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Contributed Immediate Past President Sonia Nicholson (left) engages specialist education teachers from The Mico University College, Rheana Reynolds and Renae Stennett, alongside Rotarian Rohan Richards, during the Read to Lead Literacy Project Prize-Givin
01 Nov, 2026 0

Rotary invests $4m in Allman Town literacy drive

More than 90 students at Allman Town Primary School have benefited from a three-year literacy intervention backed by an investment of more than $4 million from the Rotary Club of St Andrew, as efforts…
Some houses in Alligator Pond.
01 Nov, 2026 0

When the sea comes knocking - Erosion leaves residents in Alligator Pond fearful

One of the most recurring questions facing people who have lost their homes to Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond is: “What did you expect when you were building a home so close to the sea?” It is a…
Kemelia Paul in her coffin inside the Excelsior High School auditorium earlier this year.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Blood for the living - Excelsior PTA drive inspired by tragedy

When 13-year-old Kemelia Paul was fighting for her life in hospital after being stabbed while trying to intervene in a domestic dispute at her home in Bayshore Park, St Andrew, her mother, Josephine…
Philip J. Pierre, chairman of CARICOM.
01 Nov, 2026 0

CARICOM rejects UK stance on reparations

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has welcomed an apparent willingness by the United Kingdom to engage in discussions about its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but has rejected any suggestion…
Six months after being fully mechanically repaired, the Negril Ambulance remains at Sir Mac Auto as the mechanic awaits the outstanding payment of the estimated remaining balance of J$1.6 million.
01 Nov, 2026 0

Ambulance in limbo - J$1.6m outstanding as TEF, chamber at odds over responsibility for repairs

More than a year after efforts began to restore an ambulance serving Negril, Westmoreland, the vehicle remains at a repair shop, despite the mechanic saying that the work was completed approximately…
“We didn’t facilitate anything,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in Atlanta.
01 Nov, 2026 0

US Gov't did not facilitate Bolsonaro’s flight to the US - Rubio

ATLANTA (AP) — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration did not facilitate the departure of defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from his…
Christa Pike says she is in constant pain and is “deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position”.
01 Nov, 2026 0

'I am deeply hurt by the incompetence', Christa Pike speaks on failed execution

Convicted killer Christa Pike says she remains in constant pain, struggles to speak and has been largely isolated in a prison hospital after surviving her execution by lethal injection in Tennessee…
“Certainly, it could not be suggested that the Parliament or the executive could be bound by the fact that Opposition parliamentarians called for an end to the blockade in their contributions to the debate,” says Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina John
01 Nov, 2026 0

Johnson Smith rejects Patterson's criticisms: 'No parliamentary instructions defied'

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected an assertion by former Prime Minister P J Patterson that the government flouted the authority of Parliament when Jamaica abstained from…
Jamaica Olympic Association President Christopher Samuda re-elected to the board of trustees of the FICTS
01 Nov, 2026 0

Christopher Samuda re-elected to FICTS board of trustee

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association Christopher Samuda has been re-elected to the board of trustees of the International Federation of Cinema, Television (FICTS). He will serve a four-year…