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Kim Wiggins dances to one of Bob Marley’s songs during the Marley Emancipation Mass.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Anglican Church packs out for Caribbean ‘debut’ of Bob Marley Mass

WESTERN BUREAU: As Rita Marley celebrated her 80th birthday in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday, an Anglican church in Barbados drew an overflowing congregation for what organisers described as the…
Councillor Scean Barnswell
29 Jul, 2026 0

Police deny hijacking event permit process

The Opposition has accused the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of usurping the role of municipal corporations (MCs) by effectively deciding which entertainment events receive permits, depriving…
ODPEM Director General Commander Alvin Gayle.
29 Jul, 2026 0

Auditor general awaits proof of $34m in supplies delivered to JDF

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is still yet to submit signed documents to the auditor general confirming that the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) received $34 million…
Monique Holding
29 Jul, 2026 0

Rooted in agriculture, growing in science

When Monique Holding chose agricultural science in high school, she was not choosing between practical skills and academic achievement. Unknowingly, she was preparing herself for both. Today, the…
28 Jul, 2026 0

EX-COP ARRESTED AT AIRPORT

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it will this week provide a comprehensive account of the circumstances surrounding the arrest and murder charge laid against former…
Dr Kamille West-Mitchell, director of the National Blood Transfusion Service.
28 Jul, 2026 0

Blood shortage forces choices between patients, says NBTS chief

A senior health official is warning that critically low blood supplies at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) are putting lives at risk, with current stocks at just half the level needed to…
Former recruits marching in unison at a Jamaica Constabulary Force passing out parade and awards ceremony.
28 Jul, 2026 0

Former constable loses JCF fight - Privy Council tosses appeal for reinstatement

Former police Constable Joel Lewis was left disappointed after the Privy Council ruled that his challenge to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s refusal to re-enlist him three years ago raised no…
Senior Pastor Charles Brevitt delivers the sermon during the 64th Emancipation and Independence Thanksgiving Service at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norwood, St James, on Saturday.
28 Jul, 2026 0

Jamaica needs ‘a new kind of emancipation’, says Pastor Brevitt

WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaicans prepare to celebrate Emancipendence 2026, outspoken Seventh-day Adventist pastor Charles Brevitt is challenging the nation to pursue a new kind of emancipation – one that…
Oliver Mair, Jamaica’s next consul general to New York.
28 Jul, 2026 0

J'cans in US Northeast look forward to working with CG Mair

NEW YORK: Oliver Mair, who has served as Jamaica’s consul general in Miami, Florida, for the past seven years, has been tapped to be the new consul general in New York. Foreign Affairs and Foreign…