Business
September 2025
UN blacklists another 68 companies over Israeli settlements
The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli…
September 2025
by Steven Jackson
National Rums get temporary relief in industry fight
Rum makers will return to court next February to battle over the definition of Jamaican rum, following a Supreme Court ruling that gives National Rums of Jamaica Limited, NRJ, temporary relief. On…
September 2025
Fesco to add four more gas stations to network
Future Sources Energy Company Limited, which trades as Fesco, will add at least four new service stations to the network by December 2026. The investment will range from $700 million to $1 billion and…
September 2025
R.A. Williams positioned to reverse contraction of profits, says CEO
R.A. Williams Distributors Limited expects that the investments made as groundwork for growth will soon start paying off in the form of returns and market share, in an assurance to shareholders that…
September 2025
Oran Hall | The far-reaching effects of a weak stock market
Ordinary shares can be relied upon to yield very positive returns to investors over the long term, but, because stock markets are cyclical, there are periods when equities do not give positive returns…
September 2025
Cedric Stephens | A new conversation on insurance
Concerned citizen John Mahfood put his money where his mouth is. He sponsored a half-page advertorial in this newspaper last Sunday to pose and answer a thought-provoking question: Can the Jamaican…
September 2025
Al Gore’s satellite and AI system now tracking sources of deadly soot pollution
Soon people will be able to use satellite technology and artificial intelligence to track dangerous soot pollution in their neighbourhoods – and where it comes from – in a way not so different from…
September 2025
Francis Wade | How government executives can inspire staff
Imagine that you lead a government ministry, department or agency – referred to as MDAs. As you approach the season for submitting annual and five-year reports, you realise something is missing. The…
September 2025
Companies Office home under renovation, moving to Pan Jam building
The Companies Office of Jamaica, COJ, is expanding at its current location at Grenada Way in New Kingston to better serve clients but is making plans to relocate within two years, Minister of…