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17 Jun, 2026
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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…
17 Jun, 2026
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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:…
17 Jun, 2026
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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.
17 Jun, 2026
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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…
17 Jun, 2026
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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…
17 Jun, 2026
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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…
16 Jun, 2026
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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…
16 Jun, 2026
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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…
16 Jun, 2026
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Movie Review | 'Backrooms' goes from Internet meme to the big screen
What evil lurks in the drabbest of interiors?
The meme-rooted Backrooms is the latest movie to pull its mounting horrors out of liminal spaces. Exit 8, released earlier this year, was set entirely…