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$3-b, 800-unit Clarendon housing project to commence in Feb

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January 5

THE National Housing Trust (NHT) will next month start the construction of 834 houses for the Longvi...

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J’ca burdened with $115b in new taxes over 6 years

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January 5

FINANCIAL analyst Dennis Chung says that Jamaicans have been taxed an additional $115 billion over s...

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Golding must seek consensus on next budget

Keith Collister

January 5

IN his address to the nation on December 23, Prime Minister Bruce Golding noted that the tax package...

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20 million-plus collect unemployment checks in ’09

January 2

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A record 20 million-plus Americans collected unemployment benefits at some point ...

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…On US Stock Market

January 2

String of investment bubbles marked 2000-09 NEW YORK (AP) -- A string of exploding investment bubble...

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Witness to murder seeks permanent stay in the UK

Claudienne Edwards | Writer

January 2

Tell Claudienne Dear Claudienne My brother was murdered in Kingston on February 1996. I was a witnes...

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Jamaicans urged to ‘run for the west’ at Sagicor Sigma

Dec 7, 2025

"‘Come out early and run for the west." That’s the message from race overview lead Alfred 'Frano' Fr...

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Trinidad to re-start oil refinery, committee submits interim report

Dec 7, 2025

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her g...

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BVI mourns sudden death of communications director

Dec 7, 2025

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) – The government of the British Virgin Islands is mourning the...

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Cruise passengers robbed in Cayman Islands

Dec 7, 2025

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – Two cruise passengers visiting Cayman Islands were robbed in sep...

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Cuba battles virus outbreak despite shortages of food, medicine

Nov 23, 2025

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba has been gripped by an outbreak of the viral disease chikungunya, as it b...