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Locksley Waites, fruit tree crop specialist, tends to fruit crops at the Bodles Research Station in Old Harbour, St Catherine.
March 24, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

3,000 acres of fruit trees by 2035

Jamaica is embarking on an ambitious drive to expand agricultural output, bolster food security and earn more foreign exchange by planting at least 3,000 acres of five key fruit trees – mango, ackee,…
From left: Enrique Martinez Gonzalez, rheumatology specialist; Yaselis Jacas Serrano, emergency nurse; and Humberto Alvarez Luna, neurology specialist, in an interview with The Gleaner at the Cuban Embassy in Kingston yesterday.
March 24, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Doctors in departure lounge

As the curtain falls on more than half a century of medical cooperation with Jamaica, highly trained Cuban specialists will begin exiting the island this Thursday, departing on four chartered flights…
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March 24, 2026 by Andre Williams

Defence suggests investigators compromised murder scene in Clansman Gang trial

The handling of a bag recovered from the scene of a 2020 murder came under intense scrutiny in the Supreme Court on Monday, as the defence pressed its case that investigators may have compromised key…
Mourners at the funeral for Dr Tomlin Paul, the late deputy principal of The University of the West Indies, Mona, held yesterday at the University Chapel in St Andrew.
March 24, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Dr Tomlin Paul celebrated as a ‘Caribbean man’

Dr Tomlin J. Paul, the late deputy principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), was yesterday remembered as a “Caribbean man”, a devoted father, and a distinguished medical professional, as…
West Ham United’s Dimitri Payet controls the ball during the English Premier League football match against Southampton in London, on September 25, 2016.
March 24, 2026

Payet ends 20-year playing career

PARIS (AP): Dimitri Payet called time on a playing career where he earned a reputation as one of football’s entertainers, catching the eye with spectacular free kicks and wizardry on the ball. The…
President of the Jamaica Surfing Association, Inilek Wilmot (second right), interacts with some of the children at the Next Wave JA surfing session in Bull Bay on Sunday.
March 24, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Surf’s up for Jamaica’s next generation

With an eye on the horizon and a focus on the future, the Next Wave JA programme kicked off over the weekend, welcoming 20 young hopefuls to the famous Jamnesia surf camp. Despite the ocean offering…
Caitlyn Sams of UWI Women’s FC (left) challenges Suen Gregory of Arnett Gardens FC during a Jamaica Women’s Premeir League football match at the UWI Mona Bowl in Kingston on March 14.
March 24, 2026

MPowa, WATA pumps millions into JWPL development

MPowa and WATA have continued to invest in, and put their support behind, sport and sports development. The Wisynco Group brands’ most recent support comes in the form of a $1.5-million cash and…
Giovani Smith leads Jamaica’s ice hockey team out onto the rink during a Challenger series game.
March 24, 2026

Jamaica ice hockey team building ahead of Challenger Series

The Challenger Series Ice Hockey tournament involving Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Greece, Lebanon and new entrants, an Indian Heritage team, skates off in Chicago in May, with matches being played from the…
Waldensia Primary and Infant School.
March 24, 2026

NET assists two Trelawny schools after hurricane damage

Two schools in Trelawny have begun major rebuilding efforts with support from the National Education Trust (NET) after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread damage last year. Albert Town Primary and…