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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton (right), makes a point while touring the radiography department of the Tensie Mae Robinson (TMR) Medical Limited, following the ceremony for the official opening of the healthcare facility in Portmore,
08 Oct, 2026 0

Tufton hails new Portmore private medical facility as boost to healthcare

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, officially opened the Tensie Mae Robinson (TMR) Medical Limited in Portmore, St. Catherine, on Wednesday. The private healthcare facility,…
Late veteran journalist Balford Henry
08 Oct, 2026 0

Funeral service for veteran journalist Balford Henry this Saturday

The funeral service for veteran journalist Balford Henry will be held on Saturday, October 10, at 11:00 am at Kencot Christian Fellowship in St Andrew. Interment will follow at Dovecot Memorial Park…
Veteran journalist Balford Henry
08 Oct, 2026 0

Five decades on the beat: Remembering veteran journalist Balford Henry

For more than five decades, Balford Henry carried a notebook, a tape recorder and an insatiable curiosity into some of the most important spaces where Jamaica’s story was being written. From the…
Heroy Clarke
08 Oct, 2026 0

MPs raise doubts over trucked water

At least two members of parliament (MPs) on Tuesday suggested that some consumers are receiving water from trucks that is not sourced from potable National Water Commission (NWC) supplies. The current…
Annique Dawkins (right), head of country at CIBC Caribbean, presents a symbolic transfer of $11 million to Roshane Reid-Koomson, executive director of theJamaica Cancer Society. The sum was the proceeds of the bank’s 2025 Walk For The Cure 5k Walk and Ru
08 Oct, 2026 0

Walk for the Cure returns amid mammography crisis

Jamaicans are being urged to turn cancer awareness into action by participating in the 15th staging of CIBC Caribbean’s Walk for the Cure at Hope Botanical Gardens on Sunday. The event, being held in…
Fritz Pinnock
08 Oct, 2026 0

Judge: No more delays in CMU trial

Former Caribbean Maritime University President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, was yesterday told that he will have to conduct his own cross-examination of witnesses if his attorney, Hugh Wildman, remains…
The badly damaged vehicle it which the JTA president-elect was travelling at the scene of the crash in Trelawny.
08 Oct, 2026 0

JTA president-elect recuperating after Trelawny crash

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is reporting that its president-elect, Dr Maureen Mullings-Nelson, and a senior teacher with whom she was travelling are now recuperating…
Dr Renata Clarke, FAO subregional coordinator for the Caribbean, accepts an award recognising her service to the region from Dr Wendell Samuel, assistant secretary general of CARICOM.
08 Oct, 2026 0

Retiring FAO coordinator pushes for 30% cut in feed imports

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Renata Clarke, who will retire at the end of October after 27 years with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), including the past seven in the Caribbean, wants…
Women of RCTNH (from left) Dr Tiffany Hunter, Club President- Franchesca Francis, Thriecia Tyndale, Past President- Dr Suzanne McDonald Fowles, Immediate Past President- Debra-Ann Matthews, and Past President and coordinator of the tea party dubbed ‘An A
08 Oct, 2026 0

Tea for transformation - Rotary Club pumps proceeds from tea party into community projects

The Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights has turned proceeds from an elegant afternoon of tea and fellowship held earlier this year into support for healthcare and education. The Kingston-based club…