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12 Jun, 2026
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Mayor Williams honoured by JAS for service to Clarendon agriculture
Visibly emotional and at times wiping away tears, May Pen Mayor Joel Williams was honoured by the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) during the Clarendon JAS Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the…
12 Jun, 2026
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Purkiss raises alarm over delays in aid to tourism workers
WESTERN BUREAU:
Seven and a half months after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica's tourism belt, Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism Andrea Purkiss has accused the Government of failing industry…
12 Jun, 2026
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READERS’ REACTIONS - Gov’t to unveil study on impact of social media, eyes restrictions for children under 16 - Tufton
I'm actually open to restrictions, but I'd like to see the research first. Banning social media for under-16s sounds simple until you realize many countries are struggling to enforce it.…
12 Jun, 2026
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Letter of the Day | No need for more police in schools
THE EDITOR, Madam:
As Jamaica continues to grapple with school violence, bullying, and student conflict, there have been increasing calls for a greater police presence in schools through the…
12 Jun, 2026
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Babe from Bethlehem
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The BBC story in early June read “Babe from Bethlehem”, and wondered if I had gone to sleep for the past six months to be awaked like Rip Van Winkle.
The headline referred to the…
12 Jun, 2026
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Editorial | NWC audit reveals a lie
There is a notable takeaway from the auditor-general’s (AuG) review of capital projects by the National Water Commission (NWC), which has thus far received little attention. Because it is…
12 Jun, 2026
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Patrice Quesada | What migration dialogues reveal about the Caribbean’s future
The last few weeks have been particularly rich for migration dialogues in the Caribbean. Moving between global, regional and national spaces, I’m encouraged by how they point in the same direction:…
12 Jun, 2026
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Peter Espeut | Raiding the house money
I remember clearly when the National Housing Trust (NHT) was established in 1976; I was in my 20s.
In 1975 the total national budget was roughly J$800 million, and Jamaica had an acute housing…
12 Jun, 2026
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St Catherine Councillors call for new municipal building
Councillors at Thursday's general meeting of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation renewed calls for the construction of a new municipal building, arguing that the current facility is no longer…