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June 17, 2026
by Keisha Hill
June 17, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Jamaica 4-H, US group donate supplies to St Catherine Health Department
A joint effort by the Jamaica 4-H Foundation and the Living Well Community Centre in the United States has resulted in the donation of items valued at $4 million to the St Catherine Health Department…
June 17, 2026
by Keisha Hill
Donnell Dunkley uses curiosity to break fear of science
For many students, science can seem intimidating — a subject of complex formulas, unfamiliar terms and difficult ideas. For Donnell Dunkley, however, it represents something quite different:…
June 17, 2026
Mocho Pear Festival seeks to turn crop into economic engine
Efforts to expand Jamaica’s avocado (pear) industry gathered momentum last week as stakeholders in Clarendon launched a festival intended to spur rural development and exports.
June 17, 2026
Jamaica’s security attaché graduates from Inter-American Defense College
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tanisha Ellison, Jamaica’s security attaché at the embassy in Washington, DC, has become the first Jamaican to graduate from the Inter-American Defense College…
June 17, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Pit latrines biggest risk to Jamaica’s water supply, warns Samuda
Western Bureau
Matthew Samuda, minister of water, climate change and the environment, has described backyard pit latrines in high water-table communities as among the greatest environmental risks…
June 17, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Hanover celebrates 2026 Rhodes Scholar
Western Bureau:
Tiana Shantae Dinham, Jamaica’s 2026 Rhodes Scholar from Maryland in Hanover, was honoured at a civic ceremony in Bustamante Square in Lucea on Friday. Family, friends, and members…
June 18, 2026
MiA Jumpp The Moonlight Medicine Tour heads to Kingston on June 28
For many, wellness starts with a gym membership, a morning walk or a meditation app. For MiA Jumpp, it begins with water, sound and a deliberate return to stillness.
Through BACK TO NTR, the…
June 17, 2026
The Grammys add 5 new categories
NEW YORK (AP):
The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including the addition of five new categories.
The academy on Tuesday announced the addition of a…