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WiredJA News Team News 15 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

JAMAICA | Tourism Workers Face Year-Long Limbo as Hotels Delay Reopening

Shadow Minister Andrea Purkiss confronts Bartlett over extended closures that threaten thousands with economic catastrophe

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 15, 2025 - When Hurricane Melissa's winds finally died down, Jamaica's tourism workers received what seemed like manageable news: major properties would close for approximately 120 days. Four months of hardship, yes, but survivable with mortgage moratoriums and relief measures.

WiredJA News Team News 15 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

Hyatt Ziva in Rose Hall, St. James. Hyatt has extended the closure of seven of its eight hotels in Jamaica until November 1, 2026, pushing back an earlier reopening timeline that had targeted January 31, 2026

The tent connected to Opposition Leader and MP for the area, Jamale Pringle, at Morris Bay that was destroyed by the Develppment Control Authority allegedly upon the instructions of Prime Minister Gaston Browne.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | Democracy by Demolition: When Political Threats Become State Action in Antigua

Three days after PM Browne's parliamentary threat, Opposition Leader's business property lies in ruins—and the message to dissenters couldn't be clearer ST. JOHNS, Antigua, December 11, 2025 - The backhoe arrived...

Calvin G. Brown News 11 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

The first Lomé Convention was signed in Lomé, Togo, on February 28, 1975. Lomé is the capital city of Togo, which served as the location for negotiations and the formal signing of the agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and 46 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.

JAMAICA | The Lomé Convention: Jamaica's PJ Patterson and Zambia's Vernon Mwaanga, The Last Two Standing

Of 46 signatories to the historic 1975 Lomé Convention, only two remain alive, while six died by execution. The distance between a conference room and a firing squad was shorter...

Calvin G. Brown News 11 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

Azruddin Mohamed, leader of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party that won 16 of the 65 parliamentary seats which makes him Opposition Leader Elect.

GUYANA | Presumtive Opposition Leader Mounts Constitutional Challenge to US Extradition

Legal filing argues 2009 amendments created "unconstitutional framework" that strips courts of power and citizens of rights Georgetown, Guyana, December 9, 2025 — In a 53-page constitutional challenge that reads like...

Calvin G. Brown News 09 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

Prime Ministers Errol Barrow of Barbados, President Forbes Burnham of Guyana, Prime Minister Eric Williams of Trinidad and Tobago and Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica, gathered at Chaguaramas and told the United States and the Organization of American States exactly where they could file their Cuba embargo.

CARICOM | Empty Gestures or Genuine Solidarity: What CARICOM-CUBA Day Means in 2025

As the Caribbean commemorates 53 years of diplomatic courage, Jamaica's refusal of Cuban medical help exposes the hollowness of anniversary celebrations On December 8, 2025, Barbados will mark CARICOM-CUBA Day by...

Calvin G. Brown News 07 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

St. Lucia's Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre and former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, whose Unity Labour Party had just suffered defeat on November 27

ST. LUCIA | Pierre's Landslide and His Ominous Warning: "Foreign Entities" Threat

Historic re-election masks PM's sharp rebuke of social media "foreign entities" and democratic threats CASTRIES, St. Lucia — When Philip Joseph Pierre took his second consecutive Oath of Office on December...

Calvin G. Brown News 06 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

Caribbean central banks to launch CAPSS payment system pilot.

CARICOM | Afreximbank-CARICOM Payment System Races Against Time as China Deploys Operational Alternative

As operational alternatives to dollar hegemony emerge, the window for genuine regional autonomy is rapidly closing MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 6, 2027 - When South Africa's Standard Bank became the first...

Calvin G. Brown News 06 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

AFRICA | The US 'Dollar Wine': China's Payment System Opens New Front in Global Currency Wars

Standard Bank's CIPS integration signals accelerating de-dollarization across Africa, Caribbean, and Latin America MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, December 6, 2025 - The global financial order just shifted beneath Washington's feet, and most...

Calvin G. Brown News 06 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

SAINT LUCIA Buries Cambridge Analytica's Caribbean Ambitions

Pierre's stunning 16-1 victory exposes limits of external electoral manipulation in face of competent governance While political consultants and regional observers predicted Saint Lucia would follow Saint Vincent and Tobago's "yellow...

Calvin G. Brown News 02 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

Director of Counseling of the Pamella’s Sunrise Foundation, Dr Marjorie McWilliams - Main presenter.

EDUCATION | Educators positive response to psychosocial measures

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 1, 2025 - Educators, in concert generally, and particularly those engaged recently online in a collaborative presentation by the Ministry of Education, the Pamella’s Sunrise Foundation and...

Calvin G. Brown News 02 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

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