KINGSTON, Jamaica — Remittances to Jamaica totalled US$3 247.5 million in 2025, an increase of 3.8 per cent when compared with 2024. This is according to the 2025 edition of the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, a publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica. According to the survey, the higher remittances resulted from an increase of US$127.8 million to US$3 485.7 million in inflows. It said the expansion in inflows...

Jamaicans dominated on Saturday’s second day of the NACAC Under 18/23 Championships in Apizaco, Mexico, adding 25 more medals to take their tally to 41 after winning three of four gold medals in the sprint hurdles, 400m and the 400m hurdles. On Saturday, Jamaican athletes added another 14 gold medals after winning eight on the first day, for a two-day total of 22 gold, 12 silver, and seven bronze, with...

Thirty-four years after it became a global hit, Sweat (A La La La La Long) by reggae band Inner Circle, has earned platinum certification in the United Kingdom. On Friday, July 10, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) issued the certification which commemorates digital sales and streaming equivalent exceeding 600,000 units. Sweat (A La La La La Long) was released in July 1992 as the first single from the band’s 12th studio album Bad to the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central Dwayne Vaz has stepped down from his position as Deputy Spokesperson on Roads and Works. In a brief statement on Saturday, the People’s National Party (PNP) said following discussions with Opposition Leader Mark Golding, Vaz had decided to focus on his constituency responsibilities and would no longer serve as deputy spokesperson. The statement indicated that Golding and the party understands the decision and...

MADRID, Spain (AFP) —  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez denounced Sunday what he called "xenophobic statements" by his conservative predecessor Mariano Rajoy, who had written in an opinion piece that France's national football team had "no French players." "There are those who still measure belonging by surname, place of birth, or skin colour. Others measure it by our roots in a country and our will to contribute to it," Sanchez...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 27-year-old taxi operator has been charged after allegedly holding up two women at knifepoint. Dennis Miller, otherwise known as "Brown Man," a taxi operator of a Kingston 2 address, has been charged with two counts of robbery with aggravation and receiving stolen property following two robbery incidents in Kingston 17 on July 8. Reports from the Elletson Road Police are that between 1:30 pm and 2:20...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Members of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) and Barbados Fire Service who were deployed to Venezuela following last month’s double earthquake have been awarded the Hero of Venezuela Medal. The honour was presented by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez to members of the Urban Search and Rescue team, which was deployed to La Guaira, which sustained extensive damage. Barbados’ Ambassador to Venezuela, Commander Aquinas Clarke, announced the recognition...

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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba's power grid was restored Sunday after another nationwide blackout, the second in less than a week on the island, which is under a US oil blockade, the national electricity company said. "At 6:30 a.m. (10:30 GMT) this morning, the national electrical system was reconnected throughout the country," the national utility UNE posted on X. After working for more than 24 hours to restart the system...

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