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December 10, 2025
Official funeral for Jimmy Cliff set for next week
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced that the official funeral for the late Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff will take place next Wednesday, December 17, at the…
December 10, 2025
by Janet Silvera
60 homes in 30 days
WESTERN BUREAU: A crippled man in Hertford, Westmoreland, a father and his two sons in Black River, St Elizabeth, and a woman living in the open air in Petersfield are among the first recipients of…
December 10, 2025
All schools to reopen early January
At least 160 schools remain closed for teaching and learning weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. These schools are expected to reopen on January 6, 2026, according to Minister of Finance and…
December 10, 2025
António Guterres | ‘Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials’
Nearly eighty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what every person needs to survive and thrive. It was a philosophical and political breakthrough – and it has been the…
December 10, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Gov’t targets craft sector as new pillar of creative economy
WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has declared that Jamaica’s craft sector is poised for a sweeping overhaul as the Government moves…
December 10, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Sandals bets big with MoBay rebuild, Runaway Bay roll-out
WESTERN BUREAU: Sandals Resorts International will invest more than US$120 million ($19 billion) to rebuild and transform its two flagship Montego Bay properties part of a broader strategy that…
December 10, 2025
by Sashana Small
AI agents to enter Mastercard’s Caribbean payments space
Mastercard has announced that its agentic payments programme, designed to allow authorised artificial-intelligence (AI) agents to conduct transactions securely, will reach Latin America and the…
December 10, 2025
by Lester Hinds
CTO hosts fundraiser to aid Jamaican tourism workers
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has set a target of US$100,000 to assist Jamaican tourism workers affected by Hurricane Melissa, with half of the funds also earmarked for Haiti. A fundraising…
December 10, 2025
by Lester Hinds
Scholarship announced in memory of Roach-Wilson
A scholarship fund honouring the legacy, education and love of Jamaica is to be established in the name of the late Consul General in New York, Roach-Wilson. Details of the fund have not yet been…