| |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Read online & past editions: crmja.com | |||||||||
| TODAY'S WEATHER Kingston 32°/23° · 89% rain • Montego Bay 31°/23° · 76% rain • Sav-la-Mar 33°/24° · 83% rain | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Know someone who should be reading this? Share the Report — it is free, twice daily, and always will be. Share on WhatsApp Invite by emailOr simply forward this edition — anyone can join free at crmja.com | |||||||||
⚑ WORLD NEWS 4 STORIES | |||||||||
Tall athletes can't stretch their legs in container beds at Asian Games, official says BBC World · 4:33 am South Korea's delegation slams the wooden containers housing its athletes at the Asian Games in Nagoya city. | |||||||||
⚑ CARIBBEAN 4 STORIES | |||||||||
World Bank team praises ‘Beryl’ recovery works Barbados Today · 7:26 pm The World Bank on Tuesday expressed confidence in rebuilding the Bridgetown Fisheries Complex breakwater after Hurricane Beryl damage, while the government said a revised timetable for the remaining w | |||||||||
| FROM THE CRM JAMAICA GROUP | |||||||||
| |||||||||
⚑ POLITICS & GOVERNMENT 13 STORIES | |||||||||
JFJ wants clarification about prison to be built in St Catherine Nationwide Radio · 6:22 pm Human rights lobby group, Jamaicans for Justice, JFJ, is calling for clarity on the government's plans to construct a new maximum-security correctional facility. Mickel Jackson is Executive Director f Guyana's gold mining sub-sector grows Nationwide Radio · 6:04 pm Guyana's gold mining sub-sector expanded by an estimated 11.3 percent in the first half of 2026. That's according to the 2026 mid-year report by the Ministry of Finance. The record-high global prices US govt diverts military aid from Europe and Middle East Nationwide Radio · 5:58 pm The Trump administration is stripping millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from countries in Europe and the Middle East to support conservative-leaning governments in Central and South Amer Jamaica offers Saudi Arabia help building tourism workforce Nationwide Radio · 4:41 pm Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett (L) and CEO of Saudi Eksab Yazeed Saleh AIYahya, take a photo following a meeting with senior tourism officials and senior representatives of Saudi Eksab on Wednes Golding wants progress report on repairs of Melissa-damaged schools Nationwide Radio · 4:29 pm Opposition Leader Mark Golding is pressing the government for a detailed progress report for repairs being executed at schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa nearly a year ago. He was speaking at a Peop | |||||||||
⚑ CRIME & JUSTICE 20 STORIES | |||||||||
Chuck warns against going soft on guns Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am Justice Minister Delroy Chuck says the Government is reviewing the mandatory minimum sentences under the Firearms Act but remains convinced, along with the security forces, that the tough penalties ar HAZY FIRE FACTS Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am Cops probing the death of two young children in a house fire on the weekend have received “conflicting stories” about whether they were home alone at the time of the blaze, a police official has revea Sykes laments incomplete court infrastructural works Jamaica Observer · 12:04 am More charges for man implicated in port drug bust WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 6:20 pm The St. James man charged in connection with last month’s major drug bust at the Kingston Freeport Terminal is now facing additional charges. He's charged in connection with a previous 2025 drug seizu Lawyers support call for more cases to be settled by mediation Nationwide Radio · 6:19 pm Two members of the legal fraternity are in agreement with Chief Justice Bryan Sykes' call for more cases to be settled out of court where possible. Attorney-at-law Sayeed Bernard told our news centre | |||||||||
⚑ BUSINESS & ECONOMY 6 STORIES | |||||||||
Point-to-point inflation up to nearly 8% in August Nationwide Radio · 6:46 pm Jamaica's point-to-point inflation rate has climbed again, rising to 7.9 percent in August. The point-to-point rate measures how much the prices of goods and services bought by households have changed US Fed expected to lift short-term interest rates for first time in 3 years Nationwide Radio · 9:10 am The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation. The move would put the central bank at odds FOREX: JM$158.70 to US$1 Nationwide Radio · 9:05 am · also: Jamaica Observer The Jamaican dollar will open against the benchmark US dollar selling for an average $158.70. Against the Canadian, the Jamaican will open selling for an average $115.13. And finally, the Jamaican dol | |||||||||
