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WiredJA News Team News 05 October 2025

CARICOM Welcomes Formation of Caribbean Council of National PTAs as "Critical Partners" in Education Transformation

Regional body's Assistant Secretary-General Alison Drayton hails new organization as essential bridge between homes and classrooms across the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados October 5, 2025 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has formally welcomed the establishment of the Caribbean Council of National Parent-Teacher Associations (CCNPTA), with a senior official describing the newly formed body as a critical partner in the region's education transformation and broader development efforts.

WiredJA News Team News 05 October 2025

Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM, Ms Alison Drayton. She adderesed the 2025 Regional Symposium and Policy Dialogue on Transforming Education (30 September to 2 October 2025)

CARICOM Achieves Historic Breakthrough in Regional Agricultural Trade at COTED Meeting in St. Kitts-Nevis

Three landmark agreements set to transform Caribbean food security and regional commerce ST. KITTS AND NEVIS – In what regional leaders are calling a watershed moment for Caribbean integration, the 121st...

WiredJA News Team News 05 October 2025

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica Mr. Richard Byles

JAMAICA | BOJ Holds Steady: Governor Byles' MPC Explains Why 1.2% Inflation Doesn't Mean Rate Cuts

Central Bank maintains 5.75% policy rate despite inflation falling well below target range KINGSTON, Jamaica October 1, 2025 - – Despite headline inflation plummeting to just 1.2 per cent in August—well...

WiredJA News Team News 04 October 2025

Opposition Leader Mark Golding and Prime Minister Andrew Holness

JAMAICA | Let’s Talk! Golding Calls out Holness for Passing the Buck on Constitutional Reform

Mark Golding calls Andrew Holness's bluff on constitutional reform, exposing the gap between public rhetoric and political will KINGSTON, Jamaica October 3, 2025 - The words hung in the air at...

WiredJA News Team News 03 October 2025

Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton at the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization.

DIASPORA | Jamaica Ranks Second in Caribbean for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention, Minister Reports to PAHO

WASHINGTON D.C., October 3, 2025 — Jamaica has achieved significant progress in combating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), ranking 14th overall in the Americas and second in the Caribbean according to the...

WiredJA News Team News 03 October 2025

CARIBBEAN | America's Rising Price Tag for Caribbean Travelers

New visa fees threaten to price out ordinary Caribbean families from their closest international neighbor Maria Thompson had already started saving for her daughter's University of Florida application when the email...

WiredJA News Team News 03 October 2025

US Armada in the Caribbean Sea . Aimed at drug cartels or innocent fishermen?

CARICOM | Caribbean Caught Between Political Persecution and Military Incursion

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 2, 2025 - The scene at V.C. Bird International Airport should have been unremarkable—a former prime minister making a routine stopover. Instead, Dr. Keith Rowley's July detention...

WiredJA News Team News 03 October 2025

Prime Minister Andrew Holness and challenger Paul Buchanan in the St. Andrew West Central constituency battle-ground

JAMAICA | How Jamaica's Constituted Authority Shut Down Buchanan's Challenge to Holness' Victory

By WiredJa Caribbean Correspondent MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica October 2, 2025 - Fourteen days to gather sworn affidavits. Eight witnesses willing to risk political retribution. Multiple reports of ballot box irregularities, voter...

WiredJA News Team News 02 October 2025

Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Attorney-at-Law Zuleika Jess

JAMAICA | Doctor Suspended for Daring to Run for Office: PNP's Zuleika Jess Cries Injustice

SRHA interdiction of Dr. Aujae Dixon sparks constitutional crisis as PNP demands urgent policy reform KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party has launched a scathing attack on the Southern Regional...

WiredJA News Team News 02 October 2025

Newly elected executive committee: (from Left) President, Everton Hannam - Jamaica; 1st Vice President, Zena Ramatalli - T&T; 2nd Vice President, Walter Stewart - T&T, 3rd Vice President, Danavier Fisher - Bahamas; General Secretary, Keiran Glasgow - Trinidad and Tobago; Assistant General Secretary; Bety-Ann Skinner - Bahamas; Treasurer, Shone Gibbs - Barbados; Assistant Treasurer, Mitsie Harris-Dillon - Jamaica; Trustee, Alister Thomas - Antigua and Barbuda; Trustee, Stewart Jacobs - Jamaica; and Public Relations Officer, Nicole Brathwaite - Barbados.

BARBADOS | Caribbean Education Gets a Unified Voice: CCNPTA Formalizes Regional Leadership

Historic Barbados gathering marks a turning point as parents across 16 nations formalize their collective power in shaping the future of Caribbean education In a moment that education advocates across the...

WiredJA News Team News 02 October 2025

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