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October 12 07:14 PM
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)—Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning for an operation to remove a lump from his lung, the Vatican...
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October 12 06:37 PM
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—The United Nations on Monday said that there has been an allocation of an additional US$75 million to support people affected by ...
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October 12 06:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A major controversy has erupted around Jamaica College’s (JC) 2026 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) schoolboy foo...
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October 12 06:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica—Radcliffe Frazer, a farmer who was charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, was on Monday acquitted in the Manchester Paris...
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October 12 06:03 PM
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP)—Ten people died and four more were injured when a van plunged off a cliff in a mountainous region of western Bolivia on Monday, ...
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October 12 05:42 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – When 32-year-old entrepreneur Romario Maragh decided to start his trucking business in 2018, it was a ‘partner draw’ that helped h...
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October 12 05:26 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—United States (US) actress Selma Blair was arrested after an alleged altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to New Yor...
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Montego Bay facility extends winning streak to 18 consecutive years
October 12 05:22 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica -- Less than a year after Hurricane Melissa forced its closure, Sangster International Airport (SIA) has been named the Caribbean's ...
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October 11, 2026
Barita Financial Group Limited has announced the controlled pilot rollout of BPay by Barita, a digital wallet offered by Barita Merchant Bank Limited,...
Business
October 11, 2026
First... Jamaica Observer Design Week JA, powered by Tile City & Home Centre and Kohler, officially rolled out its 2026 week-long programme on Sunday,...
Business
October 11, 2026
FOSRICH Company Limited is seeking reprieve from its bondholders while it undertakes a reorganisation plan to cut costs, refinance debt and improve it...
Business
October 11, 2026
AFTER several years of fluctuating interest rates, global financial markets are once again confronting the prospect of tighter monetary conditions. Pe...
Business
October 11, 2026
Dear Claudienne, Good day. I have been an overseas voluntary contributor to the NHT for the past 12 years. For the past four years I was able to colle...
Business
October 11, 2026
WHEN Stephanya Chevanese Odiase started Made by Mom Cakes in 2019, she had one goal in mind: Help pay for her children’s university education. With a ...
Business
October 11, 2026
UK-BASED hospitality company Bocobay has expanded its property management services in Jamaica, targeting growth in the island’s short-term rental mark...
Business, Latest News
On 6 October Anthropic put Claude inside Google Sheets, Docs and Slides as a beta for every paid Claude plan. It reads the file you have open and only that file, it writes formulas and builds models on the sheet in front of you, and by default it asks before it changes anything. For the many businesses here that run on Google Workspace, this is the most useful tool launch since this column began, and the most important setting is the one you should never switch off.
October 9, 2026
This column started in June with ChatGPT arriving in Google Sheets. Nineteen weeks later the other large AI company has done the same thing, with more...
Business, Latest News
October 9, 2026
Tile City and Home Centre launched its state-of-the-art Signature Showroom on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew on Thursday, bringing an immersive exp...
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October 9, 2026
Helping small businesses grow in competitive markets is the focus of Scale90, a New York-based company that was launched on October 1. Its principals ...
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October 9, 2026
Growing up in the rural community of Ashton District, Westmoreland, Calleecia Myers never imagined that her journey would one day lead from the quiet ...
Business
October 9, 2026
THE current drought affecting Jamaica could cost the economy more than $35 billion over its duration, with economist Keenan Falconer warning that the ...
Business
October 9, 2026
THE Financial Services Commission (FSC) is targeting October 16 for the publication of a verified assessment of Hurricane Melissa insurance claims as ...
Business
October 9, 2026
SOUTH Jamaica Power Company Limited (SJPC) has completed a US$162-million refinancing package that extends its debt repayment periods and, according t...
Business, Latest News
Entrepreneurs urged to join business associations to strengthen readiness for contract opportunities
October 7, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica (YEA), Cordell Williams, is encouraging micro, small and medium-sized ...
Business
Company sets sight growth on 30% out, eyes 2028 build out US$25-million plant
October 7, 2026
PAINT and coatings manufacturer Lanco Jamaica Limited is targeting annual sales growth of between 20 per cent and 30 per cent as it moves to deepen it...
Business
October 7, 2026
AN approved Ocho Rios recruiter is at the centre of fresh H-2B fraud allegations after the Ministry of Labour and Social Security reported 21 complain...
Business
October 7, 2026
AFRICAN leaders will meet in Egypt on Friday for a business summit that Cairo hopes will bolster its clout across the continent. The inaugural three-d...
Business
Seprod subsidiary becomes distributor of STIHL
October 7, 2026
FT Farfan Limited has entered the Jamaican industrial supply market after acquiring the import and distribution rights for the STIHL brand of products...
Business
October 7, 2026
ATLANTIC Hardware Limited is increasing support for droughthit farmers as it stocks up on drought-resistant hybrid seeds designed to help sustain crop...
Business
October 7, 2026
KINTYRE Holdings (JA) Limited has decided to replace its external auditor after repeated delays in completing its 2025 audited financial statements. T...
Business
October 7, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paramount on Tuesday completed its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, uniting two of Hollywood’s most storied studi...
International News, ...
October 12, 2026
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)—Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning for an operation to remove a lump from his lung, the Vatican...
Latest News, ...
October 12, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—The United Nations on Monday said that there has been an allocation of an additional US$75 million to support people affected by ...
Latest News, ...
October 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A major controversy has erupted around Jamaica College’s (JC) 2026 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) schoolboy foo...
Latest News, ...
October 12, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica—Radcliffe Frazer, a farmer who was charged with unlawful possession of ammunition, was on Monday acquitted in the Manchester Paris...
International News, ...
October 12, 2026
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP)—Ten people died and four more were injured when a van plunged off a cliff in a mountainous region of western Bolivia on Monday, ...
