Businesses and financial markets were slowly ramping up operations on Thursday even as damage assessments continued in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica with Category 5 strength, leaving lives upended and…
CEAC to triple its burn capacity for industrial waste
CEAC Outsourcing Company Limited plans more than triple the capacity of its waste-burning furnace in St Catherine to meet rising demand for medical and industrial waste disposal. The company is in the process…
Veteran broadcaster Barry G ‘The Boogeyman’ has died
Veteran broadcaster and cultural icon Barrington Seymour Gordon, better known as Barry G…
Jamaican Movie “Love Offside” to Be Featured at Harlem Film Festival
Love Offside, a Jamaican-produced romantic drama, has been selected to screen at the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) in Harlem, New York. The film tells the story of Cami Hart, a skilled…
Ras Mista Fyah’s album up for Grammy nod
Ras Mista Fyah’s album up for Grammy nod Of the 73 albums being considered for the Best Reggae Album Grammy honours, ‘Infinity’ by Ras Mista Fyah is arguably the most diverse. The Colombian…
Big storms deepen poverty, food insecurity for Jamaicans, says World Bank
Poverty and inequality fell in Jamaica, but weather events – particularly hurricanes – are driving cycles of food insecurity and economic hardship, according to the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Brief released in…
Save your receipts, CAC urges consumers
Unearthing cases of price gouging depends on alert consumers who make complaints to the Consumer Affairs Commission, CAC, the government watchdog. Amid the approach of Hurricane Melissa, which resulted in an influx of…
Man electrocuted in St. James
A man was electrocuted in Montego Bay, St. James on Monday when a billboard made contact…
Catastrophic flooding expected as powerful Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for Jamaica as the Category 5 system continues on a…
‘Even if the worst comes, we will be able to recover’ – PM Holness
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness says Jamaica is ready to confront the potential…