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Newly elected President of the Jamaica Association of Health Education and Promotion (JAHEP), Dahlia Gayle Reid, addresses the organisation’s recent annual general meeting held at Cardiff Hotel and Spa in Runaway Bay, St Ann.
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New JAHEP president looks to strengthen collaboration

Newly elected president of the Jamaica Association of Health Education and Promotion (JAHEP) Dahlia Gayle Reid is looking to strengthen collaboration among various stakeholders to advance the work of…
Published 12 minutes ago by Corey Robinson

Dozens of UWI students scrambling for exam clearance amid financial strain

Dozens of struggling University of the West Indies (UWI) students are racing against time to secure clearance to sit end-of-semester examinations as mounting financial pressures threaten to derail…
Kenneth Benjamin.
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Kenny Benjamin to join PSOJ Hall of Fame

Kenneth Benjamin, founder and executive chairman of the Guardsman Group, is to become the newest member of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) Hall of Fame. Benjamin will be the 32nd…
Mesheka Brown (centre), Grant a Wish beneficiary, shares some of the details of her experience with aunt Shereka South (left) and Belinda Williams, interim head of the Group Sales Marketing Unit at NCB.
Published 12 minutes ago by Adrian Frater

NCB Foundation gifts $250K towards Mesheka Brown’s eye surgery

WESTERN BUREAU: Since 2019, Mesheka Brown had been trying to adjust to life with glaucoma, which had robbed her of her sight in one eye and was threatening the other, so she was not taken totally by…
Visible damage to the court building, with deteriorating tarpaulins and unsafe conditions forcing the staff out.
Published 8 minutes ago by Mickaila Kington

Staff protest locks down Westmoreland courts office

Western Bureau: Operations at the Westmoreland courts office in Smithfield were brought to a standstill on Monday after members of the staff failed to report for duty, citing poor and unsafe working…
Patrons lay flat in a Mt James, St Andrew venue as directed by police. The lawmen swooped down on the venue in search of wanted men and illegal firearms.
Published 8 minutes ago by Andre Williams

Partying under the gun

The shooting of a teenage girl at an entertainment event early Monday morning has intensified concerns about the frequency of gun-related incidents at entertainment events, with several security…
Demario Brown
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Growth & Jobs | From pushcart to platform

What began as a single pushcart in 2012 has grown into a nationwide vendor programme that is creating jobs, supporting small businesses and changing lives across Jamaica. The Bad Dawg Vendor System,…
Keith Levy (left), managing director (interim) at JN Bank, makes a point to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (right), as she greets legacy sponsors and guests during the launch of the 11th biennial Jamaica Diaspor
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Growth & Jobs | ‘Diaspora ... one of our most important partners’ - Johnson Smith

The 11th biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, slated for St James in June, has been contextualised by private sector leaders and government officials as one where exchanging ideas, courting…
Leonard Sewell
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Growth & Jobs | From aspiration to access

There was a time in Jamaica’s not-too-distant past when owning assets such as a car was more than a convenience. It was a public marker of stability and success, one that remained out of reach for the…