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December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Coding for change
Jamaica has officially become the 89th country to launch iamtheCODE, a global initiative aimed at empowering young girls and women through digital literacy and coding. The programme, which seeks to…
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December 9, 2025
Four Caribbean nations sign deal allowing citizens to move freely without visas or work permits
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): Four Caribbean nations are making it easier for their citizens to pack up and move to neighbouring countries to start a new life without the need for visas or work…
December 9, 2025
St Mary man accused of knife-point robbery
The St Mary police have charged 21-year-old Javaine Jones of Brown’s Street in Baileys Vale, St Mary with robbery with aggravation following an incident on Stennett Street, Port Maria in the parish on…
December 9, 2025
Burial industry leaders encouraged to pursue CVQ level three certification
Managers and supervisors in the burial industry are being encouraged to acquire the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) Level Three Certification in Interment Operations. Developed and…
December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
Bootylicious, Another One for Nunes feature
A TALE of two races appears to be the plot for Sunday’s divided Nigel B Nunes Memorial, division one seemingly a walkover for speedy BOOTYLICIOUS, who could not have wished a better draw, widest at…
December 9, 2025
Jalil Dabdoub | Absent and accountable: Jamaica, genocide, and the lie of neutrality
Jamaica once stood tall in the international arena – with a proud, principled advocacy for the oppressed and international law. But at the last UNGA, that legacy was abandoned. On the resolution…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
Bank exec on rape rap
A senior executive at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Dane Nicholson, is facing serious criminal charges in connection with alleged sex-related offences involving a female employee, court records…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
US delays visa surcharge
NEW YORK: The United States has delayed the start to the implementation of a US$250 visa surcharge despite the One Big Beautiful Bill signed by President Donald Trump in July indicating an October 1…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Sports tourism’s US$B future
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Sports tourism could deliver more than US$2 billion to the Caribbean by 2030, and one of the region’s most influential sports executives believes the time to act is now. Speaking…