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Dr Kasan Troupe, permanent secretary in the education ministry.
March 27, 2026 by Sashana Small

Education ministry rallies stakeholders in hunt for 300 students missing from school

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has indicated that it has engaged multiple stakeholders to help locate the more than 300 students who have been missing from the formal school…
The Today show’s Sheinelle Jones (left) and Jenna Bush Hager in a playful mood while interviewing Grammy-award winning artiste Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell during a broadcast from Sandals Dunn’s River in St Ann yesterday.
March 27, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘Today’ puts spotlight on Jamaica’s recovery during multiday ‘Girls’ Trip’ broadcast

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica secured major global exposure yesterday as NBC’s morning programme, Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, aired from the island, with the aim of reinforcing its recovery from…
St Jago High’s Kenyan athletes Ryan Achau (left) and Methuselah Kimutai meet with Jamaica Olympic Association president Christopher Samuda (second right) and National Olympic Committee of Kenya president Shadrack Maluki (right) at The Jamaica Pegasus Hot
March 27, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Jamaica, Kenya Olympic Committees ink partnership

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel to see both nations working…
St Jago High’s Ryan Achau wins the Class One 1500 metres at the National Stadium on Wednesday night. Achau crossed the finish line in 3:50.71.
March 27, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

St Jago’s success measured by more than just Champs

Being one of only two schools to have won both the boys’ and girls’ titles at the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, St Jago High holds a strong history in local high school…
Constable Javaughn Young and Shy-Ann Monteith collect a gift certificate from Deputy Chaplain, Rev Dr Courtney Faulknor at the couple’s retreat.
March 27, 2026

‘You are still the one’

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and their spouses stepped away from the demands of duty to reconnect and recharge at a deeply impactful Couples’ Retreat held last weekend under the…
Delano Seiveright.
March 27, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

New ganja permits to bring small farmers into legal market

A major expansion in access to Jamaica’s regulated cannabis industry is under way, with new permit regimes aimed at bringing more small and traditional farmers into the legal framework. The reforms,…
Managing Partner and Operations Director of Jamaica Tower Farms, Kerrie-Anne Gray, looks over seedlings to be planted on aeroponic towers for maturation, while explaining the operations of her commercial farm in Havendale, St Andrew.
March 27, 2026

Tower farming takes root in Havendale home

While the Corporate Area pulses with commerce and traffic, a quieter transformation is taking place in the backyard of a Havendale home. There, amid the hum of residential life, a pair of technology…
A lady checks her water bill before making payment at the National Water Commissioner office on Marescaux Road, Cross Roads, in 2016.
March 27, 2026

OUR mulls 31‑day limit on NWC bills after thousands of complaints

The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is expected to make a determination by summer on whether the National Water Commission (NWC) should adopt a fixed billing cycle, following consumer complaints…
Michael Lee-Chin, head of AIC Barbados Limited.
March 27, 2026

AIC Barbados discontinues case

AIC (Barbados) Limited, the investment vehicle linked to businessman Michael Lee-Chin, has discontinued its case against Cornerstone Financial Holdings Ltd, according to filings seen by the Financial…