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Bertrand Smith, director general of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), addresses delegates at the launch of Jamaica’s candidature for election to Category C of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London on Monday, Novemb
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Shipping | Jamaica’s 50-year maritime journey shapes IMO Council bid

For Jamaica, the case for another term on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council begins with a simple reality: for island states and developing economies, shipping is not a distant…
Rushelle Gordon, a nonverbal schizophrenia patient of Hendon, Norwood in St James, who has been missing since November 5, 2026.
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Family searches for mental health patient Rushelle Gordon

WESTERN BUREAU: The family of 36-year-old Rushelle Gordon, of Hendon, Norwood, in St James, is seeking the public’s assistance to find her after she went missing in Montego Bay last Thursday. Joycelin…
Lt Col (Retired) Garfield Prendergast (seated second left) responds to a question from the audience during the roundtable discussion, held recently at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston as part of Saint International’s inaugural West Indi
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Growth & Jobs | Stakeholders urge stronger policy push to advance Jamaica’s built environment

Professionals in the local built environment are calling for a more aggressive use of policy, planning and coordinated development to improve the country’s infrastructure. Stronger use of policy will…
Pearnel Charles Jr (left), minister of labour and social security, listens to Horace Hines (right), general manager of JN Money Services, during the launch of the JN Money Fields of Opportunity Scholarships at the JN Financial Centre in New Kingston on Jul
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Growth & Jobs | Labour ministry hails JN Money partnership advancing welfare of Jamaican farm workers in Canada

As Jamaica marks 60 years of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Programme (SAWP), the Ministry of Labour and Social Security has commended JN Money Services (JNMS) for its sustained partnership in…
Jonathan Swire (centre, front row), vice chair of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, takes a group photo with promoters of the ‘See It. Snap It. Fix It.’ at the launch.
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Growth & Jobs | Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and Partners launch ‘See It. Snap It. Fix It.’ platform

Residents, business owners and visitors to downtown Kingston can now report problems affecting the public environment and track their resolution through a new digital platform, as the Jamaica Chamber…
People participate in a “No Kings” protest against US President Donald Trump near the US embassy in Ottawa on June 14, 2025.
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Gordon Robinson | The more things change …

On one Saturday, the task of partnering The Dunce fell upon The Beast. The Beast drew double-six three consecutive games and posed it. The Dunce repeatedly cut The Beast’s cards to play his own.…
Members of Parliament before at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament held on September 18, 2025 in Gordon House.
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Michael Abrahams | Disorder in the House

On October 28, Jamaica abstained, for the first time since it was introduced in 1992, from voting on the United Nations resolution to lift the United States embargo against Cuba. The abstention…
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Editorial | Vale Royal and the Constitution

Notwithstanding this newspaper’s call for Jamaica to rethink who can be Parliament’s Speaker, there is no sign that a break in the deadlock between the Government and the Opposition on constitutional…
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Beach access law must change

THE EDITOR, Madam: People in authority, knowing the facts, talk about “beach access”, but they don’t explain the details: high-water mark access versus shoreline/ beach land access. By law, the space…