The In­ter­na­tion­al Mon­e­tary Fund (IMF) has praised Ja­maica for its strong eco­nom­ic man­age­ment and re­silience fol­low­ing its 2025 Ar­ti­cle IV Con­sul­ta­tion, but is warn­ing of glob­al and cli­mate risks.

Wendy Kalicha­ran, a lead­ing fig­ure in San Fer­nan­do’s car­ni­val, has died af­ter a pro­longed ill­ness.

In a state­ment on Face­book on Thurs­day, the NTA said, “This de­ci­sion, though deeply sig­nif­i­cant, was made with thought­ful re­flec­tion and in the spir­it of ac­count­abil­i­ty and in­tegri­ty that has al­ways guid­ed the NTA’s lead­er­ship.”

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she in­tends to con­duct State busi­ness from mul­ti­ple lo­ca­tions, in­clud­ing her of­fi­cial res­i­dences at St Ann’s in Port of Spain and Blenheim in To­ba­go, as well as from sites in Cen­tral and South Trinidad and her pri­vate home.