Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that Mr. Richard Foreman, Director, has resigned his directorship, effective April 15, 2018. 

GraceKennedy Ltd (GK) has advised that Dr Cassida Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer, and member of their Executive Committee will retire from GraceKennedy on April 30, 2018.

GK further states that Mrs. Naomi Holness, who is currently the Senior HR Business Partner for Grace Foods – Domestic, will be acting in the role. Mrs. Holness has over 20 years experience in Human Resource Management and joined GraceKennedy in 2004, GK advised.

Productive Business Solutions Limited (PBS) has provided the following details of the transaction closed successfully in their subsidiary in Costa Rica in early 2018 and Guatemala in December 2017 and January 2018:

“Costa Rica

1. APM Terminals which is the biggest sea port operator worldwide, was contracted by the Costa Rican government to build and operate for 33 years a new container terminal at Moín, Costa Rica, which is programmed to start operations on January 2019. The port is to be built over an artificial island on the Costa Rican   Atlantic Ocean which has been built by APM as well.
2. Once operational, Moín will be the largest port of Costa Rica and Central America having an impact on the Costa Rican economy. Moín will also be the first terminal to have non-intrusive technology, allowing it to comply with the  requests of Costa Rican largest trading partner, the United States.
3. On May 2016 APM Terminals published an international bid, inviting the main representatives of non-intrusive safety equipment brands to participate in the process.    This bid was created as a consequence of APM’s obligation to install non-intrusive equipment in its new terminal for the detection of threats and contaminations of  merchandise. The referred bid is the first of three phases, thru which APM Terminals will  acquire 3-5 additional scanning equipment.
4. PBS participates thru its local subsidiary, Productive Business Solutions (Costa Rica), S.A. in this tender along with 5 other suppliers. The product offered by PBS in this bid is L-3 brand equipment, manufactured by L-3 Communications. PBS was awarded with this deal on January 2017.
5. The bid submitted by PBS consists of one portal scanner model CX-Portal, from the L-3 portfolio, along with equipment installation, training of the corresponding personnel and maintenance services. PBS must design and construct the necessary civil work, so to allow proper installation. PBS will also train operators, and render maintenance services for a period of 10 years. During such term, PBS should provide 24/7 support with certified engineers, sufficient inventory for spare parts, integrate the installed equipment  with other government institutions’ systems so to allow sharing of scanned images,  among others.
6. The deal represents a total revenue for PBS of $2.3MM for the equipment’s sale and installation and $1.1MM for the maintenance services to be provided over a period of 10  years.

Guatemala

1. The main Guatemalan International Airport issued two public bids on October 2017, to acquire the necessary safety and protection equipment for their regular operations.
2. This equipment was necessary for the airport to keep the International Certification provided by ICAO.
3. The bids were awarded to the local subsidiary, PBS Guatemala, on November 2017. PBS offered L3 Security and Detection equipment, its installation, operators training, set up and configuration of all the units.
4. PBS offered 4 Provision 2 Body Scanners and 13 Protocol 6500 Metal Detector Arches for one of the tenders and 9 ACX 6.4MV Object Scanners for the second tender.
5. The two tenders combined are valued in USD$2 Million and were successfully delivered on time by December 2017 allowing the airport to retain the ICAO certification.”

Wisynco Group Limited (WISYNCO) has advised that their Head of Human Resources & People Development, Mrs. Caron Anderson, has resigned effective April 27, 2018.

WISYNCO further advises that Mrs. Annette Morrison, has accepted the position of Group Head of Human Resources and will officially assume the role on May 1, 2018.

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that the Company has successfully renegotiated its agreement with its Lottery Technology Provider.  SVL states that the new agreement has eliminated the foreign exchange exposure which was embedded in the agreement since 2001, “hence the Company will no longer be impacted by the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar relative to the United States dollar, relevant to this Agreement”.

PanJam Investment Limited (PanJam) announced today that it acquired a 20 per cent stake in Term Finance (Jamaica) Limited (Term Finance), the Jamaican subsidiary of Term Finance Holdings Limited, a regional micro-lending business. Term Finance was established in Jamaica in September 2017, with the aim of introducing a new, ethical, and completely web-based approach to Jamaica’s microcredit industry. The new online lender officially went live at 9:00 AM on November 13, 2017 and four hours later, successfully disbursed its first loan. The quick processing time is representative of Term Finance’s efficient model.

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that the Company has successfully renegotiated its agreement with its Lottery Technology Provider.  SVL states that the new agreement has eliminated the foreign exchange exposure which was embedded in the agreement since 2001, “hence the Company will no longer be impacted by the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar relative to the United States dollar, relevant to this Agreement”.

KLE Group Limited (KLE) has advised that Mr. Leary Mullings resigned as a member of KLE’s Audit Committee on Friday, March 23, 2018. KLE’s states that Mr. Mullings resignation is due to his firm’s Crichton Mullings & Associates appointment as auditors for Fran Jam Limited, a subsidiary of KLE Group Limited.

KLE further states that Mr. Mullings’ resignation is not related to any disagreement in respect of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or any material issue impacting on the Audit Committee or his ability to properly carry out the functions delegated by the Board.

KLE’s Board of Directors at its board meeting on March 27, 2018, appointed Mr. Barrington Daley as a non-executive of KLE’s Audit Committee.

Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited has advised of the following changes in Bank’s senior management team:

• Sabrina Cooper: Transferred from Vice President – Retail Banking to Vice President – Payments, effective October 1, 2017
• Michael Willacy: Transferred from Vice President – Corporate & Commercial Banking to Vice President – Corporate Retail & SME Banking, effective October 1, 2017
• Vinnate Hall: Retired on March 1, 2018
• Charmaine Leckie: Promoted to Assistant Vice President – Group Internal Audit, effective March 1, 2018