WHEN THE JAMAICA STOCK EXCHANGE (JSE) PULLED OFF ITS FIRST CONFERENCE at the Half Moon Bay Hotel in Montego Bay Jamaica in 19-years ago, no one knew then that it contained the seeds to becoming one of the region’s leading business conferences.
Regional heavyweights expected at this year’s JSE Conference – Ellis
HEAVYWEIGHTS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS of the regional economy will converge at the Jamaica Pegasus from January 23-25 for the annual Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) conference held this year under the theme ‘The Drivers of Capital: From Concept to Growth’.
Dutch Quarter:— Police are busy investigating an incident in the Dutch Quarter where a 6-day-old baby was thrown over a balcony by the mother. According to information reaching SMN News the mother of the child is perceived to be a mental health patient but that has not been confirmed.
Attached is a statement of ACM on International Day to End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists.
2nd November 2023
This UN International Day to End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists is a bleak one. Today 33 media workers are confirmed killed in the Israeli-Palestine conflict: 28 Palestinian, 4 Israeli and 1 Lebanese. The Association for Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) also notes with sadness that Latin American and the Caribbean remains one of the deadliest places to be a journalist. According to UNESCO’s Director General Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity, 69 journalists have been killed in the region in 10 countries from 2022-2023.