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26 Aug, 2026 0

Night garbage collections offer relief but added challenges

Night-time garbage collection is being used in some sections of the island to beat the punishing heat, but workers say the approach comes with its own risks, including poor visibility, parked…
La Sonja Harrison (left), the newly installed president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, and Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth, and information, in conversation on the third and final day of the association’s 62nd annual c
26 Aug, 2026 0

Mile Gully High ‘not fit’ for education, JTA president declares

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison has described the condition of Mile Gully High School in Manchester as unacceptable, declaring that it is “not fit to…
In the air.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Mom’s leap of faith pays off as 19-y-o takes to the skies

When mom Kerrine Blair realised that she could do no more to influence her son’s career choice, she admitted defeat and decided to fully support him in his quest to become a pilot. The fact that she…
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26 Aug, 2026 0

Sinclair: Gov’t will find Coopers Pen solution

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Charles Sinclair, deputy general secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has intimated that the Government will be finding a solution to address the plight of residents of…
Dorreth Heman, female Farmer in Waterford, Guys Hill, tries to salvage tomatoes from her field. She says the drought has affected her entire farm forcing her to purchase food that she normally produced.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Drought dries up backyard farms

The long-standing tradition of backyard farming in rural Jamaica is coming under pressure as drought conditions scorch household gardens, forcing families to buy provisions they would normally harvest…
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26 Aug, 2026 0

Two Jamaicans selected for Yale cultural heritage fellowship

Two Jamaican cultural heritage leaders have been selected for Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (IPCH) Directors Forum (YDF), becoming the only Caribbean…
A family of dentists, Dr Adam Szymczak (centre), his wife Joanne, and their son Justin, pose inside Great Shape!’s mobile clinic.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Family of dentists serves hundreds

There’s hardly a superlative left that has not been used to describe the impact of Great Shape! Inc’s ‘1000 Smiles’ project on Jamaicans over the decades it has been operating in the island. For more…
Dr Adam Szymczak (left) and his son, Justin, treat a patient inside Great Shape’s mobile dental clinic during a dental mission at the Ocho Rios High School grounds.
26 Aug, 2026 0

About 90 per cent of mouth diseases can be prevented

When one thinks of oral diseases, tooth decay and gum disease immediately come to mind and, according to a Canadian doctor who recently volunteered in Jamaica with Great Shape Inc’s 1000 Smiles…
From left: Edmund Bartlett (left), minister of tourism, and Leo Schlesinger, chief executive officer of Tortuga Resorts, in conversation at the East Central St James 30th Annual Tertiary Awards held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre last Thursday.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Jamaica’s culture is its advantage in tourism, says Tortuga Resorts boss

WESTERN BUREAU: Leo Schlesinger, chief executive officer of Mexico City-based Tortuga Resorts, says Jamaica has a unique culture that no other country in the world can replicate, which could be its…