Wang Jinfeng, China’s ambassador to Jamaica, says the island’s improving crime rate is having a positive impact on the Chinese business community, with reports of declining demands for extortion payments. Wang made the disclosure during a media briefing at his St Andrew residence on Thursday. China’s top diplomat said he has noted the decrease since his arrival in Jamaica in August 2025. “I have met with a lot of Chinese communities, and they are generally satisfied with the security situation in Jamaica,” Wang said.

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LIMA (AP): After his emotional homecoming, Pope Leo XIV got down to work Thursday telling Peru’s Catholic bishops to accompany their flocks as they face poverty and injustices, and respond to victims of clergy sexual abuse with truth, justice and amends. Leo made it clear he knows the Peruvian church and people well in his opening events in Lima, identifying some of the biggest challenges facing them and calling the influential Catholic hierarchy especially to task to be models of unity and communion.

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Sixteen-year-old Denbigh High footballer Omarion Wright has revealed the terrifying moments when a lightning strike left him and teammate Lashawn Barnaby on the ground during their daCosta Cup quarter-final encounter against Cornwall College on Tuesday. Wright, who hails from Old Harbour in St Catherine, said the frightening experience has left an indelible mark on him, admitting that he was shocked, confused and genuinely afraid for his life as he struggled to understand what had happened.

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This weekend, soca princess Nailah Blackman brings her pulsating energy to Jamaica as she connects with audiences on Sunday at Breeze, the Soca Dancehall Experience at the Port Royal Cruise Port. Always happy to perform in the Caribbean, Blackman joins dancehall star Aidonia and St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Skinny Fabulous on stage at a midday-to-midnight experience that promoters market as “bringing together three distinctive Caribbean musical personalities”. Breeze music features Chromatic, Private Ryan, FyahMan, DJ Gabby, DJ Ovamarz, DJ Tyler and Matt Camps.

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Excelerate Energy expects to double the volume of gas moving through its Jamaican infrastructure, aided by its recent supply deal to The Bahamas, management said. The contract was disclosed last week, but not its impact on Jamaica. The island will store the LNG and then ship it onwards to The Bahamas. Chief Executive Steven Kobos said the Bahamian volumes at full run rate would result in “doubling Jamaica’s throughput of LNG”. He was responding to analysts on the company’s third-quarter earnings call this month.

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