Public Safety & Housing: Prime Minister Andrew Holness says criminality delayed a National Housing Trust Vineyard Town project for nearly nine years, after gang activity and extortion made construction nearly impossible, forcing the original contract to be terminated in 2021. Food & Agribusiness: Sandals Foundation and partners expanded Titchfield High’s broiler programme with a $5.8m boost, adding a slaughterhouse and cooling system to raise output to 1,800 birds per cycle and strengthen student nutrition and STEAM learning. Food Safety & Waste: A food-safety brief warns that poor garbage disposal drives pests, contamination and disease risk, calling for tighter roles for industry, government and consumers. Tourism 3.0: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett urged the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association to reinvent itself to lead Tourism 3.0, with plans for a National Tourism Council to better coordinate investment and benefits. Gaming Oversight: The Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission says a Central Monitoring System will improve transparency and accountability in Jamaica’s gaming machines sector. Disaster Readiness for Business: A regional webinar urged Caribbean firms to treat hurricane preparedness as a leadership and continuity issue, citing major GDP losses from past storms. Diaspora Support: Jamaica Awareness Association of California delivered free medical and dental services plus school supplies to thousands of students across eight parishes.