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December 10, 2025
by Lester Hinds
CTO hosts fundraiser to aid Jamaican tourism workers
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has set a target of US$100,000 to assist Jamaican tourism workers affected by Hurricane Melissa, with half of the funds also earmarked for Haiti. A fundraising…
December 10, 2025
Hausmann and Gabay | Deeper into the public procurement goldmine
Governments have long recognised that innovation drives economic growth. To nurture it, they have created ministries, agencies, and incubators, offering grants, subsidies, and prizes to innovators…
December 10, 2025
Church’s Chicken to establish 10 restaurants, first now open
Quick-service restaurant chain Church’s Texas Chicken opened its first store on its return to Jamaica on Monday at the Mall Plaza in Kingston, with the operators stating that it will be the first of…
December 10, 2025
by Sashana Small
AI agents to enter Mastercard’s Caribbean payments space
Mastercard has announced that its agentic payments programme, designed to allow authorised artificial-intelligence (AI) agents to conduct transactions securely, will reach Latin America and the…
December 10, 2025
Comprehensive housing solutions needed
THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article by Christopher Burgess, ‘Rebuilding housing in western Jamaica’. It reminded us that resilient solutions must, not only be appropriate…
December 10, 2025
Norris R. McDonald | Trump, Hegseth, and US hegemony: Blood in our waters
ON DECEMBER 4, the US Senate and Congress launched investigations into a horrific incident where unarmed fishermen, survivors of an American airstrike, were later deliberately targeted and killed…
December 10, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Sandals bets big with MoBay rebuild, Runaway Bay roll-out
WESTERN BUREAU: Sandals Resorts International will invest more than US$120 million ($19 billion) to rebuild and transform its two flagship Montego Bay properties part of a broader strategy that…
December 10, 2025
Bartlett says no evidence of systemic rebookings away from Jamaica
The Jamaican government is hoping for a rebound in the travel market, which took a hit during and after Hurricane Melissa. “The winter season outlook remains broadly positive,” said Tourism Minister…
December 10, 2025
Getting storm recovery aid to small entrepreneurs is complicated – JAMFIN
Providing support to the smallest of small businesses, even in a time of crisis, is not easy to do, even with the best of intentions. That’s because the population of microbusinesses span a gamut of…