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06 Mar, 2026
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UCJ to host 21st Quality Assurance in Higher Education Week
The University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) will host its 21st annual observance of Quality Assurance in Higher Education Week from March 9 to 13, under the theme ‘From Shock to Stability: Sustaining…
06 Mar, 2026
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Liberty Caribbean Foundation commits $10 million to education recovery in Westmoreland
Education recovery in Eastern Westmoreland received a major boost with a contribution of more than $10 million from the Liberty Caribbean Foundation and the Flow Foundation toward the establishment of…
06 Mar, 2026
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AI to reshape, not displace BPO workforce
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright believes artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, but not…
06 Mar, 2026
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Former PNP MP Jolyan Silvera to be sentenced today for wife’s killing
Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, is expected to be sentenced today for the killing of his wife, Melissa, in 2023. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in…
06 Mar, 2026
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Woman set ablaze in Westmoreland gas station brawl dies
Dacia Forrester, who was set on fire during an alleged altercation at a gas station in Westmoreland in February, has died, her sister, Carol Blackwood-Hewitt,has confirmed She was pronounced dead on…
06 Mar, 2026
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US did not influence Jamaica's decision to end Cuban medical programme, says Johnson Smith
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith told Parliament on Thursday that the Government's decision to discontinue the 50-year-old medical cooperation programme with Cuba was not influenced…
06 Mar, 2026
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Former PNP MP Jolyan Silvera get 20 years and 10 months in prison for killing his wife
Former People’s National Party Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera is to serve 20 years and 10 months in prison for the killing of his wife, Melissa Silvera, in 2023. In handing down sentencing,…
06 Mar, 2026
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Cuba says Jamaica 'yielded' to US pressure; to withdraw all medical workers
Cuba says it will withdraw its 277 medical professionals currently serving in Jamaica, a blow to the island which sought to cushion the fallout from ending a 50-year cooperation programme that helped…
06 Mar, 2026
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Government not considering reopening embassy in Venezuela
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government is not presently considering the reopening of its Embassy in Venezuela. She was responding to questions during…