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GraceKennedy headquarters, Harbour Street, Kingston. - File photo
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GraceKennedy announces price increases on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages

GraceKennedy Limited says it will increase its prices on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages by an average of nine per cent, effective Friday, May 1. In an April 24 notice to its Jamaican retail partners, the company said the upcoming price adjustments were in response to the Government’s Special Consumption Tax on sugary drinks, set at 22 cents per gram of added sugar, and which will take effect on the same day.

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April 27, 2026

Search for new BOJ governor begins

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Mark Hart
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Expanded cement quota too small for Melissa rebuilding, warns Buying House

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Jamaica must build resilience, collaborate in climate-sensitive world – IMF managing director

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Dennis Chung Chief Technical Director at the Financial Investigations Division.
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Jamaica Customs eyes drone patrols as illicit trade robs nation of $26 billion

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Dr Lawrence Nicholson
April 27, 2026

Lawrence Nicholson | Family-owned businesses & entrepreneurial intentions

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AP The FIFA World Cup Trophy is displayed before press conference at Rockefeller Plaza, June 16, 2022, in New York, USA.
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SVL expects to score profits from World Cup

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FILE Airport taxiway at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on November 7, 2022. A Water Arch ceremony was done to signify the starting of the flight route.
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Revenue at Jamaica’s two major airports down by US$8m in March quarter

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Oran Hall
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Preparing your children for life without you

The difference between financial and personal disaster for children who lose one or both parents before adulthood is preparation – in the form of effective estate planning and the training of children…
The national fruit, ackee, along with salt fish.
April 24, 2026 by Luke Douglas

Community organisation plants 100 acres of ackee for clients to hike exports

A Spanish Town-based organisation has facilitated the planting of 100 acres of private ackee trees orchards across St Thomas and Clarendon – a milestone its backers say could generate more than $213…