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05 Oct, 2025
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Clarendon-based Rest Primary and Infant gets school bus from Japan
Students at the Clarendon-based Rest Primary and Infant School now have safer and more reliable transportation following the donation of a bus valued at over US$42,000 by the Japanese government. The…
05 Oct, 2025
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Regional exhibitions for JCDC Visual Arts Competition medallists
Jamaicans across the island will have the opportunity to view the medal-winning pieces in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) 2025 Visual Arts Competition at regional exhibitions…
05 Oct, 2025
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Mandeville Regional Hospital receives urology equipment
The delivery of urology services at Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester has been strengthened through the donation of critical pieces of equipment valued at over $21 million. The instruments,…
05 Oct, 2025
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William Knibb High students receive free dental care
More than 200 students at William Knibb Memorial High School received free, professional dental care this past week, thanks to the Sandals Foundation-sponsored Great Shape! Inc. 1000 Smiles Dental…
05 Oct, 2025
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‘Parade Gardens has changed for the better’
“Since Project STAR came to Parade Gardens, we’ve seen less crime, more people finding jobs, and children playing outside without fear. Parade Gardens has changed for the better,” said Patricia…
04 Oct, 2025
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Exotic animals free-for-all
Jamaican authorities confiscated more than 250 endangered and exotic species of animals over the last five years amid worrying signs that more locals are seeking to cash in on the global…
04 Oct, 2025
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‘When you have skills, you become free’
The granddaughter of Senegalese royalty, Lady Mariéme Jamme has one main objective and it’s to use her platform to impact the lives of disadvantaged girls worldwide. She wants to do this by empowering…
04 Oct, 2025
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Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s US$100,000 fee for H-1B visas
SEATTLE (AP) — In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university…
04 Oct, 2025
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Teen and taxi driver killed in early morning crash in Portmore
An investigation is under way into a crash along the main road in Hellshire, Portmore, St Catherine this morning in which two persons, including a teenage boy, perished. Those killed are 17-year-old…