Business December 05 2025

Cedric Stephens | Should taxpayers bear the burden of under-insured businesses?

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‘SBAJ sounds SOS. Small businesses call for cash aid, loan freezes to jump-start commerce’. That statement summarises a request for help by the Small Business Association of Jamaica’s president to government, in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. It was one of two headlines that dominated this newspaper’s November 24 edition.

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