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17 Jan, 2026
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Doctors join nurses in distress
Western Bureau: For the second time in recent months, the medical staff at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has gone public in registering their disgust with the…
17 Jan, 2026
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McKenzie commits container offices for displaced StEMC
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has given a commitment to the representatives at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) that he will provide them with four…
17 Jan, 2026
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11th Diaspora Conference set for Montego Bay in June
The 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference has been set for June 14 to June 18 at the Montego By Convention Centre in St James, with Diaspora Day – a day of service – scheduled to take place on June 16. …
17 Jan, 2026
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Purkiss unhappy with the treatment of tourism workers post Hurricane Melissa
Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on tourism, says she is deeply troubled by the way workers in the tourism industry have been treated since…
17 Jan, 2026
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Hanover’s Miller-Bennett launches roof replacement initiative
Western Bureau: With several of her constituents still without roofs on their homes, some nine weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament…
17 Jan, 2026
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Two gov’t ministries under scrutiny for alleged mismanagement
The Special Audit Unit (SAU) of the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) is conducting preliminary assessments in relation to allegations of mismanagement at two government ministries. In her annual…
17 Jan, 2026
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Congressional Black Caucus decries Trump’s pause on processing of immigrant visa applications
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has strongly condemned the Donald Trump administration’s decision to suspend the processing of green card applications from 75 countries and has called for the…
17 Jan, 2026
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Global Jamaica Diaspora Council urging Jamaican immigrants to vote
Candidates vying for representative roles on the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council (GJDYC) in Canada have until Monday, January 19, to register their…
16 Jan, 2026
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‘NOT FOR THE GREEDY’
A new state programme to assist some of the most vulnerable families who were displaced by Hurricane Melissa is geared towards the needy and “not the greedy”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has…