Business
March 15, 2026
NCB Jamaica adds online shopping passcode to shield against digital fraud
National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited is rolling out one-time passcode authentication for select online card transactions, the bank announced March 12 as Jamaica’s largest financial institution…
March 15, 2026
Non-profit strategy retreat ends in stalemate
Imagine you head up a non-profit. Unfortunately, your strategic planning leads to little more than abandoned initiatives. You believe that strategy is important, but why does it fail to inspire the…
March 15, 2026
Peter Thiel brings his tech-billionaire antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep
One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican’s backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The invitation-only…
March 13, 2026
Jamaica plans region’s largest renewable energy tender
Jamaica plans to launch the largest renewable energy and battery storage tender ever as it seeks 220 megawatts of new clean power paired with 110 megawatts of battery storage. It will glide the island…
March 13, 2026
Kintyre doubles profit, majority shareholders plan US holding company
Kintyre Holdings Jamaica Limited more than doubled its net profit in 2025 while a group of its shareholders, led by Tyrone Wilson, separately disclosed plans to restructure their holdings into a…
March 13, 2026
by Cedric Stephens
Twin Peaks model? NO! Regulatory reform? YES!
Is the Twin Peaks regulatory model still right, given Hurricane Melissa? This question was raised in an earlier article. Behind it was another: would the outcome for citizens whose properties and…
March 13, 2026
Pulse profits outpace revenue on property revaluations
Pulse Investments Limited’s December 2025 second quarter reflected profits that leaned heavily on unrealised gains from property revaluations, and relatively thin cash generation. That translated to…
March 13, 2026
Pan Jamaica’s $410m stake in Frankly Juice part of wider growth
Pan Jamaica Group Limited paid $410 million for its just over 64 per cent stake in Frankly Juice, a Danish juice brand with a Scandinavian market. Concurrently, the group earned one-third higher…
March 11, 2026
GraceKennedy buys remaining stake in Dairy Industries for $3.15b
GraceKennedy Ltd paid $3.15 billion to acquire the remaining 50 per cent of Dairy Industries Jamaica Limited from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group, according to notes in the…