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April 15 11:03 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank announced a plan Wednesday that aims to improve secure water access for a billion people within the n...
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April 15 10:52 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States (US) military said on Wednesday that it successfully stopped nine vessels from sailing out of Irania...
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April 15 10:23 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is taking place ...
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April 15 09:48 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—The finance ministers of 11 countries including Britain and Japan called Wednesday for "coordinated emergency support" to...
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April 15 09:37 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the United St...
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April 15 08:30 AM
Dancehall legend Vybz Kartel made a surprise appearance at Cardi B's Lil Miss Drama Tour stop in Florida, thrilling the sold-out crowd at the Amerant ...
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April 15 07:51 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) will host its Business Conference on April 20–21, 2026. The conference, being under the...
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April 15 07:41 AM
After two postponements, Rebel Salute makes its South Florida debut on April 19 at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, South Florida. Maxi Priest, Mykal...
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February 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched the Vision 2030 Jamaica ‘Love Jamaica’ National Essay Competition, under the...
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November 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reeling from the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa last month, the local economy is expected to register ...
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July 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There were 47 Notices of Breach issued by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) in 2024 relating to the broadcast of proble...
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July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Post and Telecommunications Department (PTD) continues to rack up significant losses in an increasingly digitised enviro...
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July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Total assets held by Jamaica’s commercial banks was $2 592.7 billion at the end of December, 2024. This represents an increase of ...
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July 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The average balance held in a deposit account in one of Jamaica’s 11 Deposit-Taking Institutions (DTIs) at December 31, 2024, was ...
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July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A total of 1,018 attorneys were registered on the goAML (anti-money laundering) platform in Jamaica as at December 31, 2024. This ...
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July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The estimated value of property lost as a result of fires in Jamaica in 2024 exceeded $9 billion, an amount similar to 2023. It re...
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May 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the recently announced drop in the poverty rate which he says is a result of targeted p...
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May 21, 2025
Jamaica's poverty rate fell to a record 8.2 per cent in 2023, just more than half or 50.8 per cent below the 16.7 per cent at which it stood in 2021. ...
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April 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is encouraging Caribbean nations to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to hi...
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April 1, 2025
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams has cited that the assessment of GDP growth by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), which the institute ...
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February 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has indicated that it is closely monitoring policy measures in the United States (US) and...
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February 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Even as the local economy went on to register its second consecutive quarter of contraction, falling 1.8 per cent between October ...
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February 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica--Re-igniting civic pride and love and appreciation for country as tools for national development, were the focus of a Valentine’s Da...
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…all other industries contract as economic gains trampled by Beryl in July-Sept quarter
November 25, 2024
The finance and insurance industry was the only one to have escaped contraction during the July to September quarter after growth in revenues for most...
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April 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank announced a plan Wednesday that aims to improve secure water access for a billion people within the n...
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April 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States (US) military said on Wednesday that it successfully stopped nine vessels from sailing out of Irania...
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April 15, 2026
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is taking place ...
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April 15, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—The finance ministers of 11 countries including Britain and Japan called Wednesday for "coordinated emergency support" to...
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April 15, 2026
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the United St...
