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May 28, 2026
by Kimone Francis
J’can medical students in Cuba there by their own volition, says foreign ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Jamaican medical students who continue to study in Cuba do so at their "own volition", even as it continues to monitor the situation in the…
May 28, 2026
Gov’t pockets 70% of $1 billion allocated to poor under Solidarity Programme
A revelation by Dione Jennings, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, that about 77 per cent, or $$770 million, of the $1 billion set aside for the Government’s Solidarity…
May 28, 2026
by Corey Robinson
‘Taking us for fools!’
Former Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has accused the Government of crippling investigations into fatal police shootings by repeatedly delaying the full deployment of body-worn cameras…
May 28, 2026
Defence presses analyst on fourth person theory after DNA results in Acadia Drive trial
A forensic analyst on Wednesday could not dismiss the possibility that a blood sample from an unidentified male found inside a blue Mitsubishi Outlander linked to the 2013 Acadia Drive police shooting…
May 28, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
PM says some of donated hurricane funds will go to the JDF, ODPEM
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) are to receive part of the $1.4 billion in hurricane recovery donations to replenish emergency…
May 28, 2026
Sagicor Foundation, MoBay City Run restore Maldon High farming facilities
A Labour Day partnership between the Sagicor Foundation and the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run charity has helped restore critical farming facilities at Maldon High School in upper St James, an…
May 28, 2026
Border with Congo closed over Ebola surge
Ugandan authorities yesterday ordered the closure of their border with Congo “with immediate effect” as suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola surge towards 1,000 there and others emerge at home.
May 28, 2026
Gov’t unveils US$75m investment in highway through the Amazon
Brazil’s government announced yesterday that it will invest US$75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation…
May 28, 2026
Ghana begins repatriating citizens due to anti-immigration tensions
The first group of around 300 Ghanaian nationals flew to their country yesterday, as their government began a voluntary repatriation programme for its citizens in response to anti-immigration tensions…