June 2023

Lascelles Chin was hailed as the little country boy who overcame poverty and illness to build an impressive corporate empire while generously donating to public servants who helped to make his success possible at a thanksgiving service for his life in Kingston. Hundreds, including Governor-general Sir Patrick Allen, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica – There was an outpouring of love at the funeral service for founder and executive chairman of the Lasco Group of Companies, Lascelles Chin at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity on Wednesday. Chin died last month in Florida, United States surrounded by family. He was 86. Prime Minister Andrew Holness hailed

While diplomats reflected yesterday on the philanthropic business leader the late Lascelles Chin became throughout his 86 years of life, his daughter, Lisa Watts, spoke instead of how her down-to-earth father took her to a club for the very first time. That is a side of Chin that up to his death, many never knew.

Given Lascelles Chin’s decades of contributions to nation building, it would have been remiss of Prime Minister Andrew Holness to not be present at yesterday’s thanksgiving service for the life of the 86-year-old businessman and philanthropist. Holness, whose tribute followed that of Chin’s daughter, Lisa Watts, reflected on how he witnessed Chin changing lives, especially