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09 Oct, 2026
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Oran A Hall | Inflation winners and losers
Inflation is more than higher prices. It is that creepy force that changes the real value of assets, savings, income and debt. It makes some people better off and others worse off financially, as some…
09 Oct, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Is NaRRA really here to help the west?
I am sure that, when sympathetic Jamaicans and others overseas donated money to ease the sufferings of Hurricane Melissa victims in western Jamaica, they didn’t intend their hard-earned cash to be…
09 Oct, 2026
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Letter of the Day | Housing should be treated as a national emergency
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am a visitor to Jamaica and I would like to throw some light on the housing problems here. Other nations have addressed this by compulsorily purchasing empty homes, taxing second…
09 Oct, 2026
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Please don’t let me be misunderstood
THE EDITOR, Madam: There’s no middle ground for President Donald Trump, who is either loved or loathed and, with mid-term Congressional elections looming, those feelings are intensified in all types…
09 Oct, 2026
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Innovative Energy Group cites $900m pipeline
Innovative Energy Group Limited (IEG) said it enters its 2027 fiscal year with about $900 million in signed contracts and letters of intent. Not all of that pipeline will convert to revenue, but the…
09 Oct, 2026
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Readers’ reactions
Government scales back NaRRA office space after public backlash Why centralise ALL the jobs in Kingston? Have the head office there and put a real NaRRA office in the West so jobs and decisions…
09 Oct, 2026
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Bocobay founder eyes seven Caribbean islands as Jamaica push gathers pace
Nick Curtis began by managing one villa in Aruba during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the co-founder and CEO of Bocobay runs a vacation-rental company with about 400 homes in four countries, and he…
09 Oct, 2026
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Scotiabank Jamaica minority shareholders back buyout
Minority shareholders of Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) voted to accept a buyout by parent company Scotiabank Caribbean Holdings Ltd (SCHL), clearing a key hurdle towards taking the island’s…
09 Oct, 2026
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High commissioner hails Nigeria-Jamaica ties at Independence celebration
Nigeria gained independence from Britain on October 1, 1960, becoming the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The milestone remains significant for the West African nation, which established diplomatic…