A jury convicts Andre Ruddock in the Pathways Ministries killing, a viral video reignites the Hurricane Melissa relief debate, Haiti celebrates a gang leader's death, Pope Leo challenges Milei in Argentina, and Nvidia investigates its CEO.
COP31 opens in Antalya as small islands warn the 1.5°C line is slipping; Trump says deportations were "too tough" as Jamaicans face voting charges; Negril's road delays; a Trelawny squatting fight; and a US giant takes over Clarendon's Chemical Lime.
The US widens its Iran blockade to land routes, Israel's president taps Gadi Eisenkot over Netanyahu, Jamaica counts 111 road deaths in a quarter, Anti-Gang Week starts in schools, and the BVI tops a global tax haven index.
Today's top five: Grenada's NDC wins a historic landslide, eight Jamaican police divisions record zero murders in October, the JLP scales back its conference, Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles at the White House, and a bank collapse topples Paraguay's president.
El Salvador's troop surge in Haiti, the Caribbean's demands and Jamaica's lead role at COP31, hoteliers pressing on a 15% tourism GCT, a planned 300 MW renewable tender, and a deadly Russian strike on a Ukrainian aid center.
Democrats sweep both chambers of Congress as Vance blames the Iran war; Britain commits to time-bound talks on slavery's harms; a Cuba vote row erupts in Gordon House; PEP concessions run one more year; and Israel certifies a deadlocked election.
Democrats take the US House as Texas flips and Florida elects a governor with Jamaican roots. Plus: King Charles on slavery at CHOGM, a challenge to the PM's seat goes to trial, hotels fight Booking.com, and US strikes near Hormuz.
Jamaica gets a new Ministry of Mining and Geology. Plus: Caribbean leaders tell Britain an apology is not enough at CHOGM, Americans vote in the midterms, a $40-a-year HIV prevention shot advances, and a Haitian gang leader asks the UN for talks.
Jamaica's central bank governor tells a shrinking BPO sector to pivot. Plus: a new Doppler radar and a retreating shore at Alligator Pond, Guyana's opposition leader remanded, a record US early vote, and Europe's youth protests.
P.J. Patterson calls Jamaica's Cuba abstention a betrayal as the government pushes back. Plus: NIDS for disaster grants and a new plan for Black River, Britain open to a slavery apology, Iran's two-day Hormuz offer, and a Black Sea grain push.