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03 Nov, 2025 0

Small businesses urged to meet with bankers ASAP post-Melissa

Small business operators who have suffered damage to their business or personal property from Hurricane Melissa are being urged to meet with their creditor institutions immediately in order to…
Business
01 Nov, 2025 0

SBAJ wants help from both government and big business post-Melissa

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, the Small Business Association of Jamaica, SBAJ, is urging the Jamaican government and big businesses to review policies to help micro, small and medium-sized…
Access Financial bracing for Challenges (file)
31 Oct, 2025 0

Widespread devastation for agri-sector

Egg farmers may have sustained greater losses during Hurricane Melissa than during Hurricane Beryl in July last year, according to anecdotal reports reaching the Financial Gleaner. However, the status…
31 Oct, 2025 0

Oran Hall | The path to financial recovery after a natural disaster

Hurricane Melissa has come and gone, but she will not be forgotten because of the life-changing effects she has inflicted on a significant portion of the Jamaican population. Eventually, each victim…
Business
31 Oct, 2025 0

GOJ in the process of selecting consultant for review of JPS licence

The Government of Jamaica will begin formal discussions in January to either renew or revoke the licence of sole power utility Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, JPS, following the close of a…
Business
31 Oct, 2025 0

Cuban embargo condemned by UN for 33rd year

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 33rd year. Yet the vote, as Hurricane Melissa tore through the island nation,…
Business
31 Oct, 2025 0

CAC bleeds amid operational challenges

CAC 2000 Limited has reported a net loss for the third quarter ended July 2025, citing persistent logistical challenges, increased operating expenses, and delayed project invoicing. The…
A gardener waters the grass near the logo for the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Monday, October 16, 2023. China’s Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and rais
31 Oct, 2025 0

Yuen Yuen Ang | The global polytunity

Conflicts, trade wars, inequality, and democratic decay fill today’s headlines. Each crisis appears to be feeding the next, and it can feel as though the world is coming apart. Western leaders and…
31 Oct, 2025 0

China willing to resolve issues related to TikTok

The meeting between the presidents of the United States and China on Thursday produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership. “China will work…