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May 16, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Growing forward -10-year food plan drafted with FAO help
Jamaica, with the help of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has completed the draft for a 10-year National Agricultural Development Plan, Grow Forward, that will now seek feedback from…
May 16, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
St James councillors clash as PM's 'meet a judge or your maker' comment blamed for police killings
WESTERN BUREAU:
Michael Troupe, the leader of the People’s National Party’s (PNP) minority in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), on Thursday angered his colleagues on the opposite side when…
May 16, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Twenty persons still in Hanover shelters as new hurricane season looms
Western Bureau:
With some 20 persons still being housed in the four shelters that are still open in Hanover, there are now concerns over whether they will be properly settled ahead of the 2026…
May 16, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
St James Health Department gets hantavirus cautious
WESTERN BUREAU:
Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, the medical officer of health for St James, says the parish’s health department is paying keen attention to the cruise ship piers in both Montego Bay and…
May 16, 2026
Detour for deadbeats
Jamaicans with United States (US) citizenship who owe outstanding child support payments are being encouraged to urgently rectify their status or risk having their US passports cancelled, leaving them…
May 16, 2026
We are more than caregivers, says Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins
There was a quiet authority in the way Fione Collins addressed the room — less a ceremonial overview, more a reflection shaped by lived experience at the frontlines of care. As the 2025-2026…
May 16, 2026
Ottawa, Canada gets a ‘Taste of Jamaica’
From left: Margaret Baird, JAMPRO North America; Oral Chambers, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB); Marsha Coore Lobban, high commissioner-designate to Canada; Shawn Hamilton, Rideau Club board president and…
May 16, 2026
US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors
Libyan Dr Faysal Alghoula needs to renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana. But he hasn’t been able to do that since the Trump administration stopped…
May 16, 2026
by Lester Hinds
Terrelonge: Gov’t welcomes US ambassador-designate
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Alando Terrelonge, says the Government looks forward to working with the new US ambassador.