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Nicholas Chow
January 19, 2026

Nicholas Chow | Rethinking infrastructure in the era of climate change

The privatisation of public infrastructure is a contentious issue. However, after facing Hurricane Melissa, the Caribbean must see that time is running out for climate-proofing our nations. No single…
Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism.
January 19, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Destination Assurance white paper to be tabled in Parliament shortly

A white paper on Destination Assurance, aimed at strengthening Jamaica’s tourism industry in order to ensure its sustainability, was presented to Cabinet last Monday and is expected to come to…
Director of Tourism Donovan White (left) looks on as Chair of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Planning Committee, Nicola Madden-Greig, responds to a question, during the launch of JAPEX 2025 last September at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB)) in New Ki
January 19, 2026 by Janet Silvera

2025 promised much for tourism and tested everything

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism sector entered 2025 with confidence, but by year’s end, the numbers told a more complicated story. For the period January to November, the island welcomed…
A dancer adjusts his costume before taking part in a procession honouring St Thomas, the patron saint of Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
January 19, 2026 by Aaron Coy Moulton

Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

In the aftermath of the US military strike that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, the Trump administration has emphasised its desire for unfettered access to Venezuela’s oil…
Bigeye trevally fish swim against the current at Wolf Island, Ecuador in the Galapagos.
January 19, 2026 by Jonas Gamso and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70 per cent of the planet, carry 90 per cent of global trade, and support millions of jobs and the diets of billions of people. As global…
Supreme Ventures team members pack care packages.
January 19, 2026

Supreme Ventures stands by staff on road to recovery

In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Supreme Ventures moved swiftly to stand with its employees, rolling out a myriad of staff-centred relief measures that place dignity, care…
Ahead of the start of Day One of the five-day CAPE/STEM workshop series, JPS Foundation Head Sophia Lewis (right) queried the expectations of St George’s College lower-sixth form students (from left) Jadon Hyman, Shyanne Reid and Kyheem Irving at The Uni
January 19, 2026

JPS Foundation, UWI workshop benefits CAPE/STEM students islandwide

It’s full speed ahead for sixth-form students preparing to sit their final-year exams. Fortunately, for more than 1,200 high-school students - drawn from high schools across the span of the island -…
Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith co-chairs a high-level panel at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference, alongside Iceland’s minister of the environment, energy and climate, Jóhann Páll Jóhanns
January 19, 2026

UN High Seas Treaty enters into force

The Government of Jamaica is positioning itself to take full advantage of the United Nations (UN) High Seas Treaty which officially entered into force on Saturday. The Treaty, which is officially…
January 19, 2026

Court blocks competitor from using ‘King’ in branding dispute with KingAlarm

KingAlarm Services Limited has secured an injunction blocking competitor KingGuard Security Services Limited from using the word ‘King’ in its branding in an intellectual property dispute between the…