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Principal Jermaine Harris, Dean Joel Gray, coaches, and members of the Edwin Allen High School track team were on hand to receive 250 cases of water valued at $250,000 from Guardian Life Limited. The presentation was made by representatives of the Mandevil
March 12, 2026

Corporate Hands | Guardian Life makes donation to Edwin Allen High School track team

Frontiers 2025
March 12, 2026

Earth Today | ‘Older women could drive change for ageing and the environment’ - report

OLDER WOMEN have been presented as part of the solution to the world’s ageing populations and the growing environmental risks that increase the vulnerability of older people to health problems. “ Many…
A breakaway along the Spring Mount road in St James that was caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
March 12, 2026

Earth Today | Say ‘yes’ to Nature-based Solutions

JAMAICA’S TRANSPORT network is the backbone of the country’s economy and daily life. Roads connect farmers to markets, children to schools, and communities to healthcare and other essential services.
McDonald Gayle
March 12, 2026

Earth Today | Everyone gains with inclusive conservation

ASK ANY woman living along a coastline battered by last hurricane season’s storms what recovery looks like and she will likely describe not just rebuilding a physical home but holding together a…
Some of the buses procured by the Government for the rural school bus system.
March 11, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Auditor General launches school bus probe

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has initiated a probe into the Ministry of Energy, Transport & Telecommunications’ (METT) $1.4-billion acquisition of 110 used school buses amid public concerns…
Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, opens the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday.
March 11, 2026

Crude cushion

Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams has sought to allay fears that rising oil prices on the global market would affect Jamaica’s ability to import the essential product, arguing…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams, opens the 2026/27 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 10, 2026.
March 11, 2026

Gov’t strengthening disaster risk financing

The Government is working to strengthen its suite of disaster risk financing instruments to safeguard against the uncertainties of natural disasters. Accordingly, the Government intends to renew the…
The matter is to go to trial on May 15.
March 11, 2026

Court remands two held allegedly with car of man found dead in St Catherine canal

The man and woman who were held allegedly with the car of a man whose decomposing body was found in a canal in Hartlands, St Catherine last month were remanded when they appeared before the parish…
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March 11, 2026

Four men charged for major ganja bust at sea in Alligator Pond

Four men who were held at sea allegedly with over 2,000 pounds of ganja in Alligator Pond, St Elizabeth have been charged. Charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja,…