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Javeré Green
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Javeré Green reaps rewards through determination

“I was ashamed to walk through the gates of The University of the West Indies.” Now 32 years old, Javeré Green battled thoughts of suicide brought on by extreme depression, an attention deficit…
Walter Pimenta, executive vice-president for commercial and new payment flows at Mastercard LAC.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Mastercard unveils SME card with built-in cybersecurity solutions

MIAMI, FLORIDA: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are set to gain stronger protection in the digital economy with Mastercard’s enhanced SME…
An INDECOM investigator at a shooting scene.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Police record 20+ fatal shootings for 12 straight months

For 12 consecutive months, from December 2024 to November 2025, the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says Jamaica recorded 20 or more police fatal shootings, with December 2025…
Angella Bennett, JTB regional director  for Canada.
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Harmonies of Hope hurricane benefit concert for Canada next week

TORONTO: The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is throwing its full support behind Harmonies of Hope, a star-studded benefit concert set for December 10 at Toronto’s Meridian Arts Centre, as the island…
December 9, 2025

St Catherine man charged after firearm reportedly found at his home in Spanish Town

A labourer from St Catherine has been charged after police allegedly found a firearm and ammunition during an early-morning operation at his Crackers Lane premises in Spanish Town on November 24. He…
Phillip J. Pierre wa was first sworn in as prime minister in July 2021.
December 9, 2025

St Lucia prime minister secures a second term after a decisive win at the polls

St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has secured a second term in office after a decisive electoral win in the eastern Caribbean Island on Monday. Pierre's Saint Lucia Labor Party beat Allen…
Chief of Protocol of the National Palace Marc Marie Yves Mazile speaks to Fritz Alphonse Jean, a member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, before the start of a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on November 25, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Haiti's transitional gov't adopts key law to hold a general election for first time since 2016

(AP) — Haiti’s transitional presidential council has approved an electoral law in the latest step toward holding a general election for the first time in nearly a decade. The approval late Monday…
December 9, 2025

Car dealer charged after alleged gun attack in St James

A 27-year-old car dealer from St James, has been charged following an alleged gun attack on a woman in his community last month. He is 27-year-old Adeno McIntosh, otherwise called ‘Baba’, from Latium…
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams opening the 2025/2026 Budget Debate in Parliament on March 11, 2025.
December 9, 2025

In Parliament today: finance minister to table third revised budget as Jamaica confronts hurricane fallout

Finance Minister Fayval Williams will this afternoon table Jamaica's third revised budget for the ongoing 2025-2026 financial year, as the country continues to grapple with the severe economic…