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Cookshop operator and long-time JN client, Adasma Brown (left) listens intently to Jasmin Cole, client relations officer at JN Bank Small Business Loans.
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Cookshop operator gets boost to restart following hurricane

For more than a decade, Adasma Brown, affectionately known as ‘Miss Julie’, operated ‘Cheap but Sweet’ cookshop in St Leonards, Amity, Westmoreland. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays, she…
Harold Davis, acting chief executive officer at the JBDC.
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | JBDC pushes entrepreneurship education to stem early-stage business failure

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is seeking to address early-stage micro business failure because of weak financial planning stemming from a lack of entrepreneurship education. …
Sherina Whyte (centre) , co-founder of Waah Gwaan Café, affixes the ‘Keep It Clean’ sticker decal on the door of her business place. Sharing in the moment are Councillor Andrew Swaby (left), mayor of Kingston and chairman of the Kingston and St Andrew
March 3, 2026

Growth & Jobs | Revitalising Kingston’s commercial heart

Some sections of downtown Kingston are recording measurable gains in cleanliness, safety and business confidence following six months of focused interventions under the Downtown Kingston Redevelopment…
Heroy Clarke, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and member of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee.
March 3, 2026

Opposition members chastise Clarke cover ‘intemperate’ outburst at PAAC

Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Heroy Clarke received a sharp rebuke from his colleagues last Wednesday for disrupting the proceedings of…
A FedEx cargo plane is shown on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
March 2, 2026

Federal court in US rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process

WASHINGTON (AP) — A United States federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck…
Minister of Local Government, Desmond McKenzie. - File photo.
March 2, 2026

Gov’t advancing public market modernisation plans

The Government is driving the modernisation of public markets as part of a broader initiative to upgrade ageing infrastructure and stimulate local economic activity across the island. Minister of…
Old campaign posters from the 2016 presidential election cover a wall along a sidewalk in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
March 2, 2026

Haiti opens registration for what would be first election in a decade

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government opened a 10-day registration period Monday for political parties to run in an upcoming general election, a critical step for a country that hasn’t held…
Alexander De Croo
March 2, 2026

UN Under-Secretary-General Alexander De Croo to visit Jamaica

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Alexander De Croo is to visit Jamaica on a mission to, among other things, tour Hurricane Melissa-impacted communities and engage in crisis resilience and…
Rackeema Williams
March 2, 2026

5-y-o Clarendon girl suspected to have drowned in pit at her home

The police are investigating the death of a five-year-old girl who is suspected to have drowned in a pit at her home in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Sunday. The child has been identified as Rackeema…