G-G urges sustained support for national recovery effort in wake of Melissa

Reading Time: 4 minutesGovernor General Sir Patrick Allen says the work to restore lives and livelihoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa has just begun, and urged sustained support for the national hurricane…

St James Municipal Corporation invites entities to adopt, renovate hurricane-damaged homes

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe St James Municipal Corporation is embarking on an Adopt-a-House programme, which will invite individuals, corporate sponsors and civic partners to adopt, renovate and properly equip damaged homes across the municipality.

It will be supported by the Mayor’s Strategy Fund, aimed at helping vulnerable residents rebuild and repair their homes following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

US completes first sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, according to an administration official on Wednesday, January 14.

Additional sales of oil are expected in the coming days and weeks.

Woman charged with arson after house destroyed in Westmoreland

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith housing a major challenge in the hurricane-ravaged parish of Westmoreland, a woman has been accused of deliberately setting fire to a dwelling house in the Grange Hill area last…

PIOJ launches National Multidimensional Poverty Index today

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will launch the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) on Friday, January 16. The MPI, which has been in development for six years, captures the…

Man charged in 2024 Duhaney Park murder after turning himself in

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwenty-two-year-old Dwight Miller, otherwise called ‘Glasses’, a carpenter of 21 Payne Avenue, Kingston 11, has been charged in relation to the 2024 murder of 22-year-old Tyrese Harrison. Miller has been…