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Relatives of detainee Yosnars Baduel embrace outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Thursday, January 8, 2026, after National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said the government would release Venezuelan and foreign prisoners. (AP Photo/Matias
January 8, 2026

Venezuela releases some journalists and activists from prison as a gesture to ‘seek peace’

GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former…
Intcomex Jamaica executives Claudia Bermudez-Rodriguez (left), sales manager, and Cecile Cameron, operations manager, assist residents during the company’s Christmas outreach in Cave district. Families enjoyed a “no-pay shopping” event, choosing clot
January 8, 2026

Corporate Hands | Intcomex Jamaica brings hope to Cave, Westmoreland

Clover Reddie-Brown (left), director of Reddies Place of Safety, receives a donation cheque from Marathon’s Joseth Brown, manager of business development, marketing and public relations. Staff from the insurance brokerage fêted the wards at the facility
January 8, 2026

Corporate Hands | Marathon Insurance Brokers fêtes wards at Reddies Place of Safety

Children from the Barbican community in Kingston, and their families, receive care packages with food items and school supplies during Fontana’s annual New Year’s Day treat on January 1. The initiative, which has been staged for more than a decade with
January 8, 2026

Corporate Hands | Fontana’s annual New Year’s Day treat targets Barbican community

Media relations officer at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Christopher Burke (right) assists Santa and his elf in handing out gifts to attendees at the JTB’s recent Christmas Treat, held at Devon House in Kingston. The event, held for tourism workers and
January 8, 2026

Corporate Hands | Jamaica Tourist Board hosts treat for tourism workers

CG United provided US$25,000 to the Food For The Poor programme to support roof repairs. Winsome Gibbs (right), branch manager, CG United Jamaica, made the presentation to Food For The Poor representatives, Deidre Parchment (left), finance manager, and Mar
January 8, 2026

Corporate Hands | CG United donates to Food For The Poor’s roof repairs programme

Climate change in the Courtroom snap
January 8, 2026

Earth Today | Pacific Islands NGO gets ‘policy leadership’ honour

AS CLIMATE change realities press in on vulnerable countries, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has celebrated leaders working on climate issues for their 2025 Champions of Earth Awards.…
Cover of the 2021 Guidance Note (1)
January 8, 2026

Earth Today | High praise for new community engagement course

CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT practitioners now have the benefit of the first certified online community engagement course, courtesy of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB’s) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF). …
Jeremy Taylor.
January 7, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Full confidence

The appointment of King’s Counsel Jeremy Taylor as director of public prosecutions (DPP) for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), alongside Fitz Bailey, former deputy commissioner of police in Jamaica…