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December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Credit experts urge caution: Too many loan queries can lower your credit score
Credit experts are advising Jamaicans to be cautious when applying for loans, warning that too many credit inquiries can lower their credit scores and affect their ability to access future financing.…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | TheHiveCareers launches ‘Rebuild Jamaica’ initiative to mobilise workers after Hurricane Melissa
IN RESPONSE to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, TheHiveCareers announced the launch of its ‘Rebuild Jamaica – Jobs, Volunteers, and Rapid Project Support’ initiative, a platform designed…
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | From sirens to service: The lifelong call of Errol Mowatt
FORMER COMMISSIONER of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Errol Mowatt, has been formally recognised for his 41 years of dedicated service to the field of Fire and Emergency Service and for contributing…
December 9, 2025
Who is eligible for an Ancestry Visa
Dear Mr Bassie, I would like for it to be clarified who is eligible for a UK Ancestry visa. I look forward to your response. KV Dear KV, Please note persons who can apply for a UK Ancestry visa must…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Hospital nightmare
Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St…
December 9, 2025
Food galore at roofless Charles Gordon Market
Western Bureau: The fear that there would be a shortage of farm produce at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St James, over last weekend amid the destruction Hurricane Melissa wreaked in the…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
‘Reopen, even if it’s not perfect’
WESTERN BUREAU: There aren’t enough vendors to serve the crowds of foodies who still converge nightly on the Fort Street jerk chicken strip, as Montego Bay slowly claws its way back to normality after…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Falmouth’s popular Bend-Down Market to reopen Wednesday
WESTERN BUREAU: Falmouth’s popular Bend-Down Market is on course to reopen on Wednesday, just under two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the historic town, leaving widespread destruction.…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
EU pumps €2m into hurricane relief effort
Jamaica is set to receive €2 million in aid from the European Union (EU) as the country continues its recovery from Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into the western section of the island nearly two…