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Cordell Williams, president of the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica.
18 Apr, 2026 0

MSMEs facing triple threat crisis

The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Jamaica (YEA) is calling for urgent, targeted support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) following the sharp rise in global oil prices to…
Shadeka McIntosh and her five-year-old daughter, Jada Miller.
18 Apr, 2026 0

Second chances, renewed purpose

What began as a life-altering medical emergency nearly a decade ago has since blossomed into a beacon of hope for vulnerable students across Jamaica. For entrepreneur and philanthropist Shadeka…
Female fisher Sashae Shaw catches fish on the high seas in Portland recently.
18 Apr, 2026 0

From classroom to coastline

When the world ground almost to a halt at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, millions were forced to reimagine their futures overnight. For Sashae Shaw, a young woman from Portland pursuing…
Allan Bernard
18 Apr, 2026 0

Bernard questions IRD model’s benefit to ordinary Jamaicans

The Senate on Friday passed the Casino Gaming (General) Regulations, 2025, but not before Opposition lawmaker Allan Bernard cautioned against the pitfalls of the integrated resorts development (IRD)…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
18 Apr, 2026 0

‘Platform for action’

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has said that the upcoming 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay, St James, will offer an opportunity to deepen and…
Police Corporal Ellington Clarke, of the St James Traffic Department, speaking to journalists during a press conference in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday.
18 Apr, 2026 0

St James Traffic Department urging motorcyclists to wear certified helmets

WESTERN BUREAU: With some 111 persons killed in motorcycle crashes across the island last year, and many others suffering life-altering injuries, Corporal Ellington Clarke, of the St James Traffic…
Varinder Dhillon.
18 Apr, 2026 0

Ontario man faces Canadian court over theft of hurricane relief supplies headed to Jamaica

A man from Brampton, Ontario, in Canada has been arrested and slapped with multiple charges following the theft of relief supplies destined for Jamaica, in the wake of the devastation the island…
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green (seated, third right); US Chargé d’Affaires Scott Renner (centre); and US Ambassador N. Nick Perry (seated, third left) pose with representatives of American Friends of Jamaica and grant recipients at the 2026 AFJ Annual
18 Apr, 2026 0

Over a dozen schools benefit from nearly US$1m in AFJ grants

More than a dozen educational institutions were among 64 organisations that received grants totalling nearly US$1 million ($150 million) from American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) at a ceremony held at…
Fogging being conducted to destroy a mosquito-breeding site.
18 Apr, 2026 0

Tufton pushes back on claims overtime cuts affecting mosquito fogging

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is defending limits on overtime hours for vector control workers, even as local officials and frontline staff warn that the restrictions are…