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Dr David Lowe, managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

$1b already released to banks to kickstart business recovery, says DBJ

Managing director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Dr David Lowe says the first phase of the institution’s M5 Business Recovery Programme will be launched in the fourth quarter of the current…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence raises trafficking question in cross-examination

Defence attorney King’s Counsel Larry Smith on Thursday raised the possibility that Donna-Lee Donaldson was trafficked, during cross-examination of the Crown’s final witness in the Noel Maitland…
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December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Bank systems take spotlight in Sagicor fraud case

There were several tense moments during Thursday’s sitting of the Sagicor fraud trial as defence attorneys aggressively questioned a former banker who returned to the stand for cross-examination. The…
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, Wang Jinfeng (second right), greets crew members of the ‘Ark Silk Road; medical ship at the Montego Bay Cruise Ship Terminal on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Chinese medical ship a lifeline, says Fray

WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s health sector has received a critical boost with the arrival of China’s Navy hospital ship Ark Silk Road, which began a three-day medical mission in Montego Bay, St…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon (right) and vice-president of the Fujian Association of Jamaica, Yansen Li, at the handing over of Hurricane Melissa relief supplies by Chinese business communities in Montego Bay and Trinidad on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

J’can, Trindidadian Chinese communities partner to step up relief

WESTERN BUREAU: The Chinese community in Montego Bay, St James, has joined forces with the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Chamber of Commerce to deliver humanitarian aid to residents still reeling from…
Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison.
December 9, 2025

$10b mystery

(EDITOR'S NOTE: After the discussion on the M5 Business Recovery Programme ended and the committee moved on to take questions on other unrelated matters, Permament Secretary in the Ministry of…
Chybar
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Westmoreland wipeout

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland is on the brink of an economic collapse, with the parish’s smallest businesses – the micro enterprises that employ hundreds and fuel daily commercial life – “pretty much…
Pastor Everett Brown (left), president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU), gives an address to the media as Wenford Henry (centre), country director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency Jamaica, and Adlai Blythe, tr
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Rebuked

The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) has moved to dismiss claims being circulated on social media that it has received funding from the Government or acted on its behalf to…
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie and a team are joins by residents during a visit to the Petersfield High School shelter in Westmoreland on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Shelter residents given until end of year to vacate Petersfield High ahead of new school term

Residents taking refuge at Petersfield High School were told yesterday that they must prepare to relocate by the end of December, as the institution begins its clean-up ahead of the January school…