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West Indies batsman Rovman Powell.
06 Nov, 2025 0

New Zealand edge WI in thriller to even series

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): Mark Chapman bludgeoned a half-century while captain Mitchell Santer and Ish Sodhi came good with the ball as New Zealand recorded a nail-biting three-run win over the…
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06 Nov, 2025 0

Timeframe extended for exemption of import duty, GCT on hurricane relief supplies

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising that the Government has extended the timeframe, to December 31, for the suspension of import duty and general consumption tax (GCT) on relief items…
A house in Elderslie, St Elizabeth badly damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
06 Nov, 2025 0

CCRIF to make another multimillion-dollar payment to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) on Thursday announced that it is making a second…
06 Nov, 2025 0

Man's body found with head wounds along Salt Pond Road

Police in Portmore, St Catherine, are trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was discovered along the Salt Pond roadway in the parish on Wednesday. Reports are that about 11:30 a.m.…
Architectural designer and construction manager, Curtis Hylton, lead for the St James chapter of the Small Business Association of Jamaica.
06 Nov, 2025 0

Container homes proposed as quick fix for hurricane homelessness

WESTERN BUREAU: Architectural designer and construction project manager Curtis Hylton believes that it is time for Jamaica to embrace a housing model once dismissed as “unconventional” - retrofitted…
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, updates members of the OAS Permanent Council on post-hurricane recovery in Jamaica during a regul
06 Nov, 2025 0

Jamaica thanks hemispheric partners for post-Hurricane Melissa support

Jamaica has indicated its gratitude for the outpouring of solidarity and assistance from Organization of American States (OAS) member countries since Hurricane Melissa struck the island last week.…
The university says it has also implemented a number of support and relief measures.
06 Nov, 2025 0

Classes resume on Monday for most UTech students

In-person and online classes will resume on Monday for University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, students at its Papine, Slipe Pen Road and Arthur Wint Drive campuses. The university says MBA Level…
Minister of Education, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon. - File photo.
06 Nov, 2025 0

Cops to probe reports of sexual assaults at shelters

The Police High Command is to investigate reports that women have been sexually assaulted in shelters established following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Responding to questions posed by The…
06 Nov, 2025 0

Hello Mi Neighbour | How to engage in feel-good communication

Hope that we are all recovering nicely from Melissa and assisting others to recover just as nicely. Every pound of rice, “every pound of flesh” every pack of crackers, every tin of milk, every piece…