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The Bank of Jamaica.
December 18, 2025

BOJ flags higher inflation risk after Hurricane Melissa, maintains 5.75% rate

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has held its policy interest rate at 5.75 per cent, citing heightened inflation risks stemming from the more severe-than-expected economic impact of Hurricane Melissa. The…
Deputy Commissioner of Police Richard Stewart, who heads the JCF’s Crime and Security Portfolio.
December 18, 2025

JCF hails forensic work after 30-year sentence in Jean-Pierre Rhone murder

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has welcomed the 30-year prison sentence handed down to the man who murdered businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, praising the investigative and forensic work that…
From left: Jannel Morrison, sales & marketing executive, Mabe; Marsha Burrell-Rose, manager – marketing, pr & missions, Food For The Poor; Philip Roach, commercial director, Unicomer; and Georgia Williams, purchasing manager, Courts, assist with the offl
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Courts and Mabe donate appliances to relief effort

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force Health Services Corps participate in a psychological first aid training session conducted by a team of psychologists from Northern Caribbean University (NCU) at Up Park Camp in St Andrew on November 28. 2025. The initia
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | NCU equips military to provide psychological first aid

From left: Deidre Parchment, finance manager at Food For The Poor Jamaica; Marsha Burrell-Rose, Manager – marketing, PR and missions at Food For The Poor; Ann Marie Walters, managing director for Unicomer Jamaica; Jane Cui, sales manager, Caribbean Terri
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Courts and TCL donate smart tvs to support hurricane recovery

Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee (centre), thanks Jamalco’s Managing Director, Marvin Jackson (left), for the company’s donation toward the renovation of the A&E Waiting Area at the Lionel Town Hospital. Sharing the
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Jamalco donates to reno of Lionel Town Hospital A&E waiting area

In the spirit of the season, Elhydro Limited joined forces with the JUTC to bring Christmas cheer to rural school bus drivers impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Vice President, Major Paul Brown, presented Elhydro Limited’s special contribution to Anita Ramb
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Elhydro Limited, JUTC bring cheer to rural school bus drivers

Lora Rochester, vice-president of business development and risk management at Canopy Insurance Limited, shares a prize with a child at the SOS Children’s Village after he solved a tricky riddle during the Christmas visit.
December 18, 2025

Corporate Hands | Canopy Insurance Limited brings Christmas cheer to children

The William Knibb Memorial High School in Falmouth, Trelawny, suffered significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 18, 2025

Melissa opens engineering gap

RESPECTED PHYSICIST, Professor Michael Taylor, has flagged for attention what he says is Jamaica’s now exposed engineering gap, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. As Jamaicans come to terms…