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"Overcome the devils with a thing called love." - Bob Marley #WisdomWords
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🏛️ Jamaica, UK to Partner on Reconstruction Support
Jamaica will sign a government-to-government agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) at next week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbu...
Source: JIS
🔗 https://jis.gov.jm/jamaica-uk-to-partner-on-reconstruction-support
#jamaica #news #politics
🗞️ Mawga Don rebuilds life through music after Hurricane Melissa
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Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/mawga-don-rebuilds-life-music-hurricane-melissa
#jamaica #news #entertainment
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🇯🇲 Yard Bitcoin Report:
💰 BTC/USD: $80,635
💵 BTC/JMD: $12,803,870
⚡ Sats for $1,000 JMD: 7,810
⚡ Sats for $1 USD: 1,240
🧱 Block: 973554
⚡ Fees: 2 sat/vB
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💃 Lil Durk Offers Future Music Income in New Bid for Release from Jail
Lil Durk is willing to bet his catalog on staying put. In a new filing, the Chicago rapper’s lawyers offered up his future royalties, publishing income and tour...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/lil-durk-offers-future-music-income-in-new-bid-for-release-from-jail.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment #crime
🏛️ Oversight Committee Commends Progress in Post-Melissa School Repairs
The Hurricane Melissa School Infrastructure Recovery and Resilience Oversight Committee has welcomed the progress made in restoring schools damaged by Hurricane...
Source: JIS
🔗 https://jis.gov.jm/oversight-committee-commends-progress-in-post-melissa-school-repairs
#jamaica #news
🏛️ Gov’t Has Spent $84 Billion on Melissa Response to Date
The Government has spent approximately $84 billion in the Hurricane Melissa response since the passage of the Category-5 system on October 28, 2025. Prime Minis...
Source: JIS
🔗 https://jis.gov.jm/govt-has-spent-84-billion-on-melissa-response-to-date
#jamaica #news #politics
💃 Capleton Announces Live in Concert at The Wharf Estate in Clarendon
Capleton has a show on the calendar, and the part people are talking about isn’t the date....
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/capleton-announces-live-in-concert-at-the-wharf-estate-in-clarendon.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment
💃 Shenseea Opens Up About Vulnerability, Says Admitting the Truth in the Song Was Hard But Necessary
Shenseea spent most of her adult life faking orgasms, and she decided the best place to finally say so was on a record....
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/shenseea-opens-up-about-vulnerability-says-admitting-the-truth-in-the-song-was-hard-but-necessary.html
#jamaica #news
💃 Wizkid Becomes First African Artist to Surpass 12 Billion Spotify Streams
Wizkid needed only a few months to add another billion to his Spotify tally. The Nigerian star has become the first African artist to pass 12 billion streams on...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/wizkid-becomes-first-african-artist-to-surpass-12-billion-spotify-streams.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment
💃 Yaadcore Releases ‘Rasta Time’ EP Featuring Capleton and Imeru Tafari
Nyabinghi drums and digital trap beats are not a pairing you hear every day, but that collision sits at the heart of “Choppa Dem,” the opening salvo on Yaadcore...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/yaadcore-releases-rasta-time-ep-featuring-capleton-and-imeru-tafari.html
#jamaica #news #tech
💃 Beenie Man Slams Government’s Hurricane Relief Spending in ITV News Interview
Only 1.8 per cent. That’s how much of the $1.44 billion donated after Hurricane Melissa had actually been spent by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emerg...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/beenie-man-slams-governments-hurricane-relief-spending-in-itv-news-interview.html
#jamaica #news #politics
💃 Blakk Rasta Added to Gramps Morgan’s Ghana Jamaica Homecoming Festival
The man who wrote a reggae song called “Barack Obama” is heading to Legon. Gramps Morgan has confirmed that Blakk Rasta will perform live at the Ghana Jamaica H...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/blakk-rasta-added-to-gramps-morgans-ghana-jamaica-homecoming-festival.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment
📻 Gov’t to seek further suspension of fiscal rules for 2027/2028 to facilitate Hurricane Melissa recovery
The Government intends to seek Parliamentary approval for a further temporary suspension of the fiscal rules for 2027/2028 to accommodate the scale of recovery ...
Source: IrieFM
🔗 https://iriefm.net/govt-to-seek-further-suspension-of-fiscal-rules-for-2027-2028-to-facilitate-hurricane-melissa-recovery
#jamaica #news #politics
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💃 Marcia Griffiths Mourns Reggae Singer Bob Andy
Marcia Griffiths didn’t need many words to say goodbye to Bob Andy. Her Facebook post read simply “RIP Bob Andy,” and for anyone who knows how closely their car...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/marcia-griffiths-mourns-reggae-singer-bob-andy.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment
💃 Davido Joins Kirk Franklin’s Choir for ‘Hope In You,’ Dropping October 30
Davido didn’t just show up to Kirk Franklin’s album listening session in Atlanta on October 12....
