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23 Apr, 2026
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Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes
CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…
23 Apr, 2026
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Earth Today | Heir apparent
STEPHEN JONES is a new addition to the senior leadership of the consultancy firm, Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL); and he is keen to make his mark in the environment sector while transforming…
23 Apr, 2026
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Earth Today | ‘Embrace renewables’
AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current…
23 Apr, 2026
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Ocho Rios gets IV therapy bar as Inner Bloom opens
Banking on her own health-related experiences, wedding consultant, fashionista and entrepreneur Shelle Parchment has taken another bold step with the launch of St Ann’s first IV bar, Inner Bloom. The…
23 Apr, 2026
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Kumina workshop to explore African ancestral traditions
An immersive Kumina workshop is set to take over the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) at 12 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston, on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.…
23 Apr, 2026
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StJMC cracks down on advertisers owing $30m
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has begun intensifying enforcement measures to compel advertisers to settle outstanding billboard fees, which have gone unpaid despite…
23 Apr, 2026
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CB Group plans $1b investment to strengthen egg, pork supply
Hurricane Melissa dealt a heavy blow to Jamaica’s egg industry, damaging layer houses in production and sharply reducing output, even as large-scale broiler operations withstood the storm. Livestock…
23 Apr, 2026
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22-y-o woman on murder charge following fatal fight
A 22-year-old Kingston woman has been charged with murder after inflicting fatal injuries to a man during a fight. Shanice Dixon, of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 11, has also been charged with being…
23 Apr, 2026
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Health ministry warns against consuming products from Pan Caribbean Sugar Company amid contamination issue
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says an immediate stop order has been placed on the production, distribution and sale of all Pan Caribbean Sugar Company products after metal fragments were found…