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01 Dec, 2025
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Growth & Jobs | DBJ launches $10-billion business recovery programme
THE DEVELOPMENT Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has launched a $10 billion M5 Business Recovery Programme to support businesses that have been disrupted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Managing Director,…
01 Dec, 2025
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Border bounces back from hurricane ruin
Scott’s Cove, on the St Elizabeth side of the border with Westmoreland, was once idyllic. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa changed that. On one side of the cove sat a fishing village; on the other,…
01 Dec, 2025
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Jamaica gets trillion-dollar aid package to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa
Five major international financial institutions have assembled a US$6.7 billion package, just over J$1 trillion, to support Jamaica’s recovery and reconstruction following Hurricane Melissa. The…
01 Dec, 2025
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Seaboard Jamaica partners with relief agencies to support national recovery after Melissa
SEABOARD JAMAICA is working closely with a broad network of international and regional partners to support the country’s recovery following the impact of Hurricane Melissa. The company has partnered…
01 Dec, 2025
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XARS supports MSF relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa
XARS Equipment & Trucking Co Ltd is playing a key role in Jamaica’s post–Hurricane Melissa relief efforts, providing essential logistical and warehousing support to Médecins Sans Frontières…
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01 Dec, 2025
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01 Dec, 2025
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Immigration Corner | Will shoplifting charge affect my visa renewal?
Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I was in the United States on a J1 visa and was charged with shoplifting. I received a deferral certificate. Will I be able to apply and obtain a visa next year? I humbly…
01 Dec, 2025
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Truck driver shot dead in Newlands, Portmore
A 44-year-old truck driver was shot dead in Newlands, Portmore, on Sunday, the St Catherine South police say. The deceased is suspected to be from Craighead, Golden District in Manchester. Reports…
01 Dec, 2025
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Immigration Corner | Eligibility for British citizenship as a minor
Dear Mr Bassie, I would like to know if a child is eligible for British citizenship if he is presently a minor and one of his parents is British. HJ Dear HJ, Persons can apply for British citizenship…