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/28/news/davido-joins-kirk-franklins-choir-for-hope-in-you-dropping-october-30.html
#jamaica #news
🏛️ 100 Prefab Homes for Hurricane-Affected Residents in Parottee, St. Elizabeth
The National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) will advance the construction of 100 prefabricated homes at Luana Phase 3 in St. Elizabeth to facil...
Source: JIS
🔗 https://jis.gov.jm/100-prefab-homes-for-hurricane-affected-residents-in-parottee-st-elizabeth
#jamaica #news
📻 UWI Mona support staff continue go-slow over wage concerns
Support employees at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, are reportedly on a go-slow to highlight their grouse about wage concerns. The support staff...
Source: IrieFM
🔗 https://iriefm.net/uwi-mona-support-staff-continue-go-slow-over-wage-concerns
#jamaica #news
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📻 Jamaica receives $1.7B in donations for Hurricane Melissa response, Gov’t spending reaches $84B
Donations received by Jamaica for the Hurricane Melissa response amounted to approximately $1.7 billion as of October 26. Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness gave...
Source: IrieFM
🔗 https://iriefm.net/jamaica-receives-1-7b-in-donations-for-hurricane-melissa-response-govt-spending-reaches-84b
#jamaica #news #politics
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💼 GraceKennedy puts BPO outsourcing space for rent after Sutherland lease ends
GraceKennedy Ltd has returned a major business process outsourcing (BPO) facility in downtown Kingston to the rental market after the departure of long-time ten...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/gracekennedy-puts-bpo-outsourcing-space-rent-after-sutherland-lease-ends
#jamaica #news
₿ UBS: Russian Crude Near Pre-War Volumes as Trump Sanctions Waiver Breaks Western Consensus
UBS chief economist Arend Kapteyn's new data shows Western sanctions redistributed Russian oil rather than cut it, while Trump's Treasury Department issued a sa...
Source: TFTC
🔗 https://www.tftc.io/russian-crude-pre-war-volumes-ubs-trump-sanctions-waiver-petrodollar
#jamaica #news
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₿ Saudi Aramco Pre-Positions Crude in Singapore as Hormuz Bypass Strategy Hardens
Saudi Aramco signed an MOU on October 26 to store crude at Singapore's Jurong Rock Caverns starting H2 2027. Combined with a push to expand the East-West pipeli...
Source: TFTC
🔗 https://www.tftc.io/saudi-aramco-singapore-crude-storage-hormuz-bypass
#jamaica #news
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🇯🇲 Yard Bitcoin Report:
💰 BTC/USD: $81,415
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🧱 Block: 973528
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ON THIS DAY: October 20, 1969 — Jamaica celebrated its first National Heroes Day, honoring Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle, George William Gordon, Samuel Sharpe, Nanny of the Maroons, and Sir Alexander Bustamante. #WisdomWords
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💼 Risks spelled out for Anthropic investors include blowback from runaway AI
Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks to investors. In the case of artificial intelligence ...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/risks-spelled-out-anthropic-investors-include-blowback-runaway-ai
#jamaica #news #tech
🗞️ Holness points to sabotage
Holness points to sabotage...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/holness-points-sabotage
#jamaica #news #politics
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💼 Miami firm buys Jamaican drone, AI business in US$225,000 deal that could rise 14-fold
AIBotics Inc, a Miami-based technology company, has acquired the drone, mapping and artificial intelligence (AI) business of Jamaica’s PlayJamaica Ltd in a deal...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/miami-firm-buys-jamaican-drone-ai-business-us225000-deal-could-rise-14
#jamaica #news #tech
🗞️ Parottee residents unwilling to trade coastal roots for safer ground
WESTERN BUREAU: Despite taking a battering from Category 5 Hurricane Melissa a year ago, some residents of coastal Parottee, St Elizabeth, remain reluctant to r...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/parottee-residents-unwilling-trade-coastal-roots-safer-ground
#jamaica #news #business
🗞️ Tough going for Flagaman farmers
WESTERN BUREAU: A year after Hurricane Melissa devastated their farms, several farmers in Flagaman, St Elizabeth are still struggling to resume pre-storm cultiv...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/tough-going-flagaman-farmers
#jamaica #news
🗞️ Black River market vendors in limbo
WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa approached the island a year ago, Francis Bartlett and fellow vendors in the Black River Market in St Elizabeth purchased ...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/black-river-market-vendors-limbo
#jamaica #news
🗞️ Sagicor delivers double boost to Melissa-hit schools
Sagicor delivers double boost to Melissa-hit schools...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/sagicor-delivers-double-boost-melissa-hit-schools
#jamaica #news
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🗞️ NOT SO SWEET
Manufacturers warn Belize refinery could add to food costs...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/not-so-sweet-20261028-1019-244452
#jamaica #news
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🗞️ Kranium: A ‘glitch in the dancehall matrix’
Kranium:...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/kranium-glitch-dancehall-matrix
#jamaica #news #entertainment
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🗞️ New power players at Elite
New power players at Elite...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/new-power-players-elite
#jamaica #news
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🗞️ ON THE BRINK
Bunny’s Ballon d’Or breakthrough...
