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Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 8:41 AM

The Government is working to strengthen its suite of disaster risk financing instruments to safeguard against the uncertainties of natural disasters. Accordingly, the Government intends to renew the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility...

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 1:10 PMLester Hinds/Gleaner Writer

Days before Hurricane Melissa devastated the south-western parishes of Jamaica, the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) had already begun preparing to send disaster-relief supplies to the island in the event the weather system made landfall. Hundreds...

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 12:08 AM

RUBiS Energy Jamaica has added the Southern Fried Chicken (SFC) franchise to its newest and largest service station as the company moves further into the full-service retail market. The quick-service restaurant is the centrepiece of RUBiS’s 50th...

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 12:06 AM

The spirit of giving was alive and well last week when the Campion College Class of 1990 presented a cheque for $700,000 to their alma mater in support of mental wellness initiatives for current students. The donation, made on the grounds of...

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 12:06 AMKeisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer

A major step forward in surgical innovation has been achieved at Medical Associates Hospital with the successful completion of its first laparoscopic colectomy, performed by consultant general surgeon Dr O’Rane Thomas. The landmark procedure marks...

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 12:06 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Akin to John F. Kennedy’s “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what can you do for your country”, Custos Joseph Issa’s call for parishioners to be proactive has given legs to the novel St Ann Custos Commando initiative. Two significant...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 9:27 PM

A multi-agency, intelligence-led operation conducted across several communities in Westmoreland today led to the seizure of illegal guns, imitation firearms, money, and the arrest of several persons. The police say the operation involved the...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 7:34 PM

Minister of Finance Fayval Williams has defended the Government’s decision to impose a tax on digital services, saying the revenue measure is aimed at ensuring that Jamaica gets its “fair share” of the global digital economy. The Government is...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 7:11 PM

Jamaica’s Finance Minister Fayval Williams said the country’s Net International Reserves (NIR) of more than US$6 billion will act as a buffer against unstable oil prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. “I want to say to the...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 6:22 PM

Jamaicans are expected to find it easier to compare banking fees and switch accounts when a new comparison website is launched this year as part of financial sector reforms. Finance Minister Fayval Williams, opening the 2026–2027 Budget Debate in...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 6:18 PM

The Government is proposing to increase the limit on pension fund investments in private companies, a move expected to unlock more than $21 billion in additional capital for private sector and infrastructure financing. Finance Minister Fayval...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 6:18 PM

Finance Minister Fayval Williams has responded to concerns raised by Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams that the Government’s nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection and GDP deflator are inconsistent with current inflation trends...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 5:54 PM

St Catherine resident Samuel King, who is charged with setting a woman’s house ablaze during a dispute, was remanded when he appeared in the parish court today. In court, it was disclosed that a report from the fire department is outstanding....

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 5:37 PM

The 2026/27 Estimates of Expenditure have been updated to include an $18 billion allocation for disaster preparedness, mitigation, and response in schools. “I believe [that] at the start of the Standing Finance [Committee review] process, there...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 2:40 PM

The family of a man who was fatally shot by the police inside his home in the community of Church Pen in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Tuesday is calling for justice. The deceased has been identified by relatives as 29-year-old Shivnarine...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 1:56 PM

(AP) — Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw the nation’s medical brigade from Guyana after it moved to provide full salaries to doctors and nurses from the island instead of sending most of the payments to the Cuban government. Cuban doctors...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 12:42 PM

Five men were arrested on Monday following a police operation at an apartment near Barbican in St Andrew, where investigators seized multiple electronic devices and luxury vehicles. The investigation is reportedly linked to alleged lottery...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 11:52 AM

(AP) — China's exports jumped nearly 22% in the first two months of the year from a year earlier, powered by a surge in shipments of computer chips, autos and electronics. The export figures released by China’s customs agency on Tuesday were much...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 6:52 PM

Regional academics at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are set to weigh in on geopolitical upheavals in the Caribbean, including the “ resurgence of United States imperialism in the region.” Wednesday's two-hour seminar, “The...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 9:00 AM

Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war started by Israel and the United States that has rattled world markets and shows no signs of a letup. In Bahrain,...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 8:53 AM

Pensioners in sections of Trelawny are urging the authorities to expand postal services in the parish, saying they are being forced to travel long distances and incur significant costs to collect pensions and conduct basic transactions. Residents...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 12:08 AM

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group delivered a strong showing at Saturday’s National Journalism Awards, taking home 20 prizes across print, radio and television. This pictorial features moments highlighting the group’s leading winners, including...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I was living in America in the 1990s when my sister gave my phone number to a woman who was involved with drug trafficking. I got caught up in a conspiracy with this woman and was arrested. I went to prison for two years...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has announced the forthcoming publication of her first memoir, Life, Duty and Command – a personal account tracing her path from childhood to becoming...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 12:08 AM

Some 1,000 students in Westmoreland and St Elizabeth are to benefit from a targeted education-recovery effort led by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), as rebuilding continues after Hurricane Melissa. The programme, delivered with the Ministry of...

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