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WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

JAMAICA | Lee-Chin's Financial Empire Unravels as Payment Defaults Mount

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 10, 2025 - Michael Lee-Chin's carefully constructed Caribbean financial kingdom is crumbling under the weight of mounting debt defaults, with the billionaire businessman now scrambling to avoid losing control of his crown jewel – NCB Financial Group.

WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

Michael Lee-Chin, chairman of NCB Financial Group,

His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, bids farewell to outgoing Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Nestor Mendez. Looking on is Ambassador Steve Ferrol of Dominica, current Chair of the of the OAS Permanent Council. (Photo | Derrick Scott)

JAMAICA Honors Departing OAS Diplomat as Historic Leadership Transition Unfolds

WASHINGTON, DC, July 10, 2025 - A decade of distinguished service came to an emotional close this week as Ambassador Nestor Mendez stepped down from his role as Assistant Secretary...

WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday March 26.

JAMAICA Scrambles as Trump's Tariff Hammer Falls on Caribbean Trade

MONTEGO BAY, July 9, 2025 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness finds himself fighting an uphill battle to salvage four decades of preferential trade relations as Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs threaten...

WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

Barbados PM Mia Mottley converses with Jamaica's PM Andrew Holness at the CARICOM meeting in Montego Bay July 7, 2025

CARIBBEAN | Jamaica and Barbados Finally Break Free from EU's Financial Purgatory

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 9, 2025 - After languishing for over a year in financial limbo despite full compliance with international standards, Jamaica and Barbados have finally been freed from...

WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

JAMAICA| Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, Legal Trailblazer Takes the Commonwealth Stage

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 9, 2025 - Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop's ascension to the presidency of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal represents more than just another diplomatic appointment—it marks the culmination of...

WiredJA News Team News 10 July 2025

JAMAICA Becomes 13th CARICOM Nation to Join Afreximbank's US$3 Billion Regional Initiative

MONTEGO BAY, JULY 8, 2025 - In the elegant setting of Half Moon, Rose Hall, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah witnessed the memorandum of understanding...

WiredJA News Team News 09 July 2025

Former CARICOM Chair, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley

CARICOM | Mottley's Brutal Truth: The World Has Failed Haiti, and the Caribbean Pays the Price

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 7, 2025 - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley delivered a scorching indictment of global hypocrisy at CARICOM's 49th summit, declaring with unflinching clarity: "The world really...

WiredJA News Team News 08 July 2025

President John Dramani Mahama has inherited an economic minefield

AFRICA | Ghana's Economic Reckoning: New President Inherits IMF Bailout Mess

WASHINGTON DC, July 7, 2025 - Ghana's freshly minted President John Mahama has inherited an economic minefield wrapped in an IMF lifeline. The International Monetary Fund announced Monday the release...

WiredJA News Team News 07 July 2025

Newly Installed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, His Hon. Winston Anderson

CARICOM | Jamaican Jurist Winston Anderson installed as President of Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 7, 2025 - When Mr. Justice Winston Anderson was sworn in as the Caribbean Court of Justice's fourth president on Sunday, he inherited more than just...

WiredJA News Team News 07 July 2025

JAMAICA'S Digital Entanglement with Israeli Intelligence Operations

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, July 6, 2025 - Jamaica has significantly deepened its cybersecurity partnerships with Israel throughout 2024-2025, marked by a J$4-billion ELTA Systems contract, high-level diplomatic visits, and ongoing...

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