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A copy of the cease-and-desist order which was reportedly sent out from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, ordering residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny not to build any structures on the controversial property. The notice, which was sent out on Tuesday, tr
01 Oct, 2026 0

More protest action rocks Coopers Pen after fresh eviction notice

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny staged yet another demonstration yesterday, a day after they were served with a cease-and-desist notice by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation…
Edith Chin, director of Juici Patties, which achieved gold-level performance in all five Green Business Jamaica assessment areas.
01 Oct, 2026 0

NEPA reports surge in green business participation

More Jamaican organisations are embracing environmentally sustainable business practices, with participation in the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) Green Business Jamaica (GBJ)…
Water Minister Matthew Samuda.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Samuda: No NWC resources for water parties

Water Minister Matthew Samuda has assured Jamaicans that no permits are being issued for “water parties” using National Water Commission (NWC) resources. Samuda was responding to concerns over the…
Professor William Aiken
01 Oct, 2026 0

Aiken: No Jamaican man needs to die from prostate cancer

One of the most dangerous things about prostate cancer is how quietly it can begin. A man can feel well, move through his days without alarm and have little reason to suspect that anything is wrong.…
Tina-Gay Wilson, financial advisor at Sagicor, indulges in the Made for More experience with a Henny-rita.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Sipping in red: Hennessy presents Made for More cocktail experience

Hennessy shook things up with its Made for More experience held at the S Hotel Kingston on Tuesday night. Local and regional brand executives, drink aficionados, socialites, creatives, and other…
From left: Helen Li, senior staff member at the United States-based National Education Association’s (NEA) international relations office; Mark Malabver, immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA); Maureen Mullings-Nelson, the
01 Oct, 2026 0

Harrison: Stop normalising broken schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison is urging the Government to fast-track the rehabilitation and restoration of schools that have still not been repaired…
ECC officers participate in an Irie Tower exercise during Irie Homes Toolbox training, exploring positive, non-violent strategies to support children’s behaviour and development.
01 Oct, 2026 0

ECC expands positive-parenting support through Irie Homes Toolbox

The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) has trained a cadre of officers to deliver the Irie Homes Toolbox, a parenting programme designed to promote positive, non-violent child-rearing practices in…
Nicole Campbell Robinson (left), vice-president of communications, social media, and corporate social responsibility at Sagicor Group Jamaica, and DorrettRCampbell, interim principal of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, cut the rib
01 Oct, 2026 0

Hope restored - Sagicor Foundation $25-m investment restores painting studio at Edna Manley College

Sagicor Foundation Jamaica has officially handed over the rebuilt upper floor of the Hope Brooks Painting Studio at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, completing a major…
Staff of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica took part in volunteer coastal-cleaning activities at Port Royal on International Coastal Cleanup Day, September 19. Led by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Yang Xiaorong and Counsellor Wan
01 Oct, 2026 0

Corporate Hands | Chinese Embassy in Jamaica shares in International Coastal Cleanup Day