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May 21, 2026
Corporate Hands | GraceKennedy Foundation invests $4.4m to help farmers rebuild after Hurricane Melissa
Farmers from the parishes most impacted by Hurricane Melissa join team members from Grace Agro Processors and the GraceKennedy Foundation(GKF) during the handover of recovery farming supplies on April…
May 21, 2026
Corporate Hands | Jamalco shares in Read Across Jamaica activities at Greater Portmore Infant School
Senior quality management coordinator at Jamalco, Kimberly Wright-Sterling, reads from I Am a Promise by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to inspire Grade 3 students of Greater Portmore Infant School, in…
May 21, 2026
Cuba condemns ‘despicable accusations’ against former president Raúl Castro
Cuba on Wednesday condemned “in the strongest terms” what it described as the despicable accusations by the United States Department of Justice against former president Raúl Castro.
May 21, 2026
New task force being established to safeguard BPO workers and practices
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will establish the Standards, Accountability and Fairness in Employment (SAFE) Task Force to strengthen workplace oversight, enhance compliance engagement,…
May 21, 2026
Corporate Hands | C.B. Facey Foundation brings stories to life for Read Across Jamaica Day
It was a day filled with laughter and shared joy as team members from Pan Jamaica Group (PJG) and Pan Jamaica Property Company (PJP) volunteered their time as guest readers at the Tom Redcam Drive…
May 21, 2026
Ebola fears surge over rapid spread of a rare type
BUNIA (AP):
Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said yesterday that they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare type of Ebola spreads rapidly in some of the world’s most remote and…
May 21, 2026
US announces charges for Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown
MIAMI (AP): Federal prosecutors yesterday announced charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, as the Trump…
May 21, 2026
Melissa’s lingering damage leaves Jamaica exposed
THE EDITOR, Madam:
With less than two weeks before the start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season on June 1, many Jamaicans are entering another period of fear and uncertainty instead of…
May 21, 2026
Letter of the Day | A new dawn in policing must begin in Granville
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Former deputy police commissioner Mark Shields is right about one thing: due process matters. But due process must not become a sedative used to numb public outrage when the video…