An “emergency” meeting has been scheduled with the Ministry of Labour for Monday after industrial action, which began on Thursday, continued for a second day at the National Housing Trust (NHT). Scores of employees from levels one to four (ancillary, clerical and administrative) again called in sick on Friday following a reported failure by NHT’s management to supply salary data requested by their union to wrap negotiations.

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WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump will meet with Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela, for the first time next week since his administration carried out an operation to capture the nation’s former leader and effectively put Rodriguez in charge. The gathering in New York City between the two leaders will be a “pull-aside” – diplomatic speak for a meeting that is more casual than a formal bilateral sit-down – said Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations. Trump will be in town for the annual United Nations General Assembly.

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While the national team is preparing to open their 2026 Concacaf Nations League campaign in the coming days, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is already laying the foundation for the 2030 FIFA World Cup qualifying cycle. Reggae Boyz interim head coach Rudolph Speid said the squad for the Nations League was selected with one eye firmly on the future. He said the coaching staff is aimed at balancing immediate results alongside their long-term plans of preparing for the next World Cup qualifying cycle.

19 Sep, 2026 Gregory Bryce/Staff Reporter 0

For its 2026 staging, the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA) will see an exciting change of format from a physical, live ceremony to a national television broadcast on Television Jamaica (TVJ). That was the major announcement coming out of Thursday’s media briefing at the R Hotel Kingston, as organisers prepare to celebrate an amazing 10 years of saluting excellence across the entire spectrum of the gospel landscape.

19 Sep, 2026 Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer 0

Jamaica’s inflation problem has shifted from transport costs to drought-hit food prices, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams said on Wednesday, as she argued that the economy has weathered Hurricane Melissa better than expected. “So I’m going to speak about inflation because it’s important to speak about it. The story changed twice,” Williams told a post-Cabinet briefing. “After a Category 5 hurricane, you’d expect food prices to run away from you. They did not.”

18 Sep, 2026 Carolyn Guniss - Senior Business Reporter 0