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February 28, 2026
House to comb through expenditure, revenue measures
The Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives will begin its examination of the Estimates of Expenditure over two days next week. The committee, which comprises all members of the…
February 28, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Witness confirms confiscation of 11 guns from 6 cops in deadly Acadia shooting
A retired detective sergeant testified yesterday that he had seized 11 firearms from six policemen involved in the 2013 fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in Kingston. The witness also…
February 28, 2026
Ja-born lawyer receives SK Arts grant to support new poetry anthology
REGINA, SK: Regina poet, lawyer, and author, Deidre S. Powell, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from SK Arts through the Building Arts Equity Program to support the completion of a new poetry…
February 28, 2026
by Leon Jackson
JDDB donates J$32m to aid dairy sector’s post-Melissa recovery
Western Bureau: The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB), in keeping with its mandate to assist local cattle farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, has donated J$32 million to assist…
February 28, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Tufton: Health centres to ‘build back smarter’
WESTERN BUREAU: The Ministry of Health & Wellness is moving into the second phase of post-Hurricane Melissa reconstruction, with more than 100 damaged health centres across western Jamaica set to…
February 28, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Operation GRACE launched to help Hurricane Melissa victims in Cambridge
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Cambridge and neighbouring communities in St James, which were severely affected by Hurricane Melissa, are set to receive help to rebuild infrastructurally and…
February 28, 2026
Trump’s agenda is to make America white again
Donald Trump’s posting on his Truth Social account platform on February 6 of headshots of Michelle and Barack Obama superimposed on the bodies of apes drew widespread expressions of horror and disgust…
February 28, 2026
by Neil Armstrong
Three Canadians of Jamaican heritage appointed to the Order of Ontario
TORONTO: The beginning of the Chinese New Year on Tuesday was an auspicious moment for Donette Chin-Loy Chang as it was announced that she was among 30 Ontarians appointed to the Order of Ontario,…
February 28, 2026
Police commissioner urges new JPs to guard their integrity
In one of the largest commissioning ceremonies in recent years, 148 new justices of the peace (JPs) were formally sworn in for the parish of St Andrew on Sunday. The commissioning ceremony for the St…