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Angela Rose-Howell (left) and Beverley Johnson-Green
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Rose-Howell set to take charge of Jamaica’s Miami Consulate, Johnson-Green named honorary consul for Birmingham

Angela Rose-Howell is expected to take over the leadership of Jamaica’s consulate in Miami, Florida, while Beverley Johnson-Green has been appointed as Jamaica’s honorary consul in Birmingham,…
Manager for the Loan Portfolio Management Unit within the National Housing Trust (NHT), Leighton Taylor, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank at the agency’s Television Department in St Andrew.
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Peril premiums unchanged for all NHT mortgagors

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is advising mortgagors that they will continue to pay the existing peril insurance premium for the upcoming period, September 1, 2026 to August 31, 2027. Manager for…
Minister of Education, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon.
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Education Minister hails gains in CSEC Mathematics

Minister of Education Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon says the latest Caribbean Examinations Council results, particularly in Mathematics, show that targeted interventions are beginning to pay off,…
Taxi operators who ply the Spanish Town to Browns Hall route in St Catherine staged a protest about poor road conditions on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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Taxi operators, residents protest deteriorating roads in St Catherine

More than 40 taxi operators withdrew their services and staged a peaceful protest along the Back Pasture main road in St Catherine on Wednesday, as frustration mounts over the deteriorating condition…
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School is not a runway, but students’ rights matter, says children’s rights group

Children’s rights group, Fi We Children Foundation, says the long-awaited national student dress and grooming policy must protect students’ rights while providing schools with clear and reasonable…
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Police hunt man after brother fatally stabbed in Portmore

The police are searching for a man who allegedly fatally stabbed his brother following an argument in their community of Beverly Flats in Newlands, Portmore, St Catherine, on Tuesday. Dead is…
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Earth Today | Report spotlights mental health cost of climate change

THE NEED to elevate mental health-related loss and damage from climate change as a key consideration for policymakers is among a set of recommendations from a recent global stocktake of national…
Resident volunteers in Parottee, St Elizabeth do their part to clean up a degraded mangrove forest in the community during a Bulky Waste Cleanup, in celebration of World Wetlands Day in February. The clean-up was part of the RE-LEAF initiative.
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Earth Today | Urban Forest Run to help restore tree cover in western Jamaica

JAMAICANS ARE encouraged to don their running shoes this weekend, in support of restoring the tree cover lost in western Jamaica with the passage of the devastating Hurricane Melissa last October. The…
Plastic in a waterway in Trinidad & Tobago.
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Earth Today | Trash doesn’t stop at the shoreline

PICTURE A fisherman returning to shore somewhere in the Caribbean. Alongside his catch, tangled in his net, are plastic bottles, food wrappers, and a lone flip-flop that clearly didn’t come from…