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Bert Samuels.
Updated 3 hours ago by Erica Virtue

Samuels brands emancipation declaration a scam

Veteran attorney Bert Samuels has delivered a stinging rebuke of Britain, describing the Emancipation Declaration read at midnight on July 31, 1838, as “a scam” that deceived the formerly enslaved and…
A customer enter Flash Ship Courier Service, one of the businesses that recently opened its doors.
Updated 3 hours ago by Karen Madden

After slow first year, MBUC welcomes new tenants - Other gov’t agencies, businesses prepare to move in

At the May 2026 first anniversary of the official opening of the Morant Bay Urban Centre (MBUC) in St Thomas, KFC was the only business operating from the sprawling development. Since then, two more…
A concerned resident questions Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness about not receiving a ROOFS grant despite registering for the programme.
Published 3 hours ago by Mickalia Kington

Holness promises more ROOFS funding as 50,000 await hurricane grants

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced that additional funding will soon be allocated to the Government’s ROOFS programme, assuring Jamaicans who have not yet received grants that they have…
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Published 3 hours ago by Lester Hinds

Inaugural Jamaica Day Parade reimagined ahead of Saturday’s staging in Brooklyn

NEW YORK: What was originally announced as the first Jamaica Day Parade in Brooklyn on Saturday, August 8, has now been reimagined as a Diaspora Road March and Cultural Festival. Billed as ‘Jamaica…
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Published 3 hours ago

Jamaica, Ghana eye direct flights, expanded trade

Jamaica and Ghana have signalled their intent to expand bilateral agreements in trade, exchange of skilled workers, defence cooperation and travel. President of Ghana John Mahama has pledged to push…
Left to right: Marsha Coore Lobban, Jamaica’s high commissioner to Canada; Alvin Curling, former Speaker of the Ontario Leoislature; Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security; and Althea Riley, chief liaison officer of the Jamaican Liais
Published 3 hours ago by Neil Armstrong

Jamaican farmworkers, Canadian employers celebrated

Twenty-two Jamaican farmworkers and 21 employers were honoured for outstanding service at a reception in The Blue Mountains, Ontario, marking the 60th anniversary of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker…
Suzette Levy smiles beside a thriving escallion patch amid drought conditions that have devastated much of her farm in St Catherine.
Published 3 hours ago by Ruddy Mathison

‘We have decided to give up the farm’

As parts of Jamaica endure meteorological drought conditions and prolonged dry spells that are lowering water-storage levels and disrupting supply systems, small farmers across St Catherine are…
A woman and a young girl display flowers purchased at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon.
Updated 2 hours ago by Olivia Brown

JAS eyes Denbigh expansion as exhibitor demand outstrips space

With interest in agriculture continuing to grow across Jamaica, the Denbigh Showground in Clarendon is rapidly becoming too small to accommodate the increasing number of exhibitors eager to showcase…
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Updated 2 hours ago

Lyenda Delp elected first female chair of AFUWI

Derrick Scott/Contributor The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) has entered a new phase with the election of Lyenda Delp as chair of its board of directors, making her…