| FROM THE CRM JAMAICA GROUP | |||||||||
| |||||||||
⚑ HEALTH 4 STORIES | |||||||||
JC student hospitalized after stabbing near Half-Way Tree Transport Centre Nationwide Radio · 8:17 pm A Jamaica College student has been hospitalised after he was reportedly stabbed during a fight involving several students near the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre in St. Andrew on Tuesday. The incident England to put CCTV on cots & incubators in neonatal wards Nationwide Radio · 4:25 pm In the UK, Health Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday says the government will, as a matter of urgency, develop plans to put closed circuit TV monitors on cots and incubators in neonatal wards in Englan | |||||||||
⚑ EDUCATION 13 STORIES | |||||||||
Dream Big Foundation serves up ‘Breakfast for Bright Futures’ Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am The Elite Basic School in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, provided Antoine Lodge with refuge, friends, and filial love when he was a student there more than 20 years ago. Describing the school as a “safe Anticipation at fever pitch ahead of annual UWI Champions League Nationwide Radio · 7:38 pm Daunte Samuels, Games Committee Chairperson at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus says anticipation is fever-pitch ahead of the annual UWI Champions League. This year's competition is set Repairs complete on 65 schools severely impacted by Melissa Nationwide Radio · 6:46 pm More than 60 of the schools that were severely damaged during last October's passage of Hurricane Melissa have now been fully repaired. Executive Director of the National Education Trust, Latoya Harri Scholarship named after civil engineer killed on MoBay bypass project WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 4:37 pm A scholarship has been launched in honour of Clifton James, the civil engineer who was killed while working on the Montego Bay Perimeter Road. Works minister, Robert Nesta Morgan, made the announcemen Tech expert urges Jamaica to be cautious with AI Nationwide Radio · 4:33 pm An Information Systems professor is urging Jamaica to take a cautious approach to developing and adopting artificial intelligence, AI. He is Professor Paul Golding of the University of Technology, Jam | |||||||||
⚑ TOURISM 9 STORIES | |||||||||
Closed hotels sell their comeback at JAPEX Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Melissa knocked thousands of hotel rooms out of Jamaica’s tourism inventory, some of the properties that remain closed or only partially reopened are o 1,200 back on the job as Royalton reopens Trelawny resorts WESTERN JA Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Melissa forced their closure, Royalton’s two Trelawny resorts reopened their doors Tuesday morning, welcoming their first set of guests and putting app Tourists warned about illegal rafting and water sports on White River Nationwide Radio · 5:49 pm Tourism operators and visitors are being urged to avoid illegal bamboo rafting and other unregulated watersport activities being offered under the bridge at White River in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The noti Jamaica plans to add 20,000 new hotel rooms in the next decade Nationwide Radio · 4:44 pm Jamaica Product Exchange, JAPEX, opened at the Moon Palace Resort, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on September 14. (Garwin Davis/JIS) Jamaica intends to add some 20,000 additional hotel rooms over the next five AI a friend, not foe, for Jamaica’s tourism sector Jamaica Observer · 12:10 am | |||||||||
⚑ SPORTS 14 STORIES | |||||||||
Beijing 27 World Championships logo, mascot revealed Nationwide Radio · 4:23 pm The logo, mascot and slogan for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27 have been revealed to celebrate one year until the prestigious global event returns to China’s capital. The 21st edition of Former Reggae Boy Robert Andrews dies WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 4:20 pm Former Jamaican national footballer Robert Andrews has died following a period of illness. Andrews, who represented Jamaica at the national level, was also a prominent figure in the island’s domestic Daniel Hylton beats Guyana's Septon Barton in boxing match Nationwide Radio · 4:06 pm Jamaica's Daniel Hylton is still beaming with joy following his commanding victory over Guyanese boxer Septon Barton in Guyana. According to Hylton his preparation phase gave him a solid indicator of Miller pleased with KC’s Super Saturday test Jamaica Observer · 4:05 pm Wynter hails JBA Shuttle Showdown as a marquee event Nationwide Radio · 3:59 pm National badminton player, Katherine Wynter, says the Jamaica Badminton Academy Shuttle Showdown is one of the marquee events on the local calendar. This year's staging is set for October 10–11 and 17 | |||||||||
