The first LATAM Fiber Broadband Leaders Summit,  hosted by Huawei, with the support of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Informa Markets, was held in São Paulo, Brazil on Monday, October 2, 2023.

Venturing into the heart of financial prowess, Mayberry Investments Limited's latest investor briefing brought into focus the impressive journey of Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Kemar ‘Ding Dong’ Ottey rang in his 43rd birthday on Friday, September 29, 2023 in his backyard at the National Stadium Car Park. The event was a star-studded affair, as fellow artistes, dancers and influencers showed out to celebrate with the ‘Dancing King’.

Stephanie Cole-Christie, also known as Mumma, the lone woman convicted for being a member of the deadly Klansman gang, has been sentenced to nine years and 10 months behind bars for her membership in the criminal organisation.

Lifespan Spring Water company has always been an innovator. This time around the company is inviting all its customers to embark on the MetaVerse by getting a chance to win Non Fungible Tokens or NFT’s, a first for any campaign locally.

FUTURE Energy Source Company (FESCO) has more than doubled its profit performance in a year, resulting in a 68.9 per cent increase in its net worth to $1.3 billion.

Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, JP, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Lincoln Downer as High Commissioner-designate to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

High Commissioner-Downer will take up his assignment fresh from a tour of duty as Consul General at Toronto.  A career foreign service officer for over twenty-five years, he has honed his craft through assignments at the Headquarters of the Ministry, as well as through representational duties at the Jamaican High Commission in London and the Consulate-General at New York.  High Commisioner-Designate Downer also spent four years at the Passport Department of the Ministry of National Security, as Customer Service Manager.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of the West Indies.

The High Commissioner-designate has accrued substantial experience dealing with the Diaspora in the jurisdictions in which he served.  Of the charge to be given to him,

Minster Johnson Smith said,

“He is expected to apply the energy and dynamism for which he is known to carry forward the vision of the Ministry for enhanced Diaspora engagement across the several countries to which he will be accredited.  He will also be mandated to strengthen bilateral relations with these countries and to further the Economic Diplomacy Programme with the continent.”

The High Commisioner-designate will assume duties in Abuja in October.

There is every indication that the country is fast approaching a major national election, as the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has indicated that it has started recruiting Election Day workers for upcoming and future elections and referenda.

Two more top executives under the NCB Group are out the door with Steven Gooden, Chief Executive Officer of NCB Capital Markets, and CEO of TFOB 2021 Limited, operators of digital wall Lynk, Vernon James, resigning.

IN the wake of seven people being killed in the last 72 hours Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is again making a case for harsher minimum sentences to be imposed for people who commit capital murder.