Rejected: Warner Bros says no to Ellison’s Paramount bid 

Reading Time: 2 minutesMedia giant Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) has firmly rejected Paramount’s late bid of US$108 billion to take over all its operations and assets. The WBD Board of Directors favour Netflix’s offer…

Government establishes negotiating team to advance new electricity licensing framework

Reading Time: 2 minutesMinister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Daryl Vaz says a negotiating team has been established to develop a new electricity licensing arrangement for Jamaica. He further indicated that a consultant…

Jamaica’s tourism showing strong comeback

Reading Time: 3 minutesJamaica’s tourism sector is experiencing a powerful resurgence, underscoring its resilience amid widespread disruption to infrastructure, flights, and key resort areas caused by the passage of Hurricane Milissa on October…

Two new foreign envoys take up office in Jamaica

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/ Contributor Jamaica has two new foreign envoys, who have taken up office locally. They are Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Cuba to Jamaica Tania López Larroque, and Ambassador-designate…

Man sentenced to more than 12 months for theft of Digicel cables and batteries

Reading Time: < 1 minute27-year-old Erick Robinson has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be served at hard labour, after pleading guilty to stealing batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel.

Robinson appeared before the St Catherine Parish Court yesterday, where he faced charges of malicious destruction of property, simple larceny, and trespassing on the works of a telecommunication facility.

Musical giant Jimmy Cliff remembered for taking Jamaica’s musical culture worldwide

Reading Time: 7 minutesPrime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Wednesday reflected on the great reality of the Honourable James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers, OM, being a music and cultural giant who sang and acted…