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Global increase in living costs, though challenging, should encourage persons to seek addi...
14 February 2026State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, says the global increase in living costs, thoug...
NCB Chairman pledges to address issues that may pose a challenge to company’s mandat...
14 February 2026Chairman of the National Commercial Bank, Michael Lee-Chin, has pledged to address any issue that may pose a challenge t...
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce describes Government’s revenue measures as carefully des...
13 February 2026The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) has described the Government’s recently announced revenue measures as interestin...
Opposition calls on Gov’t to allocate portion of money from tax on non-alcoholic swe...
13 February 2026The Government is being called on to allocate some of the money it hopes to earn from the Special Consumption Tax on non...
Work on new parliamentary website expected to be completed by May
13 February 2026Work on a new parliamentary website is expected to be completed by May. The update was given by House Speaker Juliet Hol...
Internationally accomplished Javelin thrower Curtis Thompson to conduct Javelin...
13 February 2026Internationally accomplished Javelin thrower Curtis Thompson will be in the island next week f...
Two men listed as persons of interest in relation to killing of JDF Soldier surrender to p...
13 February 2026Two men, who were listed as persons of interest in relation to the death of a member of the Jamaica Defence Force, turne...
Increase in special consumption tax, for pure alcohol and cigarettes, should boost governm...
13 February 2026An increase in the special consumption tax, for pure alcohol and cigarettes, is intended boost government’s earnings b...
Gender based violence mobile app ‘Am Alive’ to be launched this year
12 February 2026Two separate mobile applications aimed at addressing gender based violence (GBV) and facilitating swift life verificatio...
Gov’t says taxes on international digital services and non alcoholic sweetened beverages...
12 February 2026Taxes on international digital services, non-alcoholic sweetened beverages and an increase in the environmental protecti...
