Business
August 21, 2026
Pan Jamaica Group acquires Discount Pharmacy property, charts Manor Park redevelopment
Pan Jamaica Group Limited (PJG) has acquired the property housing Discount Pharmacy on the corner of Constant Spring and Olivier roads in upper St Andrew, giving the conglomerate ownership of three…
August 21, 2026
Hotel Four Seasons relisted at US$13.5m
Hotel Four Seasons, the 114-room hospitality property on Ruthven Road in New Kingston, has returned to the market at US$13.5 million, reflecting a discount from its listing five years earlier. The…
August 21, 2026
BOJ sees inflation risk as stability is job one
Newly installed BOJ Governor Dr Brian Langrin has signalled that maintaining price stability will remain the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) overriding priority, warning that inflation risks are tilted to the…
August 21, 2026
Spur Tree Spices aims for strong second-half to hit $2b target
Spur Tree Spices Ltd aims to cross $2 billion in annual revenue for the first time, but achieving it requires growing by at least 13 per cent over the second half of last year. “Our goal for this year…
August 21, 2026
Guardian approaches 80% settlement rate on Melissa claims
Regional insurance provider Guardian Holdings Ltd has settled more than 70 per cent of insurance claims arising from Hurricane Melissa, Group CEO Ian Chinapoo said last Friday. “So, as of June, we…
August 21, 2026
Seprod profit rises 16%, group trims debt
Seprod Limited reported net profit of $688 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, a 16 per cent increase over the year-earlier levels, as disciplined expense management compensated for a…
August 21, 2026
PROVEN returns to profitability on US$9.4-million gain from Roberts Manufacturing partial sale
PROVEN Group Ltd swung to a net profit of US$8.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, reversing a loss of US$2.6 million in the corresponding period a year earlier. The turnaround rested…
August 21, 2026
Charlene Ashley | Is AI making you pay more?
Imagine two passengers boarding the same flight. Same airline. Same aircraft. Same departure time. Same destination. One paid US$463. The other, US$892. We have accepted this for decades. Perhaps one…
August 21, 2026
US debt surpasses US$40-trillion mark
The national debt surpassed a record US$40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defence costs, social programmes like Social Security and Medicare, and interest on the burgeoning deficit…