⚑ ENTERTAINMENT 2 STORIES | |||||||||
| |||||||||
⚑ GENERAL NEWS 27 STORIES | |||||||||
Aaaah! Jamaica Observer · 12:06 am ‘Judicial office is a trust’ Jamaica Observer · 12:05 am ‘Fallacious!’ Jamaica Observer · 12:03 am ‘Compre’ reflects and rebuilds as it marks golden jubilee Jamaica Observer · 12:02 am Raptors confirm Leonard’s return after Clippers salary cap scandal Jamaica Observer · 12:00 am | |||||||||
⚑ WESTERN JAMAICA 6 STORIES | |||||||||
1,200 back on the job as Royalton reopens Trelawny resorts WESTERN JA Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Melissa forced their closure, Royalton’s two Trelawny resorts reopened their doors Tuesday morning, welcoming their first set of guests and putting app More charges for man implicated in port drug bust WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 6:20 pm The St. James man charged in connection with last month’s major drug bust at the Kingston Freeport Terminal is now facing additional charges. He's charged in connection with a previous 2025 drug seizu Suspect remains in custody for gun, ammo seizure in Trelawny WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 9:29 am A suspect remains in police custody this Tuesday morning in relation to the seizure of a firearm, ammunition and more than one-million dollars in cash in Stewart Town, Trelawny. The Trelawny Police ma Former Reggae Boy Robert Andrews dies WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 4:20 pm Former Jamaican national footballer Robert Andrews has died following a period of illness. Andrews, who represented Jamaica at the national level, was also a prominent figure in the island’s domestic | |||||||||
⚑ ANNOUNCEMENTS 8 STORIES | |||||||||
More Than 11,000 Hotel Rooms to Return to Inventory JIS · 3:47 pm More than 11,000 hotel rooms are expected to return to Jamaica’s tourism inventory between 2026 and 2027 as the sector continues its recovery, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa last [...] Work Continues on National Radiological Emergency Response Framework JIS · 3:26 pm Efforts to finalise Jamaica’s national radiological emergency response framework are being advanced through a five-day training course involving more than 40 participants from approximately 15 agencie JCF Strengthens Partnership with Community in Spanish Town JIS · 3:16 pm The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is strengthening its partnership with residents of Ellerslie Gardens, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, through a community-building initiative, aimed at helping citize 30-day CD Auction Term Sheet – 15 September 2026 Bank of Jamaica · 11:14 am BANK OF JAMAICA FIXED RATE CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT: 5.75% FR 30D-CD 20260918JMB202600392 ISSUER BANK OF JAMAICA AUCTION DATE Wednesday, 16 September 2026 OFFER VOLUME JMD 37,000,000,000.00 JMD 35,150,0 30-day CD Auction Press Release – 15 September 2026 Bank of Jamaica · 11:14 am Offer of Jamaica Dollar Fixed Rate Certificate of Deposit Bank of Jamaica announces the issue of a 30-day fixed rate Certificate of Deposit. This instrument will be allocated through a competitive pri | |||||||||
Know someone who should be reading this? Share the Report — it is free, twice daily, and always will be. Share on WhatsApp Invite by emailOr simply forward this edition — anyone can join free at crmja.com | |||||||||
| FROM THE CRM JAMAICA GROUP | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Not for you? Unsubscribe in one tap | |||||||||
A free service of the CRM Jamaica Group, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. All stories link to their original publishers, who retain full copyright. Website: crmja.com You are receiving the CRM Jamaica Report because you or your organisation was invited to it. Unsubscribe — or simply reply UNSUBSCRIBE. Advertise with us: report@crmjamaica.org · 876-799-7300 |
