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In this July 18, 2025 JIS photo, Consumer Affairs Commission CEO Dolsie Allen addresses the CAC Upcycle Competition awards ceremony held at the offices of the Bureau of Standards Jamaica in Kingston.
December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | Let the Consumer Affairs Commission fight for you

The Consumer Affairs Commission, CAC, recovered $17.21 million as compensation for aggrieved customers from 971 complaints for the period April to November, 2024, according to the Jamaica Information…
Boats are seen along the banks of the Black River in St Elizabeth on November 20, 2025. Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica on October 28 has disrupted river tours and other business activity.
December 9, 2025

Yaneek Page | 2026: A hard road ahead for small businesses

We can finally wave goodbye to the 2025 hurricane season but it may be 18 months or more before Jamaica can exhale, particularly now that the message is coming from two institutions responsible for…
A painting by Frida Kahlo titled ‘El sueño (La cama)’ or ‘The dream (The bed)’, is displayed at Sotheby’s auction rooms in London.
December 9, 2025 by Benedict Carpenter van Barthold

Frida Kahlo’s record-breaking painting El Sueño positions death as a roommate

Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait, El Sueño (La Cama), or The Dream (The Bed), has sold for US$54.7 million (£41.4m) at Sotheby’s New York. It is now the most expensive Latin American artwork in…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (left), uses one of the newly acquired walk behind tractors to plough land during a handover ceremony of walk behind tractors and earth augers on November 26, 2025 at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St
December 9, 2025

Agriculture Ministry delivers $10 million in equipment to support farmers on arable and challenging lands

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has handed over $10 million worth of walk-behind tractors and earth augers to support…
Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr David Lowe, addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on November 26
December 9, 2025

DBJ launches $10 billion business recovery programme

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has launched a $10-billion M5 Business Recovery Programme to support businesses that have been disrupted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Managing Director,…
The moment of healing grace, by Katrina Abrahams.
December 9, 2025

Katrina Abrahams’ solo exhibition Celebrating Women opens December 6

After 10 years away from the solo exhibition spotlight, Jamaican artist Katrina Abrahams is set to return with ‘Celebrating Women’. The exhibition is a tribute to the strength, perseverance, and…
Sabrina Ajax, publisher and editor-in-chief of Richès Karayib.
December 9, 2025

Martinique-based Richès Karayib celebrates Caribbean’s maritime attractiveness

For the Year of the Sea 2025, Martinique-based Richès Karayib has released its special maritime issue #2, an immersive exploration of the Greater Caribbean’s maritime attractiveness. From Martinique…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding. - File photo
December 9, 2025

PNP congratulates St Vincent’s New Democratic Party and Dr Godwin Friday on election win

The People’s National Party (PNP) has extended congratulations to the New Democratic Party and Prime Minister-designate Dr Godwin Friday on their victory in the general elections in St Vincent and the…
Red Eagle Mountain at Glacier National Park, Montana, US
December 9, 2025

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