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Jamaica set to Become Caribbean’s largest transshipment hub
St. Vincent Times
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July 16, 2025
Jamaica poised to become Caribbean’s largest transshipment hub Jamaica is set to become the largest and fastest-growing transshipment hub in the Caribbean with a US$80-million expansion of operations at the Kingston Freeport Terminal (KFTL). The...
Jamaica poised to become Caribbean’s largest transshipment hub
The Gleaner
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July 15, 2025
JAMAICA IS on track to become the largest and fastest-growing transshipment hub in the Caribbean, with a US$80-million expansion of operations at the Kingston Freeport Terminal (KFTL). The Westlands Expansion Project is a collaboration between the...
UK tech firm Abergower enters Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
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July 16, 2025
MARKS...files go missing, archives are inaccessible, and responses are delayed. This undermines both citizens’ confidence and institutional performance. (Photo: Cevan Coore) Key Points: UK firm Abergower Limited has launched a Caribbean subsidiary...
The World’s Longest Tropically Aged Rum Makes Its Grand Debut in Jamaica
Haute Living - Florida
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July 15, 2025
Photo Credit: Appleton In the lush heart of Jamaica’s Nassau Valley, something extraordinary has quietly been aging for over half a century. Now, Appleton Estate—the island’s legendary rum distillery—has unveiled The Source 51-Year-Old, the...
Jamaica Diaspora Mentorship Academy Concludes Impactful Milestone Pilot Year
Jamaica Information Service
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July 14, 2025
The Jamaica Diaspora Mentorship Academy (JDMA) celebrated a successful pilot year with a recent virtual end-of-year ceremony. Officially launched during the 10th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference in June 2024 in Montego Bay, St. James, the JDMA...
Research Article – Arthur Lewis revisited: Economic development with a limited supply of labour
The Round Table
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July 15, 2025
[This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies.] Introduction The English-speaking Caribbean has been characterised by sluggish growth, high unemployment, low...
Gov’t Empowering MSMES to Scale Up Exports
Jamaica Information Service
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that Government continues to empower micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to increase exports and enter new markets. “Through Export Jamaica and the Export Academy, we are...
From Porter to Scrub Tech: HSA Staff Member Steps Up to Serve Patients in a New Role
Caymanian Times
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July 14, 2025
After nearly five years serving as a dedicated porter at the Health Services Authority (HSA), Elda Green-James has begun a new chapter of her healthcare journey as an Operating Theatre Scrub Technician. This exciting career shift is not only a...
$668m approved for local film productions
Jamaica Observer
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, addresses the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) linkages day event at the University of Technology (UTech) campus in Papine, St Andrew, on July 15. (Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson) July 16, 2025 KINGSTON,...
The Story of São Luís: How a Brazilian City Became the Reggae Capital of South America
Jamaicans.com
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July 16, 2025
São Luís, the capital of Maranhão in Brazil’s northeast, is often referred to as “Brazilian Jamaica.” It’s not a tourism tagline, but a reflection of how deeply reggae music has become embedded in the city’s social and cultural fabric. What began...
The Honourable Mr Justice Winston A...
SKNVibes
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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago -- On Sunday, 6 July 2025, the Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson was sworn-in as the fourth President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Montego Bay, Jamaica by His Excellency, the Most Honourable...
India looks to deepen investment in Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
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July 13, 2025
As a major South Asian economy India has a population of approximately 1.4 billion. India has set its sight on deepening economic and investment ties with Jamaica, especially now as both countries work to build on decades of bilateral cooperation...
Two Jamaican STEM stars named CIBC Caribbean SPISE scholars
Jamaica Observer
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July 13, 2025
Justin Delattibudiere and Cheyanne Daley. CIBC Caribbean honoured Justin Delattibudiere of Campion College and Cheyanne Daley of Glenmuir High School as its 2025 scholars in the Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE),...
DPP calls for regional collaboration to tackle cybercrime
The Gleaner
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July 16, 2025
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is calling on financial institutions in the Caribbean to establish an organisation and fraud-alert systems to address the problem of cybercrime on a regional level, which she says is fleecing the...
Jamaica tops global education rankings while advancing gender equality, says World Economic Forum
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 10, 2025
Jamaica continues to demonstrate steady progress in closing the gender gap, earning an overall score of 0.762 in the 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country ranks 38th out of 146 countries, with...
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Yuma Sun - Arizona
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Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax' NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration’s...
Morning Digest: A.P., Karnataka Ministers face off over aerospace park, Government merges 36 schemes to float farm programme, and more
The Hindu
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July 17, 2025
Karnataka Minister M.B. Patil (right) and Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh (left). | Photo Credit: The Hindu, Special Arrangement Government merges 36 schemes to float farm programme The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) approved the...
Leicestershire to be hotter than Jamaica as medicines warning issued
Leicestershire Live
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July 11, 2025
Health officials are warning that medicines could stop working as Leicestershire braces for temperatures hotter than Jamaica this weekend. Experts say the extreme heat could break down tablets, inhalers and insulin, putting people's health at...
Alexander urges police to embrace technology in crime fight
CNC 3
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July 11, 2025
Homeland Affairs Minister Roger Alexander says the Police Service must embrace technology as a key tool to tackle crime. He made the statement during yesterday’s post-Cabinet media briefing at the Red House in Port-of-Spain. Alexander, who...
CARICOM throws support behind Jamaica’s reparation efforts
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 10, 2025
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness. Government of Jamaica Caribbean Community leaders say they have backed a Jamaican initiative to take the regional reparations fight to the United Kingdom via a ruling from Britain’s highest court. The...