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Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, minister of foreign affairs of Ghana, are pictured during a bilateral meeting held in May 2025 at the Embassy of Jamaica in Brussels, Be
January 23, 2026

Ghana's foreign minister due in Jamaica Saturday for official visit; health and education on agenda

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Saturday for a three-day official visit, the Jamaican foreign ministry says. During…
Jade Williams, policy, research and advocacy specialist, Jamaicans For Justice.
January 22, 2026 by Kimone Francis

JFJ: Bring private firms under ATI

Human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is calling for the Access to Information (ATI) Act to be extended to the private sector, arguing that private entities performing public functions must…
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis.
January 22, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Bosses of backlog

The spotlight has again been shone on the “responsible officers” at several municipal corporations as the state bodies remain delinquent, failing to submit a total of 95 outstanding financial…
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United Statea, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (centre), discusses Jamaica’s overseas employment programmes with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Colette Roberts Risden (second left)
January 22, 2026

Jamaica seeks to expand overseas employment programmes in US

The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead with efforts to expand the H-2A and H-2B United States work visa programmes. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony…
Belizeans organising care-packages on a Bluefields Bay Villas property in Westmoreland for delivery.
January 22, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Belize aid supports Bluefields Bay rebuilding efforts

The Bluefields Bay region in eastern Westmoreland comprises several districts, including Belmont, Cherry Hill, Mount Airy, Mearnville and Auldyr. It was near this area that Category-5 Hurricane…
Courtney Christie-Veitch, inter-national financial professional.
January 22, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Ja’s economic turnaround extolled in new book

When Jamaica went from being virtually an economic basket case to being the economic wonder of the world, Jamaican international financial professional Courtney Christie-Veitch decided that this was a…
Dr Cleopatra Patterson, paediatric cardiac anaesthetist and intensivist at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, showcases a procedure room, designed for minimally invasive, cardiac procedures during a tour of the facility by a 16-member volunteer team led
January 22, 2026

Mending hearts

Six children with severe congenital heart defects recently received life-saving cardiac surgery led by London-based Professor Victor Tsang, a world-renowned specialist in paediatric valve repair and…
Chair of the Board of Directors for United Way of Jamaica Dr Devon Smith (centre) accepts the cheque for $100 million from J.E.T.S Limited CEO Edmundo Jenez (second right). Also at the handover are: (from left) Strategic Marketing Consultant to JETS Ltd, M
January 22, 2026

United Way to channel $100m in aid to schools, farmers

The United Way of Jamaica (UWJ) is to disburse $100 million in donations from J.E.T.S. Limited, operator of the MultiLink debit network, to support recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa. The…
Javier Johnson, head boy of Glenmuir High, speaking at the service.
January 22, 2026 by Olivia Brown

An exemplar for school chaplains

Former Glenmuir High School principal Monacia Williams says the life and ministry of late school chaplain Alvarine ‘Sister Gem’ Roberts stand as a sterling exemplar for school chaplains, defined by…