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05 Feb, 2026
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ODPEM falls short in documenting items purchased
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has raised concern that the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) purchased food items, tarpaulin and water costing $59.6 million for…
05 Feb, 2026
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Stakeholders fêted at MoBay Expo 2020 cocktail reception
Business interests and stakeholders were hosted by Sandals and sister company ATL Automotive at their Bogue City Centre plant in Montego Bay recently. The event, staged in collaboration with the…
05 Feb, 2026
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Foreign‑based street artists brighten Ocho Rios
An unused building at the base of Milford Road in Ocho Rios has become an unlikely canvas for two foreign-based street artists. Their mural has not only enlivened that stretch of the resort town but…
05 Feb, 2026
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Kingston Curry Festival to bring family fun to Devon House
With Kingston fast cementing its reputation as a melting pot of food, culture and creativity, the Kingston Curry Festival is set to serve up a bold, flavour-packed experience when it takes over Devon…
05 Feb, 2026
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Fair Prospect High sees improvement in English passes
Fair Prospect High School in Portland has recorded a marked improvement in English A outcomes, with its pass rate rising by 33 percentage points in the 2025 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate…
05 Feb, 2026
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St James’ custos says reason some JPs being decommished is ‘embarrassing’
WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of S James, is warning justices of the peace (JPs) in that parish that he will personally seek to have them decommissioned if he finds out they have…
05 Feb, 2026
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The disaster that erased Savanna‑la‑Mar
On October 28 last year, Black River, the capital of St Elizabeth, was almost entirely destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. The scale of the devastation left much of Jamaica stunned. For some residents,…
05 Feb, 2026
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RIU hosts 125 North American travel agents as Ja rebuilds after Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Montego Bay hosted its largest group of international travel agents for the year last Saturday, as Jamaica’s tourism sector continues its recovery push in the aftermath of the…
05 Feb, 2026
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JMDA gives UHWI ultimatum
The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) has issued an ultimatum for the management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to take steps to resolve a number of long-standing…