#AfterMelissa: Jamaica welcomes first cruise guests since hurricane

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor A recently revived Ocho Rios Pier officially welcomed Jamaica’s first cruise guests on Tuesday (November 11), two weeks after Hurricane Melissa’s landfall, in what industry leaders are calling…

Canada and UK scrapping retirement age at 67

Reading Time: 5 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor In a bold move, Canada and the United Kingdom have shaken up their retirement landscape, moving their retirement age from 67 to a new, flexible retirement age framework….

China’s NEV output, sales surge in first 10 months of 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sector posted strong growth in production and sales in the first 10 months of 2025, according to industry data released Tuesday (November 11). NEV production…

Venezuela mobilises military forces as largest American warship sails into the Caribbean

Reading Time: 3 minutesVenezuela is launching what it calls a ‘massive mobilisation’ of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US warships and troops in the Caribbean Sea. Land, air,…

Dixon: Post-Melissa recovery efforts must ‘re-envision Jamaica’ for a better future

Reading Time: 3 minutesMinister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris-Dixon, said the Government of Jamaica and key stakeholders coordinated the post-hurricane Melissa relief effort is not just about rebuilding, but building back better.

“Because when you rebuild, you’re just going back to the state that you were in, and that state we were in was one that was not the most resilient. And so as we think about what we’re doing in the post-Melissa era, it has to be about building back better, it has to be about re-envisioning Jamaica. Especially re-envisioning Jamaica in the context of climate change and the fact that these types of weather events will become more frequent,” Morris-Dixon said.

St Elizabeth man charged for breaking into an appliance store

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe police in St Elizabeth have charged a man for breaking into an appliance store located in Siloah.

He is a 37-year-old labourer, Denvor Palmer of Plantain Walk district in Siloah, who is charged with housebreaking and larceny.