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December 9, 2025

Regency sees sales uptick since Melissa

Regency Petroleum Company Ltd expects stronger sales in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. “People are signing up for our membership programme in droves,” according to founder and CEO Andrew Williams in a…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica House.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority a good start

The Government’s concurrence with this newspaper’s call for a legislated special purpose vehicle to undertake the post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction of western Jamaica is a good start towards the…
Rudolph Speid
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

JFF’s Speid optimistic after intercontinental playoff draw

Rudolph Speid, chairman of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) technical committee, said he is confident in their qualification chances for the 2026 FIFA World Cup following the draw for the…
Portland businessman Telief ‘Peter’ Hall works in a mobile kitchen in St Elizabeth, serving warm meals to residents affected by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Portland restaurant delivers meals, supplies to storm-hit residents

Businessman Telief ‘Peter’ Hall says his recent journey to hurricane-ravaged St Elizabeth revealed devastation far worse than he imagined. Hall, who operates Roots 21 restaurant in Port Antonio, set…

Shoppers walk from the Walmart store on August 14, 2025 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
December 9, 2025

Walmart raises outlook as more US shoppers hunt deals

Walmart delivered another standout quarter, posting strong sales and profits that blew past Wall Street expectations as it wins over more cash-strapped Americans who have grown increasingly anxious…
The cruise ship ‘MS Zuiderdam’ docked at the Port of Ocho Rios in St Ann on November 11.
December 9, 2025

JHTA, St Ann Chamber welcome reopening of Ocho Rios pier

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Ocho Rios Runaway Bay Chapter (JHTA-ORRB) and the St Ann Chamber of Commerce have both lauded the reopening of the Ocho Rios pier, which was closed for…
Jamaica's interim Consul General to New York Ariel Bowen.
December 9, 2025

Ariel Bowen deployed to temporarily head Jamaica's New York consulate

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says Ariel Bowen is being deployed to the Consulate-General of Jamaica in New York as Officer-in-Charge. Bowen has held several positions in the…
Former Presidents front row from left, George W Bush with Laura Bush and Joe Biden with Jill Biden, look on as military pall bearers arrive with the casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, November 20, 20
December 9, 2025

Dick Cheney's funeral brings bipartisan tributes, but Trump was not invited

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarising vice president who in later years…
Attendees stand outside the venue for the COP30 UN Climate Summit after they were asked to leave, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
December 9, 2025

Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A fire spread through pavilions being used for UN climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference but nobody was hurt,…