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Members of the Caribbean Assurance Brokers team, including (from left) Toni Nishell Miller, divisional administrator; Donna Brown, chief operations officer; Sheba Grant, chief accountant; Moniesha Bryan, assistant marketing manager; Treves Allen, claims as
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | Caribbean Assurance Brokers team brings relief to Trelawny communities

Recognising the extent of damage to homes, CG United provided funds in the amount of US$25,000 to the Food For The Poor programme, to support roof repairs.
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | CG United donates to Food For The Poor for hurricane relief

In observance of International Volunteer Day, more than 40 members of the Scotiabank team gathered at Food For The Poor’s warehouse to support ongoing Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. Volunteers assembled 2,000 food and care packages, helping to bring c
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | Scotia Group champions community empowerment on International Volunteer Day

Chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association (JCEA), Dr Norman Grant (4th left) inspects a bag of Newport Fersan fertiliser gifted to the association towards resuscitating coffee farms impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Also sharing in the occasion fro
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | Newport Fersan gifts relief supplies for coffee farms

Intcomex Jamaica brought early Christmas cheer to over 100 families in Cave District, Westmoreland, on December 13, as part of its six-month adoption of the community to assist with post-Hurricane Melissa recovery.
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | Intcomex Jamaica adopts Westmoreland communities for relief

The Jamaican Heritage Committee, an employee engagement group at the Queen’s Borough office of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, formed in 2012 to celebrate Jamaica 50, came together to coordinate relief supplies for Westwood Hi
January 15, 2026

Corporate Hands | The Jamaican Heritage Committee (NY) coordinates relief supplies for Westwood High

IIED and Adaptation Financing report 2026
January 15, 2026

Earth Today | Financing adaptation

A NEW report is shining light into the ways in which small island developing states (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) can get the financial support they need in order to pursue adaptation in…
Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.
January 15, 2026

Earth Today | Toward a more resilient planet

THE RECENTLY concluded seventh session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) has yielded 11 resolutions, three decisions and a Ministerial Declaration intended to advance solutions for a more…
The entrance to the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew.
January 14, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

POLICE PROBE

The board of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has reported “specific matters” from a report on the procurement activities of the hospital to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Fraud…