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Calvin G. Brown News 25 February 2026

JAMAICA | When a National Security Minister Fires at the Wrong Enemy, Opposition Fires Back

Opposition fires back as Minister's attack on Jamaicans for Justice exposes a troubling instinct to silence accountability

By WiredJa Staff | Kingston, Jamaica | February 25, 2026

In a democracy, the Minister of National Security is supposed to be its guardian—the institutional voice that stands between the citizen and the unchecked exercise of state pow

Calvin G. Brown News 25 February 2026

JAMAICA | When a National Security Minister Fires at the Wrong Enemy, Opposition Fires Back

Bank of Jamaica’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% per cent

JAMAICA | BOJ Cuts Rates, But Hurricane Melissa’s Shadow Still Looms Over Jamaica’s Recovery

Central bank trims benchmark rate to 5.50 per cent as inflation cools faster than expected — but warns that post-storm spending could yet rekindle price pressures. KINGSTON, JAMAICA — February 24,...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde and Azurddin Mohamed outside the court.

GUYANA | High Court Strikes Down Extradition Law Provision in Mohamed Challenge — But Upholds Deportation Framework

By WiredJa | February 24, 2026 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 24, 2026 - In a ruling that sends ripples through Guyana's legal and political landscape, Acting Chief Justice Navindra A. Singh on...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Former Foreign Minister under the People's national Party A. J. Nicholson

JAMAICA | The Silence We Cannot Afford: AJ Nicholson and the Case for Caribbean Solidarity with Cuba

A former foreign minister dares to say what regional leaders whisper behind closed doors — and the moment may be riper than ever There is a particular kind of courage required...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Drone photos of Princess Grand Jamaica & Princess Senses the Mangrove | Green Island, Jamaica

JAMAICA | Concrete Over Carbon: Jamaica Paves its Rich Blue Carbon Coastline with Low Value Foreign Hi-Rises and Hotel Chains

From Green Island to Rose Hall, the hotels lining Jamaica's north-western coast are consuming the very ecosystems that could make us rich — and the government is holding the door...

Calvin G. Brown News 22 February 2026

CUBA | No Fuel, No Light, No Mercy: Cuba Turns to Solar as US Economic Warfare Deepens

And the Caribbean is being asked to help light the way Somewhere in Havana tonight, a student is trying to study by the light of a solar lamp. Not by choice....

Calvin G. Brown News 22 February 2026

Maurice Bishop was released from house arrest On October 19, 1983, as a result of mass protests. He, along with several supporters, went to the army headquarters at Fort Rupert. However, the situation escalated, and later that day, Maurice Bishop, along with some of his close allies including cabinet ministers, were executed by members of the People’s Revolutionary Army said to be loyal to Bernard Cord..

GRENADA | Four Decades, No Grave: The Unresolved Mystery of Maurice Bishop's Remains

As the United States requests military access to an airport bearing his name, Grenada still cannot bury its martyred leader By WiredJa Investigative Desk | February 21, 2026 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica |...

Calvin G. Brown News 21 February 2026

Ms Andrea Purkiss, Member of Parliament for East Hanover, Opposition Spokesperson for Tourism and Linkages

Jamaica | The Contract Trap: Jamaica's Hotel Workers Are Being Robbed of Their Rights

Opposition Spokesperson Andrea Purkiss is calling out a legal fiction that has kept hospitality workers poor, unprotected, and invisible — and Hurricane Melissa has made it impossible to look away. MONTEGO...

Calvin G. Brown News 21 February 2026

On December 8, 1972, the Prime Ministers o f Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago made the bold decision t o establish diplomatic relations with Cuba in assertion of our sovereign right to end the hemispheric economic isolation of a neighbouring Caribbean State.

CARICOM | Caribbean Elders Deliver Moral Verdict on Washington's Oil Blockade Against Cuba

Former heads of government from Barbados to Trinidad invoke the Zone of Peace doctrine as a US executive order tightens its grip on Cuba's 11 million civiliansWiredJa | February 2026 They...

Calvin G. Brown News 21 February 2026

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles and a former prince, has been arrested by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple U.K. media reports.

BRITAIN | The King's Brother in Handcuffs: Who's Next?

Andrew's arrest sends shockwaves through the Epstein web — but the biggest name remains untouched When Thames Valley Police placed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in handcuffs on suspicion of misconduct in public office,...

Calvin G. Brown News 19 February 2026

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