent Williams, the founder and publisher of the Jamaica Business Journal. Before starting a career in publishing with the Jamaica Business Journal , he was the Chief Financial Officer of a US$26 Billion division at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco , California . He attended Wolmer’s Boys’ School, and completed […]
Interview With Poet, Author & Photographer Gina Rey Forest
This month we interview Jamaican poet, author and photographer Gina Rey Forest. She has been writing poetry since the age of 10 years. She has played a major role in the Jamaica’s poetry and spoken word revival. She is an award wining photographer and has authored 3 books. spent fourteen years in the computer industry […]
Visiting The USA
Getting to the United States may involve more than just buying a plane ticket with an itinerary bound for a US destination. The United States requires that most individuals from around the world apply for and obtain a visa at a US Embassy in their home country prior to entry. If an individual comes to […]
Potpourri 2007
This past year has been a busy and full one for this retiree. It started off by meeting Lorna who experienced Jamaica for the first time with the help of her daughter, Nancy, who has been coming to Jamaica frequently for the past ten years. Lorna had the unique opportunity to see this island nation […]
TOP 5 Digital Marketing Trends Caribbean brands Dare Not Miss
1. Mobile – Everybody’s got one.In Jamaica mobile phone penetration is 99%, which presents a fresh opportunity for marketers to connect with customers for brand awareness, loyalty programmes and to increase sales. Mobile marketing is direct, personal, immediate and cost effective compared to the traditional TV and radio marketing budgets. As long as marketers don’t […]
Sport And Budgeting
The commercial evolution of sport and how it has managed to move from the kitchen-table model to the corporate-boardroom model has become quite a sophisticated industry from a financial viewpoint. Benchmarks have been adopted from the USA and European professional sporting leagues which are seen as the most important leagues in the world and certainly […]
Imagination, Ingenuity Could Solve Jamaica’s Age-Old Problems
As we begin the New Year, Jamaica enters a new era. Once again, the country looks expectantly to a new regime with new policies, hoping and praying that this time things will be different. How many times have we heard that morning has broken? That age-old problems will be solved? That social justice and economic […]
Australia and the British Virgin Islands Conclude Tax Information Exchange Agreement
The Australian Assistant Treasurer, Chris Bowen and the Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), the Hon Ralph O’Neal OBE, today announced the signing of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) between Australia and the BVI. The TIEA provides for full exchange of information (EOI) on request in both criminal and civil tax matters and […]
Acceptance Is GRANTED not DEMANDED
A touchy debate reignited last week and is still ensuing ; a Home Economics text book in use at the secondary level is advancing the notion that same sex /homosexual/gay couples, that is, two men or two women living together can be considered a “family” who may even adopt children. By this designation, the authors […]
Influential Jamaican in Atlanta: Anthony C. Winkler
Anthony Winkler is one of Jamaica’s most gifted and successful writers. Two of his novels have been made into movies. His original screenplay, The Annihilation of Fish, has been made into a movie starring James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave and Margot Kidder. It’s the story of a retired old Jamaican named Fish who has no […]