Business
December 9, 2025
Lasco Financial lands government contract for SME financing
Lasco Financial Services Limited, LFSL, says it has clinched a government contract to provide financing routes for small and medium-sized enterprises under a public-private partnership arrangement.…
December 9, 2025
Managing rising costs and profitability
QUESTION: I own a services business in Jamaica in a competitive space. I am centrally located. However, my landlord just notified me that the rent will increase, come January. Things are going up in…
December 9, 2025
by Steven Jackson
Investment sector profits rise sixfold in June quarter
Higher income and trading gains led the securities sector to post a sixfold rise in profit during the June 2025 quarter, according to regulator Financial Services Commission. Licensed securities…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica Broilers August profit slides below prior months in provisional report
Jamaica Broilers Group Limited, JBG, continues to issue monthly updates on its financial performance amid a new disclosure that the company’s long-delayed audited results for the financial year ending…
December 9, 2025
Oran Hall | The far-reaching effects of a strong stock market
A strong stock market is good – for governments, businesses, individuals and the economy. It shows that companies are making profit and creates opportunities for investors to make money. To believe…
December 9, 2025
Cedric Stephens | Funding drainage infrastructure for Kingston and St Andrew
The September 25, 2025, flood rains that battered Kingston and St Andrew, occurred nearly 12 months after a similar event inundated the rural village of John’s Hall, St James. A resident, according to…
December 9, 2025
Colombia foreign minister renounces US visa as tensions escalate
Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her US visa to protest a decision by the State Department of the United States to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Colombian…
December 9, 2025
New marijuana drug effective at reducing back pain, study finds
An experimental medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study, offering further support for the drug’s potential in treating one of the most common forms of chronic…
December 9, 2025
BOJ maintains policy rate at 5.75 per cent
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced it is holding its policy rate at 5.75 per cent per annum. It says during meetings on September 25 and 26, its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held…