One year after Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, leaving communities struggling to rebuild and thousands of families facing an uncertain future, dancehall veteran Beenie Man has released a new song questioning the distribution…
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When The Shopper Is Software and Five Questions Every Caribbean Marketer Must Now Answer
In six weeks, a personal AI agent from Meta went from launch to more than 10 million users, and shopping became its most common use, with average purchases above US$200, according to…
The Five Questions: Part 4 | The Human Question: Trust Is the Last Scarce Asset
What do we owe our customers, our staff and our audiences when machines do more of the work? The technology debate in marketing is moving quickly from “can it” to “should it”. Consumers…
Why Jamaica Is Still Struggling to Capitalise on Its Global Musical Influence
Jamaican music has left its mark on genres around the world, from reggaeton and electronic dance music to regional adaptations such as Hawaiian and Japanese reggae. But as Jamaican rhythms, recordings and musical…
On This Day in 1946: Jamaican-American Author Michelle Cliff Was Born in Kingston
On November 2nd, 1946, Jamaican-American novelist, poet and essayist Michelle Cliff was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Best known for her acclaimed novels Abeng and No Telephone to Heaven, Cliff built a literary career…
A Jamaican’s Guide To The Best Things To Do In New York in November 2026
November is shaping up to be an exciting month in New York City, as the Big Apple transitions into the beauty of late autumn and begins embracing the magic of the holiday season….
Shirley Botchwey | The Commonwealth has 2.7 billion reasons to act
Ours is not a new realisation. The Commonwealth is responding to what world leaders have acknowledged for many years: ‘business as usual’ cannot reverse the unsustainable course on which the world finds itself,…
Densil Williams | Modernise or die: It is that simple
The literature on economic competitiveness, both at the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels, was not born by accident. It is derived from deep analytical and reflective work on what we refer to as the…
The Flag Belongs to Us Too: Beenie Man, Andrew Holness and the Right to Criticise
As a Jamaican who has invested considerable time, effort and personal resources in painting our people, writing our stories and promoting Jamaican art and literature throughout the diaspora, I find Prime Minister Andrew…
Businessuite International Weekly Recap – Week ending October 30, 2026
Businessuite International Weekly Recap Week ending October 30, 2026 | What Jamaican and Caribbean business leaders need to watch By the Businessuite International Business News Desk Oil closed October at its highest level…