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A school garden at the Buff Primary School in Portland.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Education Ministry issues guidance for school farms amid hot, dry conditions

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is urging schools that offer agricultural science to implement measures to protect students, staff, crops and livestock from the current…
27 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica calls for reform of multilateral system, stronger climate and security cooperation

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Jamaica has called for sweeping reforms of the international system, warning that the shortcomings of multilateralism cannot be addressed by abandoning it at a time when small…
Chief Technical Director, Housing, Urban Renewal and Projects at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development (MEGID), Authrine Scarlett, speaks about the Ministry’s national squatter survey and the development of a National Squatter Ma
27 Sep, 2026 0

National survey of informal settlements near completion

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development is nearing completion of a national survey of informal settlements that will provide the data needed to inform a new policy framework for…
The man is scheduled to appear before the Manchester Parish Court on Wednesday, October 21.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Taxi operator arrested after fellow cabbie mowed down during dispute in Old Harbour

The Old Harbour police in St Catherine have arrested a taxi operator who reportedly used a vehicle to mow down another cabbie during a dispute along the Gutters main road in Old Harbour this morning. …
Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, addressing nurses from Ghana who arrived in Jamaica on September 27, 2026.
27 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica gets first batch of nurses from Ghana

Jamaica today received the first batch of healthcare workers from Ghana as part of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to strengthen the country’s healthcare workforce and support…
27 Sep, 2026 0

Dwight Fletcher | Three things that make absolute truth worth standing on

Over the past two weeks, we have been discussing the war for truth. As Christians and as people, we are bombarded directly and indirectly with a relentless campaign to affect the way we think. So, it…
27 Sep, 2026 0

Yaakov Raskin | Can we all share one roof?

On September 8, Prime Minister Holness launched the Jamaica Reconstruction and Resilience Oversight Committee (JAMRROC), bringing together people from government, the Opposition, business, labour and…
Agbo
27 Sep, 2026 0

Gabriel Agbo | Never again!

“ The LORD says, ‘I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts ... . Never again will my people be disgraced like…
Major-Campbell
27 Sep, 2026 0

Sean Major-Campbell | Praising God with all creation

Something very special has been happening with regards to celebrating the Season of Creation. This will see our pawsome, feathered, and maybe even scaled friends in attendance at a Season of Creation…