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A YouTube sign is shown near the company’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, USA on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
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Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

A jury has found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first of its kind lawsuit seeking to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services, awarding the plaintiff US$3 million in damages.

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A Rubis gas station.
March 25, 2026

Jamaica, Caribbean oil supplies secure despite Middle East turmoil, says Rubis

Jamaica and the broader Caribbean will continue generating strong profits for French energy distributor Rubis in 2026, company executives said, dismissing concerns that the Middle East conflict will…
Solomon Sharpe, CEO of Main Event Entertainment Limited.
March 25, 2026

Main Event looks to carnival to grow cash in aftermath of Melissa

Main Event Entertainment Group Limited (MEEG) expects the carnival season to drive its second-quarter recovery. “We have our fair share of carnival work coming up,” CEO Solomon Sharpe told the…
Allan McDaniel, managing director of Stationery & Office Supplies Limited.
March 25, 2026

SOS annual sales rise despite hurricane inventory write-downs

Stationery and Office Supplies Limited (SOS) held its ground in 2025, recording its second-highest annual revenue despite losing its entire Montego Bay inventory to Hurricane Melissa – a resilience…
Dino Hinds CEO of MFS Capital Partners Limited.
March 25, 2026

Office furniture acquisition could push MFS Capital towards $300m

MFS Capital Partners plans to acquire Century Business Machines (CBM), a long-established supplier of office furniture, technology and stationery. CEO Dino Hinds has projected a doubling of…
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March 22, 2026

Jamaicans are 49th happiest in world – UN report

Jamaicans are happier this year than last year despite hurricane damage, according to the World Happiness Report 2026. In a world where conflict drives nations to the bottom and social media is…
In this November 2, 2016, then Energy Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley, (left) and then Chairman of Wigton Windfarm Duane Smith examine solar panels installed at the wind farm in Manchester.
March 22, 2026

Hurricane Melissa damage prompts rethink of solar reliance for 220mw auction

Jamaica wants investors to build more wind and hydroelectric power projects, citing their resilience during hurricanes as part of a national push to generate half of its electricity from renewable…
Francis WadeColumnist
March 22, 2026

The nonprofit strategy retreat that ends in a stalemate

Imagine you head up a nonprofit. Unfortunately, your strategic planning leads to little more than abandoned initiatives. You believe that strategy is important, but why does it not inspire the…
File Photos Trucks hauling bauxite at Jamalco in Clarendon in 2020.
March 20, 2026

Clarendon Alumina Partners to lose $7.6b even as partners push efficiency drive at Jamalco

Clarendon Alumina Partners (CAP), which holds a stake in Jamalco alumina refinery, expects to bleed losses totalling US$46 million (J$7.6 billion) for fiscal year ending 2027, according to government…
Rudolph Brown/PHOTOGRAPHER Tyrone Wilson
March 20, 2026

Kintyre snaps up OOH Media outdoor advertiser

Kintyre Holdings (JA) Limited announced that it signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 per cent of OOH Media Services Limited, an outdoor advertising and branding business operating in Jamaica,…