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Safia Cooper, managing director of Pulse Investments Limited.
December 9, 2025

Pulse adjusts approach to revenue recognition

Pulse Investments Limited has reported a sharp contraction in core revenue for the financial year ending June as it reshapes its business model. The modelling agency and hospitality company reported…
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference after a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday.
December 9, 2025

Dom Rep grants US access to restricted areas for fight against drugs

SAN JUAN (AP): Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader announced Wednesday that he has authorised the US government to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help in its fight…
Orlando Bennett, World Championship silver medallist and President’s Awardee, and his fiancée, Kareme Hudson, make a picture-perfect pair.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Friday

Elegance, unity, and purpose converged last Saturday, as the Calabar Old Boys’ Association hosted its annual cocktail and awards ceremony at The University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters.…
‘Gallivant’ by Michelle Simone ‘SiiM’ Clarke.
December 9, 2025

Michelle Simone ‘SiiM’ Clarke releases debut memoir ‘Gallivant’

When Michelle Simone ‘SiiM’ Clarke talks about Gallivant, she isn’t simply describing her debut memoir; she’s revisiting a younger version of herself she never expected to meet again. “These stories…
Pairing up for a photo at the I Love Jamaica telethon and virtual concert are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange and Lenford Salmon, executive director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Hurricane Melissa won’t rain on Jamaica’s Christmas parade — Minister Grange

Reggae music is “a music for all seasons”, and Hurricane Melissa “is not going to rain on our parade”. That’s the word from Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange…
The frame of Alson Hughes’s house in Darliston, Westmoreland, after Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Hurricane Melissa wrecks Christmas for W’land families

WESTERN BUREAU For thousands of Jamaicans, the warmth of Christmas will be more than a memory this year. Hurricane Melissa, now recorded as the most violent storm ever to strike the island, has left…
Mason Greenwood
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Hayden, Bell opposed to Greenwood call-up

Reggae Boyz Isaac Hayden and Amari’i Bell have spoken out against the Jamaica Football Federation’s (JFF) ambitions of calling up ousted England striker Mason Greenwood for the intercontinental…
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December 9, 2025

Truck driver dies after suspected electrocution in St Catherine

The Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch in St Catherine has launched a probe into the death of a truck driver who is suspected to have been electrocuted. Dead is 27-year-old Demari Lewis of…
Dr Wayne Wesley (centre), CXC registrar, in conversation with Carol Simpson (left), officer-in-charge of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Division for Latin America and the Caribbean; Monica Halil Lövblad (second right), head of WIP
December 9, 2025

CXC to publishers: Make texts accessible for visually impaired learners

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will require publishers to produce accessible texts, including braille and large print, registrar Dr Wayne Wesley said Monday. Speaking at a World Intellectual…