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December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Young entrepreneur builds future through upholstery in Rose Gardens
At just 24 years old, Gavon Brooks has already spent nearly a decade mastering the craft of upholstery, turning what began as a teenage job into a growing business of his own. Brooks, who hails from…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Jamalco partners with HEART/NSTA Trust to launch heavy-duty equipment training programme
Jamalco, in partnership with the HEART/NSTA Trust, recently launched a heavy-duty equipment training programme at the Wembley Centre of Excellence, providing residents from surrounding communities…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Ace Academy and Catalyst Innovation launch AI-powered app to transform medical training
An AI-powered learning platform for medical education was officially unveiled last Thursday at the exclusive Stealth Tech Event hosted at Catalyst Campus in Kingston, Jamaica.
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Partnership to offer ISO certification in AI
We Manage Trust Ltd, a data privacy and cybersecurity consulting firm, has announced a landmark partnership with PECB (Professional Evaluation and Certification Board), a global education and…
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | What are the mistakes that get people’s applications refused?
Dear Ms. Powell, What are the common mistakes that cause immigration applications to be refused? I’m preparing to apply, and I want to make sure I don’t make any mistakes and get rejected. K.B. …
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | How to share your eVisa with a prospective employer
Dear Mr. Bassie, I have been asked to share my United Kingdom eVisa with a prospective employer over there and I would like to know how I should go about doing this. Any assistance would be…
December 9, 2025
Immigration Corner | How do I overcome a five-year ban?
Dear Mrs. Walker-Huntington On May 25, 2023 my visa B1/B2 visa was cancelled for visa violation and I was also given a five-year ban. Now my boyfriend lives in Philadelphia and we planned on getting…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
‘Please send him home’
The distraught guardians of missing Manchester High student Jayden Thompson were up to late yesterday pleading for his safe return, clinging to hope as the days pass with no sign of the 12-year-old.…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Eldemire Shearer: Dementia is nothing to be ashamed of
After last week’s public acknowledgement that former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been suffering from dementia, Professor of Public Health and Ageing Denise Eldemire Shearer says there…