Source: Observer
🔗 https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/10/28/on-the-brink-20261028-0610-505651
#jamaica #news
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🗞️ Future of St Hilda’s Georgian-style building in focus as repairs continue
The National Education Trust (NET) says it has spent just over $82 million repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa at St Hilda’s Diocesan High School i...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/future-st-hildas-georgian-style-building-focus-repairs-continue
#jamaica #news
🗞️ CMU MONEY TRAIL
Prosecutors on Tuesday tendered into evidence dozens of documents showing that former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock auth...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/cmu-money-trail
#jamaica #news
🗞️ SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN
WESTERN BUREAU: At 62, Herman Jackson no longer goes to bed expecting a peaceful night’s sleep. When rain begins falling in Westgreen, he reaches for his water ...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/sleeping-one-eye-open
#jamaica #news
💼 Sandals-Royal Caribbean deal includes 1,000-acre land bank
Royal Caribbean Group said it will gain more than 1,000 acres of undeveloped Caribbean land through its planned 50 per cent stake in Sandals and Beaches Resorts...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/sandals-royal-caribbean-deal-includes-1000-acre-land-bank
#jamaica #news #business
🗞️ Trelawny yam farmers still struggling to rebound
WESTERN BUREAU: Hurricane Melissa decimated vast acreages of yam fields in southern Trelawny last October, leaving many families facing an uncertain future. A y...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/trelawny-yam-farmers-still-struggling-rebound
#jamaica #news
🗞️ Western schools looking ahead with optimism
WESTERN BUREAU: A year ago, the educational sector in western Jamaica was paralysed by the force of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped off roofs, sent older buildi...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/western-schools-looking-ahead-optimism
#jamaica #news
🗞️ Civil service boss hits back at PM’s sabotage claims
Accusations by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that unnamed public sector workers are trying to sabotage government policies and programmes have drawn the ire ...
Source: Gleaner
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261028/civil-service-boss-hits-back-pms-sabotage-claims
#jamaica #news #politics
💼 Photo C1
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Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/photo-c1
#jamaica #news
🇯🇲 Yard Bitcoin Report:
💰 BTC/USD: $80,853
💵 BTC/JMD: $12,838,486
⚡ Sats for $1,000 JMD: 7,789
⚡ Sats for $1 USD: 1,237
🧱 Block: 973503
⚡ Fees: 1 sat/vB
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₿ Datavault AI Stock Falls Nearly 50% as Bitcoin Stuck at Third-Party Custodian
Datavault AI's stock collapsed nearly 50% after the company disclosed it has been unable to withdraw bitcoin from Singapore custodian Biconomy Pte. Ltd. since J...
Source: TFTC
🔗 https://www.tftc.io/datavault-ai-bitcoin-frozen-biconomy-restatement
#jamaica #news #tech
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💃 Squash now in ICE custody, will be “up inna dem town” in Jamaica soon as deportation looms
Dancehall star Squash is out of federal prison—but the 6ix Boss isn’t heading back to the dancehall just yet....
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/27/news/squash-now-in-ice-custody-will-be-up-inna-dem-town-in-jamaica-soon-as-deportation-looms.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment
💼 Ken Jones airfield seeks flight path to growth with 20-year master plan
Ken Jones Aerodrome sits about 30 minutes by car from major Port Antonio hotels and attractions such as the Blue Lagoon, yet traffic underperforms at the facili...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/ken-jones-airfield-seeks-flight-path-growth-20-year-master-plan
#jamaica #news #politics
💼 Appleton Estate borrows scarcity playbook to sell US$500 a bottle rum
Appleton Estate has released a 26-year-old rum drawn from just 10 casks and priced at US$500 for a hand-sized bottle, a bet that scarcity and heritage can comma...
Source: Gleaner Business
🔗 https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20261028/appleton-estate-borrows-scarcity-playbook-sell-us500-bottle-rum
#jamaica #news
💃 Pops YG Back in Custody as Police Investigate Allegations Involving a Minor
Pops YG is accustomed to commanding attention online. The flamboyant dancehall entertainer is now back in police custody in Trelawny, where detectives are repor...
Source: DancehallMag
🔗 https://www.dancehallmag.com/2026/10/27/news/pops-yg-back-in-custody-as-police-investigate-allegations-involving-a-minor.html
#jamaica #news #entertainment #crime
