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Throughout the month of October, the health ministry will conduct more than 130 oral health activities across the island, including dental screenings, oral health education, preventive care and fluoride treatments.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Health ministry urges Jamaicans to make oral health an everyday priority

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is encouraging Jamaicans to make oral health a part of their daily routine as the country observes Oral Health Month in October. This year’s observance is being…
Kingston College principal Dave Myrie
01 Oct, 2026 0

KC: Investigation found students in viral stairwell video were trying to save, not harm, grade 7 boy

Kingston College (KC) has officially condemned the vilification of two students who were reportedly trying to help a seventh-grade student seen dangling from a stairwell in a recent video circulating…
Dr Jubilee Brown-Service, president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association.
01 Oct, 2026 0

JMDA presses IDT for ruling as doctors’ deadline looms

The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) is again calling on the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) to deliver its long-awaited ruling in the dispute over overtime payments, as the association…
Bank of Jamaica headquarters located on Nethersole Place in downtown Kingston.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Church leaders challenge BOJ cheque phase-out

Two church leaders are taking the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to court, accusing the central bank of overstepping its legal authority and breaching Jamaicans’ constitutional right to equitable treatment in…
A copy of the cease-and-desist order which was reportedly sent out from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, ordering residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny not to build any structures on the controversial property. The notice, which was sent out on Tuesday, tr
01 Oct, 2026 0

More protest action rocks Coopers Pen after fresh eviction notice

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Coopers Pen in Trelawny staged yet another demonstration yesterday, a day after they were served with a cease-and-desist notice by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation…
Water Minister Matthew Samuda
01 Oct, 2026 0

Samuda: No NWC resources for water parties

Water Minister Matthew Samuda has assured Jamaicans that no permits are being issued for “water parties” using National Water Commission (NWC) resources. Samuda was responding to concerns over the…
FAO Assistant Director-General Rene Orellana Halkyer.
01 Oct, 2026 0

FAO calls for faster action on C’bean food security

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says the 20th staging of Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which got under way on Monday in Trelawny, is not only a milestone but…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, responds to questions at the High-Level National Digital and AI Skills Round Table on Tuesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Education minister urges businesses to help shape workforce skills

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has called on private-sector leaders to work more closely with the Government in shaping Jamaica’s future workforce,…
From left: Helen Li, senior staff member at the United States-based National Education Association’s (NEA) international relations office; Mark Malabver, immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA); Maureen Mullings-Nelson, the
01 Oct, 2026 0

Harrison: Stop normalising broken schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison is urging the Government to fast-track the rehabilitation and restoration of schools that have still not been repaired…