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Dr Ian Bambury... ‘If there are high-risk behaviours, then recommendations for screening would have to be taken into consideration. But generally, we recommend screening to begin at age 21 years.’
April 27, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Small victories over virus

The Government’s push to provide free cervical cancer screening for women and raise awareness during April is showing results, with some clinics reporting that they have exceeded their screening…
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April 27, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Free after 15 years

Two St Catherine men, who had spent more than 15 years behind bars for the killing of a mother of five in Central Village, were on Friday freed after the Court of Appeal quashed their murder…
A section of Seaforth High School in St Thomas.
April 27, 2026

PALS: Recent tragedies show conflict resolution needed in Jamaica’s classrooms

The Board and members of Peace and Love in Society (PALS) Jamaica is mourning the death of 13-year-old Kland Doyle, a Seaforth High School student fatally stabbed last week following a long-standing…
A look at the congested town of Annotto Bay in St Mary.
April 27, 2026 by Gareth Davis Sr

From market to mayhem

Annotto Bay, St Mary: Inadequate parking – further compounded by higglers peddling their produce in the streets and along corridors, blocking entrances to commercial entities – is one of the chronic…
Lorna Goodison, former poet laureate.
April 27, 2026

Goodison brings Caribbean heat to ‘Dante’s Inferno’

The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, housed at The University of the West Indies, Mona, will officially launch Dante’s Inferno: A New Translation by Jamaica’s former Poet…
Tennis player Kevin Simms shows Broughton Primary students the basics of tennis, as they eagerly take to the court during the programme’s launch.
April 27, 2026

Broughton students help to build new tennis court, spark excitement for sport

Excitement is building at Broughton Primary School in Westmoreland following the completion of a newly marked tennis court – an initiative aimed at boosting physical activity and introducing students…
Rick Houghton, whose drive-time show reaches 80,000 listeners in Liverpool, goes live at exactly 10 a.m. local time, last Monday, for his 4-7 p.m. show on In Demand Radio’s Decades channel. In Demand Radio is among four United Kingdom radio channels and
April 27, 2026

International radio blitz aimed at boosting tourism

Jamaica’s tourism pitch to visitors from the United Kingdom (UK), Canada and the United States (US) has been a whole lot louder as of last Monday, with 11 overseas radio stations broadcasting from…
Brian Anderson, the president of the National Secondary Students’ Council.
April 27, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

NSSC wants greater focus on neurodivergent students’ issues

WESTERN BUREAU: The National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) is calling for education stakeholders, including teachers, parents, students, and policymakers, to pay greater attention to the issues…
The JMMB SME Resource Centre team pose for a photo with Cohort 3 graduates of the SME PowHERful Women in Business Programme.
April 27, 2026

Third cohort of PowHERful Women in Business Programme graduates

The JMMB Group, through its SME Resource Centre, recently celebrated the graduation of the latest cohort of its PowHERful Women in Business Programme at a ceremony held at the AC Hotel.