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Patrick Hylton, the new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), addressing a press briefing and official introduction at the PSOJ’s head office in St Andrew on Thursday.
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Former banker Patrick Hylton to bat for small business as PSOJ head

Having spent years at the helm of Jamaica’s largest financial institution, new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Patrick Hylton says he will use his experience to pave the…
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck (left) and St James Custos Bishop Conrad Pitkin (right) present the commissioning documents and seal of justice of the peace (JP) to The Gleaner’s Albert Ferguson during a commissioning ceremony fo
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‘Don’t witness signatures you don’t know’

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is warning justices of the peace (JPs) not to witness signatures being made by people they do not know, or they might land…
Customs Officer Earl Rayson (right) presents an undisclosed financial donation to Reverend Michael Hammond for the ministries of the First Church of the Open Bible.
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Wint urges church to pray for Customs officers’ integrity under pressure

WESTERN BUREAU: Howard Wint, the senior director of operations in the western section of the Jamaica Customs Agency, has called for the church to pray for customs officers, particularly for integrity,…
Tiana Dinham the 2026 Rhodes Scholar
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Rhodes Scholar leads rainwater harvesting project in Hanover

Tiana Dinham, Jamaica’s 2026 Rhodes Scholar, has turned her long-standing focus on water security into a practical intervention: a rainwater-harvesting scheme in rural Hanover that trains residents in…
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Darliston Post Office closure leaves residents distressed

Residents of Darliston, Westmoreland are expressing deep concern over the closure of the local post office, saying that the move has placed a dreaded financial and physical strain on pensioners, PATH…
Scotch bonnet peppers.
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Hurricane exposes gaps in crop distribution

In the weeks following Hurricane Melissa’s passage across Jamaica late last year, a troubling contradiction became visible across the island. While shortages and soaring prices confronted consumers,…
Netherlands island of Bonaire.
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Dutch government ordered to protect residents on Caribbean island of Bonaire from climate change

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP): A court on Wednesday ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the effects of climate change, a…
Manchester High physics teacher Christopher Taylor (left) looks on as his students (from right) Tonadria Branford, Jadan Hyatt and Nickacia Thompson prepare to conduct laboratory tests at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Science and Te
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Educators endorse JPS Foundation/UWI CAPE STEM workshop

High school science teachers Christopher Taylor and Rashaan Smith believe they have found a dependable formula. Each January, their students attend intensive workshops hosted by The University of the…
Damion Hylton (left), project manager at Rise & Thrive, takes a group photo with participants at a youth workshop held recently at the Council of Voluntary Social Services office on South Camp Road in Kingston.
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Community groups ‘Rise & Thrive’ in Kingston ZOSOs

Community-based organisations operating in some of Kingston and St Andrew’s most vulnerable communities are receiving critical support under the Rise & Thrive Initiative, a six-month project…