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Jamaica returns to global markets with record-breaking US$1 billion bond

Jamaica returns to global markets with record-breaking US$1 billion bond

The Government of Jamaica has successfully raised US$1 billion in the international capital markets, marking the country's first USD-denominated bond issuance in more than a decade and achieving the lowest interest rate in Jamaica's history for international borrowing.

  • Sep 22, 2026 06:02 PM | Business

Top Stories

Old Harbour’s Nina Maud Diviney celebrates 108 years of blessings

To live a hundred years on earth is truly an impressive feat, so every day after that can be considered a bonus as well as a blessing.

  • Sep 17, 2026 01:02 PM | News
Lynton Weir criticizes CXC’s discontinuation of SBA

Principal of Old Harbour High School, Lynton Weir, has sharply criticised the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) decision to discontinue School-…

  • Sep 16, 2026 04:18 PM | News
500 scientific calculators donated to Old Harbour High School

Hundreds of students at Old Harbour High School are set to benefit from improved preparation for major mathematics examinations following the…

  • Sep 15, 2026 09:14 AM | Education
Lenesha Francis of Old Harbour crowned the first ever Miss Jamaica World Southern

Most 17-year-old girls occupy their time with TikTok trends, social media, fashion and make-up tips as they immerse themselves in a world that…

  • Sep 13, 2026 11:52 AM | News
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Sports

Female athletes eight times more likely to suffer ACL injury

No one wants to hear the distinctive pop of an ACL tearing or rupturing, which typically means the player's season is at an end.

  • Aug 19, 2026 10:10 AM | Sports

Education

Lynton Weir criticizes CXC’s discontinuation of SBA

Speaking at a special ceremony on the school’s grounds on September 12, 2026, where approximately…

  • Sep 16, 2026 04:18 PM | Education
500 scientific calculators donated to Old Harbour High School

The initiative was made possible through a collaboration between FAST Enterprises and the Pollyanna Project Inc.,…

  • Sep 15, 2026 09:14 AM | Education
Fewer than 300 teachers resigned - Dr Morris Dixon

She confirmed that fewer than 300 teachers submitted resignations between July and August, which…

  • Sep 09, 2026 05:42 AM | Education
Beverley McLaren: A life of service to Jamaica’s youth and Old Harbour

As an educator with some thirty-plus years in both the Jamaican and American classrooms, she has…

  • Aug 26, 2026 10:11 AM | Education

Business

Jamaica returns to global markets with record-breaking US$1 billion bond

The bond, priced at a coupon of 6.25 percent, was substantially oversubscribed by approximately 2.5 times, reflecting robust demand from both…

  • Sep 22, 2026 01:02 PM | Business

Commentary

Speak now, not at the funeral

It is a painful contradiction. The person who desperately needed a telephone call receives…

  • Sep 21, 2026 12:24 PM | Commentary
Remittances remain important | The challenge is mobilization

That was the question that came to mind when a regular reader recently sent me a copy of a 2017 Caribbean Policy…

  • Jun 22, 2026 08:18 AM | Commentary
The schools we celebrate and the schools we overlook: What school rankings don’t tell us

Yet there are other questions that many in Jamaican society would rather avoid. They sit quietly in the background…

  • Jun 08, 2026 10:17 AM | Commentary
When police authority meet grief: After Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin’s death

This case brought back a familiar feeling for me. It reminded me of how I felt when ICE shot…

  • May 26, 2026 09:58 AM | Commentary