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North America’s 1st Floating Bar Poko Loko Opens In Jamaica
Home/Travel/North America’s 1st Floating Bar Poko Loko Opens In Jamaica OCHO RIOS, Jamaica – On the clear blue waters of Ocho Rios, Poko Loko’s floating bar will open to locals and tourists. Opening day is scheduled for May 26th to the general …
Source: South Florida Caribbean News - Neutral -
Published on May 14, 2025
US-based company acquires New Fortress Energy’s Jamaica operations
US-based Excelerate Energy announced Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of New Fortress Energy’s operations in Jamaica, marking a major step in its downstream expansion strategy in the Caribbean. Under the terms of the agreement, Excelerate has …
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Published on May 14, 2025
Reminder: Bank of Jamaica Demonetizes Old Cotton Banknotes
Bank of Jamaica wishes to remind the public that, effective 1 July 2025, the old cotton banknotes comprised of the $5000, $1000, $500, $100 and $50 denominations will no longer be legal tender. This means that they will no longer be able to be used for …
Source: Jamaica Information Service - Gov't Institution -
Published on May 14, 2025
How Seymour Newman Quietly Became One of Jamaica’s Greatest Middle-Distance Runners
For 45 years, Jamaica’s national 800 metres record stood unchallenged. Many had forgotten the man who set it—until Navasky Anderson broke the mark in 2023. That man was Seymour Newman: reclusive, fiercely private, and one of Jamaica’s most talented and …
Source: Jamaicans.com - Neutral -
Published on May 14, 2025
Diaspora group calls for public sex offender registry after murder of 9-year-old in Jamaica
A Florida-based Jamaican diaspora organization is calling for immediate legislative action following the brutal killing of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrington, whose death has sent shockwaves across the island and the diaspora community. The Female Development …
Source: Caribbean National Weekly - Neutral -
Published on May 14, 2025
Jamaica Evil to the elderly Group urges laws protecting seniors from abuse
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) – CITING cases like that of an elderly man who was “found starving in his apartment” after his accounts were drained by his young lover, the “sexual abuse of older men by younger women who seduce them to …
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Published on May 14, 2025
TFG Marine Launches Jamaica Bunkering Service
The firm will supply at Kingston and on the north coast of Jamaica in partnership with local supplier Scott Petroleum from June 1. File Image / Pixabay Global marine fuel supplier and trading firm TFG Marine has launched a new physical supply operation …
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Published on May 14, 2025
Jamaica PM wants long term investment in agritcultural sector
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country needs a commercial ecosystem that promotes long-term investment in the agricultural sector to significantly boost national outputs and fully sustain visitors to the island. Holness told delegates …
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Published on May 14, 2025
New Fortress Energy Delays Quarterly Filing Due to Holdup in Selling Jamaica Business
U.S.-based LNG company, New Fortress Energy, said on Tuesday it would push its quarterly filing with the U.S. securities regulator due to a delay completing the previously announced sale of its business in Jamaica. Shares of the company fell 3.8 per cent …
Source: Nationwide 90FM - Neutral