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Jamaica recorded 5.67 per cent below average annual rainfall in 2025 despite the excessive amount of rainfall experienced in October due to Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. According to data from the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, rainfall for the entire 2025 was below the average for the last 30 years by more than 100 millimetres (mm). The average rainfall across Jamaica last year was 1,763 mm, or 106 mm less than...

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Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading health threats to Jamaicans, yet many people still believe it only affects a select group or presents with obvious warning signs, according to the chairman of the Heart Institute of the Caribbean. Dr Ernest Madu said one of the biggest misconceptions about heart disease is that individuals without multiple risk factors are not at risk. “There is this misconception that heart disease affects...

LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC) -Britain’s King Charles says Commonwealth Day is being observed on Monday at a time of great challenge and great possibility as countries face the increasing pressures of conflict, climate change and rapid transformation. But in his message marking Commonwealth Day, the head of the British Monarch, said “yet it is often in such testing moments that the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth is most clearly revealed....

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—West Ham moved into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win against Brentford, who paid the price for Dango Ouattara's spot-kick blunder on Monday. Nuno Espirito Santo's side twice blew the lead as Jarrod Bowen's double was cancelled out by an Igor Thiago brace to force extra-time in the 2-2 draw at the London Stadium. But in the shoot-out, Brentford winger Ouattara attempted a...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Manchester City will face Liverpool in a blockbuster FA Cup quarter-final, while quadruple-chasing Arsenal travel to Southampton. Monday's draw for the last eight also handed Chelsea a home tie against League One giant-killers Port Vale, who stunned Sunderland with a 1-0 win in the fifth round on Sunday. West Ham, who beat Brentford 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw on Monday, will host Leeds in the...

DORAL, United States (AFP) —United States President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran would be a "short-term excursion," while insisting that the United States and Israel "haven't won enough" against Tehran. Trump's comments at a gathering of congressional Republicans at his golf club in Doral, Florida cast further uncertainty over his timeline after he said in a CBS News interview that the conflict was "very complete, pretty...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced that all hotels are expected to be fully operational by December 2026, following the devastation caused to the sector by Hurricane Melissa. Bartlett noted that while early stakeholder assessments had suggested that only about 80 per cent of rooms would be available, the recovery outlook has since improved. “The energy and the ambitions have grown, and the reality now is that we will...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) says it has written to the Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby, Mayor of Morant Bay Louis Chin and Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar Danree Delancy reminding them of their responsibility to fill vacancies for councillors within the stipulated time-period. According to the ECJ in a media release on Monday, in the letters to the mayors, it also signalled its readiness to conduct the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica–Regency Petroleum Limited (RPL) launched the revolutionary quality pavement repair (QPR) pothole filler in Jamaica recently, introducing a cold-mix paving technology the company says could fundamentally transform how the country repairs and maintains its road network. "Every Jamaican knows the frustration of a road repaired this year and riddled with potholes the next," said Regency Petroleum Limited Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andrew Williams, while speaking at the recent launch...