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🔴 LIVE NOW : Post Cabinet Press Briefing 🔗: https://www.youtube.com/live/3KxiFlsD5j0?si=1yW9jMHRxQ8ZuPSo Tune in to hear the latest!

JAMAICA DEFEATS GUATEMALA 3-0 At the top it's just us! Jamaica dominated Group E, beating Guatemala 3-0 at the National Stadium tonight (June 11). This win puts the Reggae Boyz at 12 points, 3 ahead of Group E rivals, Guatemala, securing their place in the next round of the World Cup Qualifiers.


REGGAE BOYZ LEAD GUATEMALA 2-0 AT HALFTIME IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER At the halfway mark, the Reggae Boyz hold a 2-0 lead over Guatemala in their second-round, Group E, World Cup Qualifiers top-of-the-table showdown at the National Stadium in Kingston tonight (June 10). Jamaica took the lead in the 26th minute through a powerful header from Jon Russell. The advantage was doubled in the 37th minute, following a failed Leon Bailey penalty converted by Warner Brown.


🔴 LIVE NOW : Sectoral Debates - Minister of Labour and Social Security 🔗: https://www.youtube.com/live/tI9ha6YzDTk?si=bCiVDBdC0R88UNkA Tune in for the latest in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for the new fiscal year.

NIF CLIMBS TO $227B; PENSION, MATERNITY, & HEALTH BENEFITS SET TO INCREASE (1/3) The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners are set to receive an increase in their benefits following a 17% increase in the National Insurance Fund (NIF). Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., made the announcement during his Sectoral Presentation to Parliament today (May 13), noting that the NIF's value climbed from approximately $194 billion in March 2024 to $227 billion as of March 31, 2025.


NIF CLIMBS TO $227B (2/3) The Minister confirmed that all NIS pensioners will benefit from increased payments beginning August 2025. These increases will be retroactive to April 1, 2025.


NIF CLIMBS TO $227B (3/3) Minister Charles also shared that the Maternity Allowance, which is tied to the National Minimum Wage, will see domestic workers receiving $16,000 effective June 1, 2025. Swipe for more details on the increase in benefits!


🔴 LIVE NOW : Opening Session of Caribbean Poultry Association 8th International Technical Symposium 🔗 : https://www.youtube.com/live/9_2qKU6PwU8?si=_fpS48JCxdiaYldR Tune in for the latest!

AFTERNOON SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY A trough currently across Jamaica is expected to linger for the next few days, bringing increased cloudiness, scattered showers, and isolated thunderstorms, particularly during the afternoons. In their latest update, the Met Service of Jamaica has advised that today (May 13), eastern parishes can expect partly cloudy skies, while mainly sunny conditions will prevail elsewhere during the morning. Additionally, isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms are forecast across sections of central and western parishes. Conditions will remain partly cloudy in other areas. On Wednesday and Thursday, the trough is expected to maintain its presence, bringing afternoon showers and thunderstorms primarily across southern parishes and hilly inland areas.


CHINESE GARAGE CAN REOPEN ONCE IT MEETS REQUISITE CRITERIA The recently shuttered Whole Hearted Company Services Limited auto repair shop, in Ferry Pen at the St. Andrew and St. Catherine border, will be allowed to resume its operations once it has met all the legal requirements. That assurance was given by Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., as he responded to questions on the status of the facility at a post-sectoral press briefing at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston, on Wednesday (May 14). The auto repair shop became the subject of a multi-stakeholder investigation last month, after dozens of Jamaicans flocked the newly opened facility in search of affordable vehicle repairs.
