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La Sonja Harrison (left), the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, and Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth, and information, in conversation on the third and final day of the association’s 62nd annual c
26 Aug, 2026 0

Mile Gully High ‘not fit’ for education, JTA president declares

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison has described the condition of Mile Gully High School in Manchester as unacceptable, declaring that it is “not fit to…
In the air.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Mom’s leap of faith pays off as 19-y-o takes to the skies

When mom Kerrine Blair realised that she could do no more to influence her son’s career choice, she admitted defeat and decided to fully support him in his quest to become a pilot. The fact that she…
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26 Aug, 2026 0

Sinclair: Gov’t will find Coopers Pen solution

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Charles Sinclair, deputy general secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has intimated that the Government will be finding a solution to address the plight of residents of…
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25 Aug, 2026 0

Children abandoned - Five young ones among 60 patients deserted by relatives
Four of the five children abandoned at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine have spent their entire lives at the facility, a situation Chief Executive Officer Jacqueline Ellis says is…
Jason Arday.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Jason Arday planned Jamaica visit to encourage parents of autistic children

The late Cambridge professor Jason Arday was set to deliver a message of hope to Jamaican parents of autistic children before his untimely death, organisers of the Hope, Tools and Tomorrow Autism…
J. C. Hutchinson, Jamaica Labour Party deputy leader for Area Council Four, announced his retirement from the post come October after 30 years as an officer.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Hutchinson plans to rally Labourites for JLP’s fourth term

WESTERN BUREAU: While J.C. Hutchinson will be stepping down as the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leader in charge of Area Council Four come October, he has made it clear that he plans to remain…
The original library.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Library closure raises fears for students, residents in Oracabessa

“What is a community without a library to help the kids with assignments and things to print?” That is the question a 15-year-old St Mary student is asking as the Oracabessa Branch Library faces…
Rene Myrie
25 Aug, 2026 0

High-school friends create AI companion for mental wellness

More than two decades after they met in high school in Jamaica and became friends, Rene Myrie and Francine Forbes have combined their professional knowledge to create Choobi, an artificial…
A hole in a section of the Howard Cooke Boulevard bridge in Montego Bay, St James, where an expansion joint was recently damaged. The bridge has had to be repaired three separate times since 2020.
25 Aug, 2026 0

Expansion joint issue continues to dog Howard Cooke Boulevard bridge

WESTERN BUREAU: Motorists and pedestrians are again calling for a comprehensive repair of an expansion joint on a bridge along Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay. The bridge has faced recurring…