The Maritime Authority of Jamaica says it is readying its regulatory framework for increased shipping and new maritime businesses expected once the Caymanas Special Economic Zone comes on stream.

Government rejected an automatic renewal, but JPS remains Jamaica’s electricity provider while negotiations continue ahead of the real 2027 deadline

Inflation reached 7.5 per cent in July, breaking the national target for a second consecutive month. The Bank has explained parts of…

For every US dollar Jamaica earned from merchandise exports in 2025, it spent approximately US$4.55 on imports. Tourism and remittances keep the wider structure standing. But behind the attractive façade is an economy increasingly dependent on things made somewhere else.

Fayval Williams has invited public-sector unions to discuss reinstating a legal cap on the wage bill as a share of GDP, repealed in 2023 without a replacement.

The island is unlikely to collapse, but another 12 months of disrupted energy markets could reshape household budgets, tourism, business, construction and the property market.

The Bank of Jamaica kept its policy rate at 5.50 per cent in August, with July inflation at 7.5 per cent and global energy prices still volatile.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange lifted second-quarter profit 191 per cent to $132.4 million on busier trading, though half-year earnings remain slightly below 2025.

Minister Matthew Samuda told an NCB business forum that climate resilience will need financing from public, private, local and international sources.

From a maturing property market and a landmark Marriott investment in Montego Bay to Jamaica’s strongest Commonwealth Games performance in years and sweeping new National Security Council reforms — July 2026 has been one of the island’s more consequential months across several fronts.