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Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s pick to be NASA administrator, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, December 3 in Washington.
December 19, 2025

Billionaire to run NASA

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator, placing him atop the agency after a months-long saga where President Donald Trump revoked his…

Jamaica Broilers Group head office.
December 19, 2025

Jamaica Broilers returns to positive capital position

Poultry producer Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) has returned to a positive capital position following an upswing in its assets, according to its latest second quarter financials. “The group completed…
Letters
December 19, 2025

Letter of the Day | Queer agenda undermines moral and spiritual fabric

THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent launch of the Equality For All Foundation’s updated queer agenda highlights the group’s insistence on promoting values that contradict Jamaica’s moral and spiritual…
Letters
December 19, 2025

Children in media: To show or not to show their faces

THE EDITOR Madam: A man has reportedly been taken into custody after being intercepted with a six-year-old girl who was allegedly taken from her school in May Pen, Clarendon. While the swift…
US President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation.
December 19, 2025

Editorial | Engaging America

The United States hasn’t publicly provided a detailed account of its reasoning for placing visa restrictions on Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica over the operation of Citizenship by Investment (CBI)…
Dino Hinds, CEO of MFS Capital Partners Limited.
December 19, 2025

MFS Capital sheds Bar Central and Muse 360

Private equity firm MFS Capital Partners Limited has completed a strategic portfolio clean-up, disposing of two dormant subsidiaries — Muse 360 Integrated Limited and Bar Central Limited — as part of…
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Paul Simpson (left), founder of Cornerstone who was then a vice-president at Proven Wealth Ltd, beside Chairman and co-founder of Proven Management Peter Bunting, along with other executives, in 2011 at the listing of Proven on the Jamaica Stock Excha
December 19, 2025

Proven and Cornerstone to partner on projects

Proven Management Limited, investment manager of Proven Group Limited, announced plans to partner with Cornerstone Group, which indirectly holds the second largest stake in Proven through its…
Business
December 19, 2025

JSE tourism-linked companies reeling from Melissa impact – NCB Capital

Tourism-related companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) have been dealt a blow from Hurricane Melissa which will impact them well into 2026, according to large brokerage firm NCB Capital…
December 19, 2025

Rethinking the education process for today’s children

THE EDITOR, Madam: I read with great interest the absorbing article by Ruthlyn James in The Gleaner of Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in which she defined what student engagement assistants should be…