Jamaican-born health care leader Dr. Ian Lee Brown has been appointed Chief Community Health & Social Impact Officer at Duke University Health System (DUHS), one of the most prominent academic health systems in…
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Fontana’s Second Quarter Severely Impacted By Hurricane Melissa, But Delivered 5.6% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
Anne Chang Chief Executive Officer of Fontana Limited has released the following extracted unaudited financial statements for the second quarter ended December 31, 2025. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with…
Entrepreneurs Operating Informally Urged to Get Regularised
Photo: Donald De La Haye State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Delano Seiveright, addresses the University of the West Indies (UWI) Pelican Pitch Series on February 12 at…
Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) to Launch M5 Business Recovery Programme in 2026/2027
Photo: Dr. David Lowe, Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) The Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) M5 business recovery programme, aimed at supporting enterprises affected by Hurricane Melissa, will be…
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Highlights Financial Stability as Key Support for Inflation Control
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has emphasised that while its central mandate remains inflation control through prudent monetary policy, this objective is reinforced by the strength and stability of the country’s financial system….
Jalil Dabdboub | Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” sang Kris Kristofferson. In conflict zones from Palestine to Sudan and the Congo, these words are a lived reality. When a people are systematically…
Gordon Robinson | Can government collect?
So the “no new taxes” chorus has ended with Government projected to earn approximately $29.4 billion in fiscal year 2026/27 from new taxes. Surprise! NOT!! Last October 28, Jamaica suffered the most devastating…
At the Helm of Jamaica’s Investment Frontier: How Kelli-Dawn Hamilton Is Shaping the Next Era of Special Economic Zones
With nearly US$1 billion in investments facilitated to date, including US$34 million in fiscal year 2025/26 alone, the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) has become one of the most consequential institutions in…
Jamaica’s Courier Gold Rush: How Amazon, Tax Reform, and 250 Startups Collided—and Why Regulation Is Now Inevitable
On any given weekday afternoon in Kingston, Mandeville or Montego Bay, the parking lots of strip malls double as logistics hubs. White vans and motor cyclists idle. Customers clutch invoices. Young entrepreneurs in…
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL: Chosen and Appointed
John 15 records Jesus’ final extended teaching to His disciples before His arrest. The setting is intimate and urgent. He has just spoken about abiding in the vine and loving one another. In first-century…