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December 12, 2025

St Catherine North police vow firm action against crime during Christmas season

The St Catherine North police have pledged to take a firm stance against illegal vending, robberies, extortion, and other anti-social activities during the Christmas season. Deputy Superintendent of…
Clarendon's rate of reduction is on par with the 42 per cent decline in murders, nationally. 
December 12, 2025

Clarendon murder rate plunges; police say new tactics paying off

Murders in Clarendon continue to decline, with police reporting 37 killings so far this year, a 42 per cent drop from the 64 recorded over the similar period last year, the Clarendon Municipal…
Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, executive director of BLM Oklahoma faces up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud and ten years for each count of money laundering.
December 12, 2025

US Black Lives Matter exec accused of using donations for Jamaica trip and luxury spending

A trip to Jamaica with friends was among the expenses a Black Lives Matter (BLM) executive paid for with money she allegedly embezzled from the American social justice movement, authorities in the…
Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI (AP Photo)
December 12, 2025

Disney invests US$1b in OpenAI

Disney is investing US$1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the…
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December 12, 2025

Tariffs have cost American households US$1,200 each

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly US$1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint…
Anne Chang, CEO of Fontana Limited.
December 12, 2025

Fontana expects to shrug off Melissa effects by new year

The outlook for Fontana Pharmacy remains positive as its stores in western Jamaica return to normality. “Our Montego Bay store closed for two weeks and is currently operating at reduced hours. We…
Vice-President and Head of Real Estate & Project Finance at Sygnus Capital, David Cummings.
December 12, 2025 by Neville Graham

Sygnus RE sets summer 2027 delivery date for Lakes Pen industrial park

Sygnus Real Estate Finance Limited has broken ground on the Lakes Pen Industrial Park project, a 55-acre logistics and industrial development in St Catherine, pledging to deliver serviced lots to…

In this August 7, 2020 photo, a man rides past Tencent headquarters in Beijing, China, on August 7, 2020.
December 12, 2025

Paramount says China’s Tencent withdrew from Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues

Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
December 12, 2025

Ricardo Hausmann | Will AI democratise access to equity financing?

Economists around the world are rightly focused on how AI will reshape labour markets. But the next decade’s most consequential shift may unfold in a different market altogether: equity. By…