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Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force.
March 10, 2026

Chief of Defence staff announces memoir

Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), has announced the forthcoming publication of her first memoir, Life, Duty and Command – a personal…
March 10, 2026

Immigration Corner | Resuming British citizenship after a renunciation

Dear Mr Bassie, I would like to know if it is possible to resume your British nationality after having renounced it. If possible could you please explain the process. Thanks. J.S. Dear J.S., In some…
March 10, 2026

Immigration Corner | Marine engineer wants to join Canada’s military. Is it possible?

Dear Miss Powell, I am an engineer with a master’s degree, and I would like to become a permanent resident of Canada and serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. What are my chances? ME Dear ME,
Dahlia Walker-Huntington
March 10, 2026

Immigration Corner | Can my son file for me?

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I was living in America in the 1990s when my sister gave my phone number to a woman who was involved with drug trafficking. I got caught up in a conspiracy with this woman…
Madge Sanderson, head of St Elizabeth Education and Therapeutic Centre.
March 9, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Forgotten learners

Months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, administrators and students at several special-needs institutions remain in a desperate battle for survival, grappling with a sluggish…
The order to enroll in another school is one of three conditions that were imposed during a bail hearing in the St Ann Children’s Court on Wednesday.
March 9, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence demands witness’s evidence struck from record in murder case against cops

Defence attorney Hugh Wildman has urged the court to exclude the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the trial of six policemen charged in connection with the January 2013 fatal shooting of…
Persons waiting to be served at the eye clinic at St Joseph's Hospital in St Andrew on March 9., 2026.
March 9, 2026

Rush at eye clinic amid impending departure of Cuban medical workers

A large crowd turned up at the eye clinic at St Joseph’s Hospital in St Andrew on Monday morning as patients rushed to seek treatment from Cuban health professionals ahead of their departure from…
Firefighters at the scene of a fire at a property located at the intersection of Nugent Street and Old Market Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine on March 9, 2026.
March 9, 2026

Several left homeless by fire in Spanish Town

Several persons have been left homeless after a fire destroyed two structures in a yard in a section of Spanish Town, St Catherine this afternoon. The blaze occurred at the intersection of Nugent…
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March 9, 2026

Water being regulated for some St Mary communities due to downed pump at White River plant

The National Water Commission (NWC) has implemented temporary water rationing for some customers in Charles Town and other surrounding areas of St Mary due to a defective pump at its White River…