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March 4, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Commerce to anchor Black River’s post-hurricane redevelopment, says Seiveright
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, says commerce, enterprise, and infrastructure expansion will be at the centre of Black River’s…
March 4, 2026
Ja remittances rebound to record US$3.49b in 2025
Remittances to Jamaica rose 3.8 per cent in 2025, as a sharp post-hurricane rebound in the final two months of the year more than offset the slump that followed Hurricane Melissa’s October landfall.…
March 4, 2026
RBC Trust to become largest shareholder in MPC Caribbean Clean Energy in debt-to-equity swap
Financial institution, RBC Trust (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited is set to emerge as one of the largest shareholders of MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited (MPC) after the Barbados-based renewable…
March 4, 2026
Caribbean Cement posts flat profit on record revenue
Cement Company Limited (CCC) made $5.9-billion profit for the year ended December 2025, or flat compared to year-earlier levels, despite the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Also, the island’s sole…
March 4, 2026
China’s youth find apartments cheaper than cars in ghost towns
The ‘Life in Venice’ housing development, a multibillion-dollar replica of the Italian city on the Chinese coast, stands silent. Many of the tens of thousands of homes are hollow husks of concrete and…
March 4, 2026
Tanker turmoil in Hormuz sends oil prices soaring
Oil prices jumped on Monday as the widening war in Iran disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world’s oil supply. The Strait of…
March 4, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Hanover MPs want verification of ROOFS disbursement funds
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover’s two members of parliament (MPs) Heatha Miller-Bennett and Andrea Purkiss, want to see the relevant documentation to verify a claim by Local Government Minister Pearnel…
March 4, 2026
Chronixx sound issue attributed to ‘generator glitch’
Lost in Time, which closed Reggae Month at Hope Botanical Gardens on Sunday night, is still basking in rave reviews after high-profile cameos from Koffee, Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley and Stephen Marley,…
March 4, 2026
by Paul H. Williams
Trauma care meets psilocybin in a structured retreat
Afterlight Retreats will host its first clinical psilocybin therapy and integration retreats in Jamaica from today through to March 8 at Negril Huts, a private cluster of cottages on the West End…