The Government’s 2026-27 Budget has sparked a stark divide between public-health advocates celebrating a new sugary drink levy and industry leaders warning that it will hit low-income consumers hardest. The Budget will lean on eight revenue...
The Jamaican rum industry projects a double-digit decline in output for the 2025-2026 season, a blow reverberating across the sugar and spirits sectors due to the impact of Hurricane Melissa. Christopher Gentles, general manager of the Spirits...
Chairman of the RJRGLEANER Communications (RG) Group Joseph M. Matalon is pointing to a “digital first’ way of doing business as the media conglomerate seeks to grapple with increased competition and two years of real losses totalling nearly three-...
HER HUSKY voice thundered as she stretched the two-powered speakers to the limit. The 60 or more mostly women, along with a few young men and mothers with two, three or four children in tow, bellowed in maskless unison answering every call of the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is warning that the management and running of all state entities will come in for intense scrutiny. Following a ringing endorsement of government programmes under the latest bi-annual International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
