When Hurricane Melissa tore through southern Jamaica, few communities were hit as hard as Parottee, a quiet fishing village along the St. Elizabeth coastline. Homes were ripped apart, fishing boats destroyed, and families…
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Deta Hedman, the ‘Caribbean Queen’, Finally Claims the WDF World Title
For more than forty years, Deta Hedman, known as the “Caribbean Queen”, has been one of darts’ most enduring figures: admired, feared, sometimes underestimated, but always present. When she finally became the World…
Touchscreens Turn Browsers into Bigger Buyers — KFC Jamaica’s Kiosk Rollout and the Upsell Revolution
When KFC Jamaica quietly opened its first self-service ordering kiosks at the Springs Plaza outlet in Half-Way-Tree this month — signalling an island-wide roll-out across all 43 locations — it joined a global…
Not a Fluke: Why Jamaica Men’s Basketball Is Building Real Momentum Ahead of 2026 Home Games
Jamaica’s Men’s National Basketball Team has stunned the region with back-to-back wins over Puerto Rico in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers, both secured on Puerto Rican soil. In the first…
Sophia Frazer-Binns | The interconnected crisis
The quote by John Muir ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ or by Chief Seattle, that “All things are bound…
Debbie-Ann Gordon | Westmoreland: At the epicentre of Hurricane Melissa’s wrath
With winds stronger than those required for Category 5 designation, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in New Hope, Westmoreland, on October 28. Forecasts pointed to eastern Westmoreland and western St Elizabeth, but the storm…
How This Jamaican in Panama Took Action for Hurricane Relief Before the Disaster Hit
When Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica, Judith Falloon-Reid, a Jamaican living in Panama, saw what was coming long before the storm made landfall. She had lived through major hurricanes while doing relief work in…
How Shein and Temu Won the Cheap-Shipping Era — and What the End of “De Minimis” Means for Jamaica
When two China-origin platforms — Shein and Temu — exploded onto global e-commerce lists in the late 2010s and early 2020s they did so by mastering three brutal truths of modern retail: ultra-fast…
How to Hand Your Business to the Next Generation — and Avoid a Family War
When Rupert Murdoch and his children finally reached a settlement this year to end a years-long succession fight, the public spectacle offered a blunt lesson for every family-run business: leave succession to chance…
Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses
Netflix has agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn (£54bn) in a major Hollywood deal. The streaming giant emerged as the successful bidder for Warner Bros…