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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…
December 10, 2025
Egypt and Iran complain about planned football World Cup 'Pride' match
(AP) - Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup football match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in…
December 10, 2025
Two elderly residents found dead in separate incidents in St Ann
Two communities in St Ann are mourning the deaths of two senior citizens whose bodies were found in advanced stages of decomposition on Tuesday. The deceased are 75-year-old farmer Arthur Bennett of…
December 10, 2025
Relief supplies for Jamaica stolen in Canada; probe 'very advanced'
No arrest has yet been made in Canada in connection with the multimillion-dollar December 3 theft of a trailer containing dozens of barrels of clothes, food, tools and generators intended for…