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From left: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness; Floyd Green, member of parliament, St Elizabeth South West; Dr Sheriff Imoru, senior medical officer, Black River Hospital; Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness; and Sean Brissett, parish manag
31 Oct, 2026 0

Rethink living, doing business along vulnerable coastline – Holness

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is urging residents, commercial property owners and business operators in Black River, and the coastline community of Parottee in St Elizabeth, to…
Representational image of school students
31 Oct, 2026 0

Tony Deyal | School days with boys and girls

Why did the children send letters to school? Because they wanted to go to high school. Worse, they were not even close to going to school, but they already had things to say to the others like, “Why…
From left: Velma Facey, principal of Faith United Basic School; Granville Newell, past governor of the Caribbean District; Gabrielle Curling, president of the Optimist Club of North St Andrew; Gene Douglas, past governor of the Caribbean District; and Roha
31 Oct, 2026 0

Optimist Club marks 38 years of service

Thirty eight years after its founding, the Optimist Club of North St Andrew continues to create opportunities for young people while supporting vulnerable communities across Jamaica. During the…
Left to right: Roshane Reid-Koomson, executive director of the Jamaica Cancer Society; Kaydia McKoy, Miss Cosmos Queen Jamaica 2024 and public relations officer at Jamaica Reach to Recovery; Sandra Samuels, president of Jamaica Reach to Recovery; Mesha-Gay
31 Oct, 2026 0

Sygnus boosts breast cancer screening, treatment efforts with $1m donation

Sygnus has donated $1 million to the Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) and Jamaica Reach to Recovery (JR2R), marking its largest annual contribution to breast cancer initiatives since launching its support…
Sandals Resorts Executive Chairman Adam Stewart.
31 Oct, 2026 0

Stewart joins Shakira, Beyonce among Town & Country’s ‘Philanthropists of the Year’

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaican hotelier Adam Stewart has joined global superstars Shakira and Beyoncé among Town & Country magazine’s 2026 ‘Philanthropists of the Year’, earning international…
Brigadier Mahatma Williams
31 Oct, 2026 0

The unseen lifesavers - JDF brigadier credits inspectors with helping avert post-Melissa disease outbreaks

Western Bureau: The nation’s public health inspectors have received high praise from Brigadier Mahatma Williams of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for the professional and lifesaving role they played…
Dr Janice Johnson Dias, the president of the New Jersey-based GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF), addresses a presentation of her organisation’s core findings from a well-being study done in Flanker, St James five weeks after the passage of the hurric
31 Oct, 2026 0

Recovery requires actual data, says GrassROOTS president

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Janice Johnson Dias, president of the New Jersey-based GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF), says Jamaica’s academic community should have conducted more comprehensive studies in…
Security forces and civil defense work after a multi-story building collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
30 Oct, 2026 0

First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong search

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first body was recovered on Friday from the rubble of a multistorey building that collapsed a week ago in Kenya’s capital, with 16 people still missing. Authorities had…
30 Oct, 2026 0

Man fined $200,000 after pitbulls maul jogger in Spanish Town

A St Catherine man whose two pitbull dogs escaped his yard and mauled a man jogging along Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town was fined $200,000 or 30 days in prison when he appeared in the parish court…