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06 Sep, 2026
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Diaspora in verse - Foreign minister lauds journalist’s tribute to Jamaican community overseas
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, has lauded Garfield Angus, senior reporter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), for his literary work, Out Of Many,…
06 Sep, 2026
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Ambulance errors - Door opens to expose lack of inspections, questions over state of private emergency services
A botched emergency response at a multi-vehicle crash scene on Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland, has led to the disclosure by the Ministry of Health and Wellness that the ambulance and…
06 Sep, 2026
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Christopher Burgess | Cut delays, cluster high-value projects for NaRRA success
Compared with leading regional and international examples, Jamaica’s post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction is already behind. Accountability within the initial five-year reconstruction window should…
06 Sep, 2026
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Editorial | Demerit flip-flop
There may indeed be flaws in the demerit-points system for motor vehicle drivers. But sceptics have good cause to feel that the latest announced delay in the scheme’s implementation has less to do…
06 Sep, 2026
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PPC pushes back against blame for Bellevue delay
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) is pushing back against claims that it contributed to delays in the Government’s plans to construct a new 100-bed mental health facility at Bellevue Hospital,…
06 Sep, 2026
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Silent struggle - Jamaican students battle rising mental health crisis
There is a rural high school in Jamaica where almost all students in a seventh-grade class are reportedly receiving counselling for self-harm ideation. One student, in a recent study by the National…
06 Sep, 2026
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Garth Rattray | Too many crisis-management remedies
What happened to citizens living in Coopers Pen was extremely distressing. From all indications, this privately owned land served as a squatter community for many families for decades. There were…
06 Sep, 2026
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Kingston takes the bulk of remittance growth since Melissa
Residents of Kingston and St Andrew received most of the growth in remittances since Hurricane Melissa, rather than the parishes the storm hit hardest. Jamaicans abroad sent home US$1.85 billion…
06 Sep, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Upper-school spaces for boys versus pretty entrances
A 17-plus-version of me approached Fr Lawrence Burke, principal of St George’s College (STGC), with the slightly vain idea of painting the school crest on the Winchester Park entrance on North Street.…