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Diane Edwards, director of the Professional Services Unit at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), delivers opening remarks at the MSBM Strategic Insights Seminar Series – Seminar 2 held at The University of the West Indies Regional Headquar
March 12, 2026

Caribbean businesses must redesign for future of constant disruption, experts warn at MSBM seminar

Caribbean businesses and public institutions are being urged to fundamentally rethink how they operate as economic volatility, climate threats, and shifting global markets make disruption a permanent…
The Alpha Robotics team (back row, from left): Shai Hanna Taylor, Julianne Campbell, Anna-Lice Lennon, Gabrielle Riley, Kaylee McCarthy and Tishawnna McKain. Front row (from left): Sashawnna Moncrieffe, Tadeena Thompson, and Akeelah Henry.
March 12, 2026

Coachless Alpha makes splash at robotics challenge

On their own, without being guided critically by a coach, the enterprising team of the Convent of Mercy Academy (Alpha) shone at the prestigious First Tech Challenge (FTC) Jamaica National Robotics…
Roan Grant (right), CEO of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, and Parish Manager for Public Health Services, Novlin Leslie-Little (left), accept a cheque from Kristina Johnson (centre), second vice-president of the University of Technology’s (UT
March 12, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

UTech students fund repairs to nurses’ quarters at Sav hospital

Western Bureau: Nurses at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland will benefit from a $200,000 donation from final-year finance students at the University of Technology (UTech). The…
Adam Stewart, the chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, addressing the media launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run’s [JSMCR] 10th annual staging, at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St James on Tuesday.
March 12, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Sandals backs 2026 Jill Stewart MoBay City Run with $6m

WESTERN BUREAU: Hotelier Adam Stewart, chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, has committed $6 million to this year’s staging of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run (JSMCR), which will…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon (centre) looks on as Senator Charles Sinclair, councillor for the Montego Bay North West Division in the St James Municipal Corporation, presents the key to the renovated Flankers Postal Agency to Mytha Bahadur, regional
March 12, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Mayor: Post offices remain essential despite digital shift

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, says that despite the growing use of digital platforms as communication tools, post offices and postal agencies remain relevant – particularly for…
Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby.
March 12, 2026 by Corey Robinson

KSAMC targets gov’t ministries, others over signage fees

Government ministries, led by their permanent secretaries, feature prominently among the top delinquent signage-fee defaulters, even as the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC)…
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson making his contribution to the 2026-2027 National Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12, 2026.
March 12, 2026

Robinson proposes digital nomad programme and electronic invoicing as alternatives to gov't's tax package

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson is proposing a $10 billion revenue plan that would rely on an electronic invoicing system to improve tax compliance and a Digital Nomad Programme to…
Members of the EDE (Committed to Development) political party arrive to register the party at the Provisional Electoral Council in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
March 12, 2026

Record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade

A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by Thursday’s deadline to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade, although not all will make the cut. Nonetheless, the…
The grounds of the former May Pen Police Station in Clarendon, where municipal authorities plan to develop a shopping enclave for vendors.
March 12, 2026

Mayor eyes old May Pen police station property for shopping hub

Mayor of May Pen Joel Williams says the grounds of the old police station in the town will be transformed into a shopping enclave with individual outlets for vendors, as part of a broader strategy to…