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Norman Manley Law School Principal Dr Chistopher Malcolm (right) with lead sponsors, Simone Chanpong (centre), director of Tastee Limited, and attorney Christopher Townsend of TWP, at the pilot of NMLS Dining and Mentorship Programme.
February 28, 2026

Leaders back mentorship push at Norman Manley Law School

Senior members of the judiciary have endorsed a new mentorship initiative at the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS), describing it as a necessary bridge between academic training and the realities of…
Dr Darien Henry, the principal of Montego Bay Community College, addressing the Institute of Vocational Education and Skills Training Limited’s [INVEST] graduation ceremony at the Mt Salem Seventh-day Adventist Church in Montego Bay, St James, on Wednesd
February 28, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

MBCC principal renews call for greater promotion of tertiary education

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Darien Henry, the principal of the St James-based Montego Bay Community College (MBCC), is renewing calls for greater focus on preparing students for tertiary education, a move he…
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February 28, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Gov’t eyes tomato juice for schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Green, minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, has revealed plans to introduce a locally produced tomato-based juice into Jamaica’s school nutrition programme,…
People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran on February 28, 2026.
February 28, 2026

US and Israel strike Iran

(AP) — The United States and Israel launched a major attack on targets across Iran on Saturday. US President Donald Trump called on the Iranian people to “take over your government” — an extraordinary…
February 28, 2026

Senior citizen found dead at St Catherine home

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the killing of a 68-year-old man at his home in Windsor Heights, St Catherine, on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Hartman…
A group of men wave Iranian flags as they attend a demonstration in support of the government and against United States and Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran on February 28, 2026.
February 28, 2026

Update | Iran’s top leaders alive ‘as far as I know,’ says foreign minister

Iran’s foreign minister says the country’s Supreme Leader and president are alive “as far as I know,” as Saturday’s US-Israeli strikes and Iran’s retaliation intensify fears of a wider Middle East…
February 28, 2026

Deported St Catherine man remanded on shooting, gun charges

A man recently deported to Jamaica to face serious gun charges was remanded when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. Akeem Jackson, otherwise called 'Bobo Sparks', 31,…
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.
February 28, 2026

Jamaica advises nationals to avoid travel to Middle East amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

The Jamaican Government is advising citizens to “avoid all travel” to the Middle East and is urging nationals in the region to shelter in place amid joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and that country’s…
Investigators examine bank notes burned by authorities to prevent people from approaching the scene of a cargo plane that crashed on a highway on February 27, 2026, carrying money, in El Alto, Bolivia.
February 28, 2026

Death toll rises to 22 after plane carrying money crashes in Bolivia

(AP) — The death toll rose to 22 on Saturday from the crash of a military plane carrying 18 tonnes of new banknotes a day earlier near Bolivia’s capital, La Paz. The crash damaged about a dozen…