KINGSTON, Jamaica — General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited (GenAc) recorded its highest-ever revenue in 2025, with insurance revenue reaching $13.1 billion, a 14 per cent increase over the previous year, despite the significant financial impact of Hurricane Melissa on the group. According to a release from the company on Monday, the record performance, outlined in its 2025 Annual Report, was accompanied by a sharp recovery in profitability, with profit...

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) rights chief called Monday for countries and "frontier" artificial intelligence companies to act urgently to rein in a technology he warned posed "unprecedented risks". In a letter sent to countries and AI developers and shared with the media, Volker Turk cautioned that the world was "on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come". "The...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has issued a warning to persons residing in the wealthy areas mainly in the west of Trinidad and Tobago that they “will be prosecuted in the same manner as any other citizen” as she confirmed that the existing state of emergency (SOE) “is coming to the end of its authorised period”. In a statement posted on her social media pages, Persad-Bissessar said...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — President Irfaan Ali says Guyana remains confident that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in its favour in the decades-old border dispute with Venezuela. Oral hearings in the territorial controversy concluded on May 11 and Guyana’s case affirming the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award is now fully before the ICJ with a final, binding ruling expected early in the new year. In June, the Ali...

Olympic champion Gabrielle “Gabby” Thomas has apologised after failing to recognise Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt from his baby photo during a game featured on the Olympics’ social media platforms. Thomas addressed the incident in a series of posts on X after facing criticism online for not identifying Bolt and laughing during the exchange. “I want to genuinely apologise to everyone I upset for not recognising Usain Bolt in his...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) is calling on the Government to urgently outline a clear industrial strategy, warning that the latest merchandise trade data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) confirm a deepening structural decline in Jamaica’s visible trade performance and a continuing fall-off in export earnings. According to a release from the PNP on Monday, STATIN’s most recent International Trade Merchandise Bulletin, covering January to...

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