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Members of the Constitution Hill LFMC at a recent strategic planning consultation.
January 29, 2026

Earth Today | EFJ supports forest stewards

THE ENVIRONMENTAL Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) is working with Local Forest Management Committees (LFMCs) to build capacity and strengthen their role in safeguarding Jamaica’s vital forest ecosystems. …
Nature in the red
January 29, 2026

Earth Today | Starved of investment

IN THE race for financial resources, nature is losing. That is according to findings from the just released 2026 edition of the State of Finance for Nature report of the United Nations Environment…
Nathalee Jemaison and her staff at Kajay’s Seafood Restaurant in White House, Westmoreland, were among the WCK partners providing food.
January 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

6.7M MEALS

WESTERN BUREAU: In the days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, the country fractured. Roads disappeared, communities were cut off, and families sheltered in damaged buildings, waiting for…
Farmers protesting at Wafler Farms.
January 28, 2026 by Sashana Small

Union roots bear fruit for Jamaican farm workers in NY

Jamaican seasonal farm workers at Wafler Farms in upstate New York are beginning the new crop season with higher wages and expanded labour protections under a new union contract negotiated by United…
Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth and information.
January 28, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

Telethon to help rebuild schools in Jamaica

The Ontario-based Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) has organised a telethon to raise CDN$50,000 to help schools in Jamaica that have been most impacted by Hurricane Melissa. The…
Mathematics teacher at Charlemont High School, Sharlene Mills (left), in conversation with one of her students, Kayda Lee McLean.
January 28, 2026

Charlemont High students improve maths performance

The St Catherine-based Charlemont High School is on an upward trajectory in mathematics and exemplary performance in English Language, coming out of the recent Caribbean Secondary Education…
Raheem Lindo
January 28, 2026

Discipline and distinction shape a UTech valedictorian

Raheem Lindo is no stranger to finishing first. Next month he will address his peers as one of three valedictorians at the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica’s 2025 graduation ceremony, having…
From left: Tanekia Titus looks on as Hermine Pryce Foundation co‑founders Andrea Pryce and O’Neil Pryce lift a sheet of plywood donated to her at her home in Bunkers Hill, Trelawny.
January 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Charity steps in to rebuild homes for elderly brothers, widow

WESTERN BUREAU: At 70, blindness left him unable to rebuild; at 84, his brother could only wait. When Hurricane Melissa destroyed their home in Bunkers Hill, Trelawny, the Reid brothers – alongside a…
Dr Curtis Yeates, senior medical officer of health at the Cornwall Regional hospital
January 29, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Yeates says major CRH concerns to be addressed in weeks

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Curtis Yeates, the senior medical officer of health at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has issued a public apology to patients and staff for the poor…