Stories by Steven Jackson

Marine park operator Dolphin Cove Limited is executing a programme of upgrades and rebranding in anticipation of increased business from the expanding hotel sector and expectations of more cruise calls by the Disney ship.Dolphin Cove is refreshing...

National Commer-cial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ) made net profit of $14.4 billion over its financial year ending September, up 17 per cent from last year."We recorded record profits for the year," said Deputy Managing Director Dennis Cohen at an...

Food conglomerate Seprod Limited made $126.8 million net profit for its third quarter, reversing losses from a year ago.Over nine months ending September, the company earned $942.8 million. That's up 151 per cent year on year, a performance...

Bakery outfit Honey Bun 1982 Limited revealed a one-year and ongoing circuitous probe this week involving the organised crime unit and other agencies into an...

Political uncertainty in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as the Rio Olympics, are being cited as factors in the flattening of summer tourist visits to Jamaica. The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) expects US arrivals...

T. Geddes Grant, a member of the Musson Group of Companies, has acquired exclusive rights to distribute an array of drinks made by S.M. Jaleel...

Shareholders of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Group (JSEG) approved a five-for-one stock split that seeks to spur continued growth of the stock.It will encourage more people to own the stock, said Marlene Street Forrest in an interview from her office...

David Stephens hammered a lug tool several times into a thin glass window fitted with a pliable anti-shatter laminate. He then flung a metal chair into it without...

Ganja Labs LLC, which grows marijuana at the University of Technology Jamaica (UTech) in Kingston, invested an additional US$150,000 to set up an outdoor greenhouse which spans its entire field.The company, currently in its second test harvest, is...

Jamaica ranked 67th in the global Doing Business Report 2017, published Tuesday, which actually betters Dominican Republic and Panama, the fastest-growing countries in the Americas.Still the report gave mixed messages on Jamaica, describing the...

Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Limited wants shareholders to approve a name change for the five-decade-old property conglomerate, but remained hush on the proposals for the new...

Although growth in Jamaica's national output has been anaemic, and underperforms others in the region, the tourism-dependent economy is expected to do better than trading partner Trinidad...