As EPA Ink Dries
Posted Jan 22, 2009
What’s Next for the Caribbean’s Creative Industries?

"A good friend of Panmedia’s, Josanne Leonard, has an insightful take on how the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement will affect the Caribbean's creative industries. Josanne is a media, communications and entertainment consultant and Chair of the Caribbean Creative Industries Business Forum, an informal industry network of regional entertainment professionals.

We share our blog space sometimes with partners, associates and friends, but this article commands space in our news section. Enjoy".
- Knolly Moses

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The value of being a 'Drupal Shop'
Posted Jan 13, 2009

We have noticed lately that Drupal is gaining popularity as a Content Management System. The number of books covering the once unknown Content Management System has grown from zero to more than 10 in three yeas. The CMS is now featured on magazine covers and is being used by many major...

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Website Re-purposed for the National Export-Import Bank
Posted Dec 29, 2008

The National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Jamaica recently launched its new website. Designed and developed by Panmedia, the site was re-purposed to modernize the bank's interaction with its clients and approved financial institutions. EXIM provides financial support to businesses in Jamaica's productive sector.

The new website coincides with a new look recently launched by the bank.

Marketing Manager Ann-Marie Allen, who managed the site repurposing, says EXIM will make the website its main point of presence for clients and other stakeholders....

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Professor Robert Lancashire: A Mind as Vast as the Internet
Posted Nov 28, 2008

In Panmedia's early days we were close to Robert Lancashire, then a senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of the West Indies, Mona. His keen interest in the Internet perhaps surpassed ours. By 1994, he had created the Caribbean’s first website (http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm), which still is an extensive chemical education resource. Notice there is no period after the WWW.

Students and lecturers around the world use his chemistry department site because his course material and other rich chemical data are available online....

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How The Diageo Marketing Code Promotes Responsible Drinking
Posted Nov 20, 2008

We found ourselves recently at the Terra Nova, sitting through a fascinating seminar on the Diageo Marketing Code for alcohol beverages. The company had invited agencies that promote its brands to closely examine the DMC, as the best practices guide is commonly known. The DMC sets the company’s standards for responsible marketing.

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