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Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks at the America Business Forum on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in Miami.
January 23, 2026

Trump sues JP Morgan Chase

President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for US$5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his…
Etana paying tribute during The Official Celebration for the Life of Jimmy Cliff, held Wednesday December 17, at the National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston.
January 23, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions With Etana

Reggae Month 2026 had its mega launch on Wednesday at J Wray & Nephew where it was announced, to applause, that Grammy-nominated reggae singer, Etana, was designated the first-ever Reggae Month…
This March 2025 image from the website of artificial intelligence company Xoltar shows a demonstration of one of their avatars for conducting video calls with a patients.
January 23, 2026

Kristen Gyles | Is AI now too real to be safe?

Tupac Shakur or ‘2Pac’ was an American rapper who died in 1996. Yet, I recently saw a video of 2Pac on the poolside of a luxury property talking about music hits he is almost ready to release, that…
Kevin Blake, commissioner of police
January 23, 2026

Peter Espeut | Who is telling lies, commissioner?

I do not have access to the Jamaica Constabulary Force Orders; my only knowledge of their contents is whatever is reported in this newspaper. And I have no reason to disbelieve the Jamaica Information…
Business
January 23, 2026

Mood Restaurant & Bar wins JSE Venture Capital Pitch Room 2026

On Wednesday, when 32-year-old Matthew Francis stepped on stage at the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Venture Capital Pitch Room, he carried a decade-long story of grit, reinvention, and a dream shaped…
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January 23, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Health Services extend clean-up, rodent control as waste crisis persists in St James

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents in several St James communities continue to grapple with uncollected garbage and increased rodent activity weeks after Hurricane Melissa, prompting an extended response from…
Jamie Melbourne, confirmed for the Zegna show on the strength of a walking video shot last October in Jamaica by SAINT International CEO Deiwght Peters, was Look 45 for creative director Alessandro Sartori.
January 23, 2026 by Omar Tomlinson

Renaissance man

What a difference time and circumstance make. “When I visited Milan for the first time in the 1980s, I was told by agents that there was no market for black people,” Jamie Melbourne recalled of his…
Alwyn Miller, chief executive officer of the Mandeville Regional Hospital.
January 23, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Hospitals feeling side effects of Christmas

There is a reported spike in patients being hospitalised for non-communicable diseases in the weeks after Christmas – particularly as many, often elderly persons, indulge in unhealthy lifestyle…

Fayval Williams, then minister of education and youth and later minister of finance, at a 2024 press conference.
January 23, 2026

Micro Market by June as finance minister touts ways to raise capital

Jamaica plans to launch its long-anticipated micro-stock exchange by July 2026, marking the latest effort to deepen access to capital markets. A multi-stakeholder steering committee is “now at an…