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June 22, 2026
Hanover Health Department boosts mosquito control with new fogging machines
Having acquired eight new fogging machines, the Hanover Health Department (HHD) is now confident that it can reduce the Aedes aegypti mosquito index in the parish to below the target of five per…
June 22, 2026
by Mickalia Kington
Savanna-la-Mar hospital gifted US$30,000 laparoscopic tower
Western Bureau:
The Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC), in the United States, has donated a laparoscopic tower valued at US$30,000 to the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in…
June 22, 2026
Building modern, resilient, and equitable healthcare system
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Recent concerns about the state of Jamaica’s hospital infrastructure must not be dismissed. They reflect a real and long-standing challenge. Many of the main public hospitals…
June 22, 2026
Letter of the Day | Let’s not forget that spirit of hospitality is engrained in our culture
THE EDITOR, Madam:
Jamaica has a proud history of welcoming people from many lands with warmth and hospitality. Opening our shores and our hearts to those in need is a profound expression of…
June 22, 2026
Starmer announces he'll resign as UK prime minister
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill for a prime minister who won a landslide…
June 22, 2026
Helping Cubans and others is a Caribbean necessity
THE EDITOR, Madam:
It was once unlawfully forbidden by the Cayman Islands government, as well as their owners, the United Kingdom, to help Cuban migrants passing through the islands. Not with water,…
June 22, 2026
June 22, 2026
Allan Bernard | A national day of recognition for the security forces?
The proposal to establish a National Day of Recognition for Jamaica's security forces may, at first glance, seem reasonable and even commendable. Few Jamaicans would dispute that police and…
June 22, 2026
Ronald Thwaites | Of truth and trust
I sincerely hope that Andrew Wheatley is able to rebut the charges laid against him by the Integrity Commission. And soon. The trust in our leaders, already diminished, will decline catastrophically…