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CMU is a government-owned tertiary institution that focuses on maritime studies, transportation, logistics, and related disciplines.
January 23, 2026

CMU: Employee suspended after 'suspected breach’ detected; matter reported to FID

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) says an employee has been suspended following the detection of a "suspected internal breach" at the institution. The matter has been referred to the…
The association warned that delayed clearance increases demurrage and storage costs.
January 23, 2026

Shipping Association urges cargo owners to clear goods as port congestion persists

The Shipping Association of Jamaica is warning that ongoing port and warehouse congestion could worsen unless cargo owners urgently clear uncollected goods, weeks after the traditional holiday…
In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, United States, is fingerprinted after his arrest in January 1954, for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman.
January 23, 2026

US Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias

(AP) — Nearly 70 years after a United States Black man was executed, officials declared this week that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Texas. Prosecutors say the case was based on…
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, minister of foreign affairs of Ghana, are pictured during a bilateral meeting held in May 2025 at the Embassy of Jamaica in Brussels, Be
January 23, 2026

Ghana's foreign minister due in Jamaica Saturday for official visit; health and education on agenda

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Saturday for a three-day official visit, the Jamaican foreign ministry says. During…
Jade Williams, policy, research and advocacy specialist, Jamaicans For Justice.
January 22, 2026 by Kimone Francis

JFJ: Bring private firms under ATI

Human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is calling for the Access to Information (ATI) Act to be extended to the private sector, arguing that private entities performing public functions must…
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis.
January 22, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Bosses of backlog

The spotlight has again been shone on the “responsible officers” at several municipal corporations as the state bodies remain delinquent, failing to submit a total of 95 outstanding financial…
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United Statea, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (centre), discusses Jamaica’s overseas employment programmes with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (second left)
January 22, 2026

Jamaica seeks to expand overseas employment programmes in US

The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead with efforts to expand the H-2A and H-2B United States work visa programmes. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony…
Belizeans organising care-packages on a Bluefields Bay Villas property in Westmoreland for delivery.
January 22, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Belize aid supports Bluefields Bay rebuilding efforts

The Bluefields Bay region in eastern Westmoreland comprises several districts, including Belmont, Cherry Hill, Mount Airy, Mearnville and Auldyr. It was near this area that Category-5 Hurricane…
Courtney Christie-Veitch, inter-national financial professional.
January 22, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Ja’s economic turnaround extolled in new book

When Jamaica went from being virtually an economic basket case to being the economic wonder of the world, Jamaican international financial professional Courtney Christie-Veitch decided that this was a…