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Quadisha Lee, patient care assistant, speaks wth Dempson.
08 Mar, 2026 0

Left behind: Inside Bellevue’s ward for Jamaica’s forgotten patients

James Harvey*, 54, still moves as though he is standing behind a towering sound system. Sometimes he rocks from side to side, blurting intros to dancehall hits as if the speakers are still thumping…
Dr Rushell White making a presentation as superintendent in the New York City Department of Education.
08 Mar, 2026 0

‘When women thrive, we all rise’

Today, for International Women’s Day and through the 2026 theme ‘Give To Gain’, the world is being encouraged to take on a mindset of generosity and collaboration, recognising that when people,…
Dean Williams, also known as ‘Sam’.
08 Mar, 2026 0

Woman tried to stop partner from leaving home before confrontation with cops left him, two others dead

The spouse of one of the three men killed during an alleged confrontation with police in Comfort district, Clarendon, on Friday is challenging the official account of the deadly encounter. The…
Shanoya Douglas
08 Mar, 2026 0

Flair | 10 athletes to watch at Girls’ Champs

The annual five-day track and field carnival that is the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) is once again on the horizon, and here is our list of the top 10 female…
Family members and friends of Melissa Silvera leave the Supreme Court after the sentencing of Jolyan Silvera at the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston yesterday.
07 Mar, 2026 0

‘Justice was done’

The family of Melissa Silvera say they are not pleased with the possibility that her widower, former Member of Parliament (MP) Jolyan Silvera, could be eligible for parole after being sentenced to…
In this 2020 photo doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba.
07 Mar, 2026 0

Cuban foreign ministry: Jamaica’s decision to end medical programme ‘disregarded’ history of fruitful, sustained collaboration

Expressing deep regret over the termination of its near 50-year-old bilateral medical brigade programme with Jamaica, Cuba in a statement yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to the Jamaican people…
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes.
07 Mar, 2026 0

Sykes: Silvera made ‘strategic’ guilty plea

Chief Justice Bryan Sykes said former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera’s guilty plea to manslaughter came only after careful consideration of forensic evidence, describing it as “more strategic…
Dr Jason McKay.
07 Mar, 2026 0

The smoking bullet

Criminologist and forensic-reconstruction expert, Dr Jason McKay, has stated that Jamaica needs to be thankful, proud and supportive of the various state agencies’ collective roles that led to former…
07 Mar, 2026 0

Cuba concern for students on scholarship

Jamaica’s decision to end its 50-year medical cooperation with Cuba has triggered concerns about how the move might impact the country’s bilateral medical scholarship programme, with at least one…