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Dr Janice Simmonds-Fisher, medical director, Bioregeneration Integrated Medical Centre.
14 Oct, 2026 0

Supporting the whole woman - Complementary care for breast cancer survivors this October

Every October, Jamaica joins the world in observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time to encourage early screening, to honour those we have lost, and to stand with the many women, and men,…
Ophthalmologist Dr David Burton (left) makes a point to Nurse Saschauna Hamilton during a medical mission at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay earlier this year.
14 Oct, 2026 0

Health | Restoring sight, reclaiming roots

Consultant ophthalmologist Dr David Burton made the decision to give back to Jamaica from an experience he had 20 years ago while he was on an internship at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH). In…
14 Oct, 2026 0

Francis Wade | The hidden bets your company makes

Imagine that your company proclaims its intent to ‘be number one’. The objective is clear, but you suspect that a commitment this simple may create more problems than it solves. If so, how should you…
14 Oct, 2026 0

The LAB bets on Apple TV’s arrival to fuel more local content, increasing avenues for profit

Limners and Bards Ltd, the advertising and production company known as The LAB, thinks that the arrival of Apple TV in Jamaica will increase demand for locally made content, which could spur more…
Richard Mullings, President of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica.
14 Oct, 2026 0

Builder group says late Government payments, not lack of capacity, slowing reconstruction

Government should share some blame for a shortage of top-tier building contractors because it pays them late, the island’s main builders’ group said. Richard Mullings, president of The Incorporated…
Michael Troupe (centre), councillor for the Granville division in the St James Municipal Corporation, addresses the monthly meeting of the corporation last Thursday. Also pictured are Martin Kellier (left), councillor for the Welcome Hall division, and Ker
14 Oct, 2026 0

St James councillors bemoan inconsistent garbage collection

WESTERN BUREAU: The issue of inadequate garbage collection again took centre stage at last Thursday’s sitting of the St James Municipal Corporation, where several councillors lamented the inconsistent…
Jamaica Fire Brigade Superintendent O’Neil Henry, in charge of operations at the brigade’s St James division, presenting the Fire Brigade report during the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation on October 8.
14 Oct, 2026 0

St James fire superintendent calls for joint road safety initiative

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Oneil Henry, who heads the St James branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is urging the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and other stakeholders to work with…
Letters
14 Oct, 2026 0

Gandhi nuh rate we

THE EDITOR, Madam: In You Can’t Blame the Youth, Peter Tosh indicted a schoolroom that taught Jamaican children to call pirates and conquistadors great men. I thought of him on reading ‘Celebrating…
Heroy Clarke (right), the sole nominee for the Jamaica Labour Party’s deputy leadership of Area Council Four, receives the party’s symbolic bell from outgoing deputy leader J.C. Hutchinson after his nomination at Sunday’s Area Council Four meeting at
14 Oct, 2026 0

Clarke says local polls key to JLP’s fourth-term bid

WESTERN BUREAU: Heroy Clarke, the sole nominee for the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leadership of Area Council Four, said the road to a fourth term in government runs through the 2028 local…