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Damion Gordon, lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies.
April 15, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

UHWI tax debt raises questions about ministry’s oversight

Economist Keenan Falconer says the more than $40 billion in tax, interest, penalties and surcharges for which the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is liable represents approximately 15…
PAC Chairman Julian Robinson.
April 15, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

$40B HOLE

The financial standing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is now under scrutiny following revelations yesterday that the teaching institution has a ballooning tax debt amounting to…
Jorn Bennett examines onions reaped from his farm in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine.
April 15, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Bernard Lodge onion glut leaves farmers with millions in losses

Onion farmers in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine are facing millions of dollars in losses as a glut in local production collides with continued imports, leaving acres of mature crops at risk of spoilage.…
Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation, addressing the corporation’s monthly meeting on April 9.
April 15, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

PNP councillor joins call for children’s hospital in west to be named after Simpson Miller

WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), has served notice on the corporation that he will be tabling a resolution to have…
Scenes from the full day carnival experience at the Campari Boulevard Street Festival on Sunday.
April 15, 2026

Campari Boulevard delivers inclusive carnival experience

As part of the Carnival Sunday celebrations, Campari Boulevard came alive on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston, drawing hundreds of patrons and passersby who stopped to enjoy the atmosphere without…
Francis Wade
April 15, 2026

How to steer your strategy towards real blue oceans

As an executive, you want to be part of a team that directs your company toward fresh, uncharted waters. But the directions given by the book Blue Ocean Strategy aren’t working. One of the biggest…
Dhiru Tanna
April 15, 2026 by Neville Graham

Dhiru Tanna, founder of Blue Power and Lumber Depot, dies

Dhiru Tanna, the economist who turned delicate soaps and hard lumber into a $4-billion business legacy, died on Monday night. He was 82. “We already have confirmation that he has died,” Jamaica…
A tractor uses marl to raise the height of the bank at the red mud lake in Manchester, belonging to West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO). (Norman Grindley)
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Jamaica Bauxite Institute warns oil crisis will translate into higher production costs and inflationary pressure

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rippling through Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina sector, raising production costs and feeding inflationary pressures, the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) warned…
Business
April 15, 2026

NCB auctioning 110 repo vehicles worth $437m

National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB), the nation’s largest bank, is auctioning off 110 repossessed vehicles, ranging from an $18.4-million 2022 Porsche Cayenne to a $500,000 2016 Nissan AD wagon.…