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Kingston Venture Capital Conference & Expo 2010

Kingston Venture Capital Conference & Expo 2010

Tickets sold online only @ ticketskvc.jahboo.com WELCOME It was not long ago that Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica Jesus Silva stated; “The electricity factor is a very great hurdle to make investment in Jamaica profitable. It is a concern that the foreign investors have, and it is a concern also shared by some companies of the [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in Business, Headlines | Read More »

Vaz Says Gov’t can save up to 60 Percent from Improved Technology

Vaz Says Gov’t can save up to 60 Percent from Improved Technology

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, the Hon Daryl Vaz, speaking at the Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday (July 28). Head of the Public Sector Transformation Unit (PSTU), Patricia Sinclair-McCalla is at left. (JIS) Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says Government [...]

July 30 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »

Local Community Groups Lauded for Self-Help Projects

Local Community Groups Lauded for Self-Help Projects

Principal of School of Destiny, Dr. Armada Pinkins (right), shows off the cheque presented to her by Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Stephen Hallihan (centre), while Coordinator for the Canada Fund, Deborah Duperly-Pinks, looks on during a ceremony at the Canadian High Commission in Kingston, Wednesday (July 28). The High Commission, through its [...]

July 29 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »

FLOW’S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GROWTH OF ICT IN JAMAICA GOES BEYOND COLLECTING MONEY

FLOW’S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GROWTH OF ICT IN JAMAICA GOES BEYOND COLLECTING MONEY

ICT to be A Growth Driver -Vaz Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), speaks with President and Chief Operating Officer of Flow, Michele English at the telecommunications provider’s fourth anniversary media breakfast, held this morning (July 22) at its St. Lucia Avenue headquarters in New Kingston. (JIS) Minister [...]

July 28 2010 | Posted in BLOG, Business | Read More »

3 NJ teens charged with videotaped immigrant death

3 NJ teens charged with videotaped immigrant death

Days later, the 47-year-old father of four was dead — but not before the video had been circulated among teenagers in Summit, N.J., authorities say. And not before a nurse in the emergency room where he was taken the night of July 17 was accused of pilfering several hundred dollars from his wallet. Powered by [...]

July 28 2010 | Posted in World News | Read More »

Raw Video: Canadian Jet Pilot Escapes Crash

Raw Video: Canadian Jet Pilot Escapes Crash

A Canadian fighter pilot is recovering in hospital after his jet crashed during a practice run at an air show in southern Alberta on Friday, local media reported. (July 23) mochilaWidget(“videoPlayer”,{“buid”: “5283″, “templateid”: 1, “dest”: “3″, “buyerId”: “Jahbooocom”, “channelId”: “14454″, “width”: 320, “height”: 650}) dtsv.dtse_post_3315_permalink = ‘http://www.csmebiz.com/?p=3315′; dtsv.dtse_post_3315_title = ‘Raw Video: Canadian Jet Pilot Escapes [...]

July 27 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »

More JAMPRO Offices to be Opened Overseas

More JAMPRO Offices to be Opened Overseas

(JIS) Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda has said that the Government will be opening more Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) offices overseas. Speaking with JIS News, the Minister said that the JAMPRO office located at the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto, has performed extremely well since re-opening earlier this year, and “it [...]

July 26 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »

Ferrari and Alonso should be disqualified from the German Grand Prix

Ferrari and Alonso should be disqualified from the German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso has been gifted victory in the German Grand Prix after Ferrari ordered Felipe Massa to pull aside and surrender the lead. In the most flagrant breach of rules banning team orders for years, Massa was told by his engineer Rob Smedley that Alonso was the faster car and if he understood. One lap [...]

July 25 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »

ICT to be A Growth Driver -Vaz

ICT to be A Growth Driver -Vaz

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), speaks with President and Chief Operating Officer of Flow, Michele English at the telecommunications provider’s fourth anniversary media breakfast, held this morning (July 22) at its St. Lucia Avenue headquarters in New Kingston. (JIS) Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special [...]

July 24 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »

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July 23 2010 | Posted in Business, Videos | Read More »