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Foreign Affairs Minister: National issues keeping PM out of Caricom meeting
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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AKASH SAMAROO Reporting from Jamaica Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, Sean Sobers, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is not attending the ongoing Caricom Heads of Government meeting in Jamaica due to...
Water supply largely restored in Rose Hall, Coral Gardens following disruption – Mayor
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon wants stakeholders in St James to join the push to get murders below 100 this year. July 6, 2025 ST JAMES, Jamaica — Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says water supply has been largely restored to residents...
Tying down the election date
The Gleaner
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July 6, 2025
In Jamaica, where general election dates aren’t fixed by law, as the Holness administration closes in on its fifth anniversary since its 2020 re-election, it’s almost time for Jamaica’s to be summoned back to the polls. And according to political...
Christopher Burgess | Evolution of housing in Jamaica: The 1990s: The most productive decade
The Gleaner
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July 7, 2025
The 1990s delivered unmatched housing production of 48,250 units, up from 32,000 in the 1980s, driven by low-income housing. IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programme ushered in trade and exchange rate liberalisation. Jamaica aligned with early-decade...
‘I thought election would a run long time,’ says Golding; slams Holness for poll ‘delay’
Loop News
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Leader of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, has said that he believes that the General Elections should have been held already, suggesting that Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has been...
Deported by the U.S., now jailed in Eswatini, five migrants held in isolation
Business Insider Africa
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July 16, 2025
The individuals being held in the country, as reported earlier, are from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen. Authorities in the small landlocked southern African nation noted that said persons are being kept in separate jail facilities...
Prime Minister Holness Champions Regional Collaboration to Advance Public Health
Jamaica Information Service
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July 5, 2025
Jamaica’s Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has reiterated the importance of regional cooperation in advancing health and wellness. Speaking during the awards ceremony for the 18th...
Legal giant Dr Courtenay Griffiths KC ‘leaves indelible mark’
The Gleaner
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July 2, 2025
LONDON: Well-known defence barrister, Dr Courtenay Griffiths KC, who made a name for himself by taking on a number of high profile cases in representation of the black community in the UK, passed away last week at 69 years old. ‘Legendary’ is how...
Jamaica Opens Applications for Licence to Provide Electricity
Nationwide 90FM
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July 1, 2025
In a stunning development, the Government of Jamaica says it will not renew its licence with the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, under the current terms. The announcement was made by Energy Minister Daryl Vaz at a press conference held at...
Albanese Government Must Act, CSIRO Research Fuels Calls For Deep Sea Mining Moratorium
Scoop
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As the peak international body on deep sea mining begins a three-week meeting, CSIRO has released a series of reports commissioned by mining proponent The Metals Company (TMC) that underscore the severe environmental risks and scientific...
My Kingston with Andre ‘D’Yani’ McCormack
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
Style Observer (SO): Describe D’Yani in a few sentences. Andre McCormack (AM): D’Yani is a soul on a mission. A man of purpose and melody — someone who sings not just to entertain but to elevate minds, hearts, and spirits. I’m always chasing the...
Latin American airline seats double for Jamaica – Seiveright
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Ministry of Tourism, Senator Delano Seiveright says seat capacity from Latin America into Jamaica will double this summer compared to the same period last year, reflecting the success of the Government’s...
Respected political journalist and ‘Caribbean man’ Rickey Singh passes on
Global Voices
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July 7, 2025
Photo of Guyana-born regional journalist Rickey Singh via Wesley Gibbings and courtesy of his daughter, Donna Ramsammy, used with permission. Guyana-born Rickey Singh, a well-known, fearless and sometimes controversial voice in regional media,...
Prime Minister Drew Leads Delegation to Jamaica for 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting
SKN Pulse
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July 6, 2025
Basseterre, Saint Kitts, July 6, 2025 (PMO)—Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, is in Kingston, Jamaica, leading a national delegation to the 49th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean...
Government will not renew existing JPS licence
Loop News
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The Government of Jamaica has formally notified the island’s main electricity distributor, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), that it will not renew its all-island licence under existing terms when it expires in July 2027. Energy Minister Daryl...
WATCH: Holness slams ‘destructive politics’, praises Hamilton for work in North Trelawny
Loop News
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed disappointment with the current state of politics in Jamaica, criticising what he called “the zero-sum approach” where only some can win, while others lose. This was while Holness took a somewhat veiled...
Ian Healy on what ‘jerky’ Sam Konstas needs to do in nets before third Test in Jamaica against West Indies
The Indian Express
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July 7, 2025
Ian Healy has been sharpening his blades right through the West Indies series, in fact from the WTC final itself, about the Australian top order, raising questions about Sam Konstas and Osman Khawaja. He has another go now, though this time with a...
PM will not be attending Caricom Summit in Jamaica
Trinidad Express
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MINISTER of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers will lead a Trinidad and Tobago delegation today at the Caricom summit in Jamaica. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will not be attending. In a media release yesterday, the Ministry of...
St. Elizabeth Family Receives $6.7m Home Through Government’s Indigent Housing Programme
Jamaica Information Service
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July 5, 2025
A family in Brompton, St. Elizabeth, now has a safe and comfortable place to call home, following the handover of a newly constructed $6.7 million housing unit by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on...
First Y2K Summer Jam in Miramar fuses decades, cultures & genres including hip-hop, reggae, dancehall & more
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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July 16, 2025
In the multicultural stew that is Broward County, a new music festival coming to Miramar looks so much like a heretofore missing ingredient that its arrival this month might lead one to muse: Well, it’s about time. And actually, time — as in Y2K —...