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The state-owned Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston.
February 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

Relatives raise concerns over visitation limits at Golden Age Home

The relatives of a resident at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, are voicing concern over a visitation policy that prevents family members from accessing the wards. The family member,…
Dr Paul Hector (left) of UNESCO in conversation with Dr Patrick Prendergast, head of CARIMAC, during the More FM 14th anniversary church service, held on Sunday at the Duncans Evangelistic Centre in Trelawny.
February 26, 2026

Media educator bats for including community radio in disaster planning

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Patrick Prendergast, director of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication, is renewing the call for community radio stations to be formally embedded in Jamaica’s disaster…
From left: Tamika Davis, Jamaica Labour Party caretaker for Hanover Western; Sandrene Hill-Sherwood, representing Custos of Hanover Lennox Anderson-Jackson; Collin Virgo, assistant general secretary of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union; and Denise Huds
February 26, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Last-minute gov’t intervention saves Blenheim civic ceremony for Bustamante

Western Bureau: The plan to scale down Tuesday’s annual celebration of National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante’s birthday at his birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover, was averted at the last minute after…
Franceta Lopez, the writer of seven children’s books, reading to students at Bridgeport Primary School in St Catherine last year.
February 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

From cashier to children’s book author

Within the span of five years, Franceta Lopez suffered a stillbirth, her home was robbed, she lost her family savings in a bank scam, and she had to deal with the grief of losing two close relatives. …
A section of Long Road in St Mary Southeast which was blocked yesterday as a result of a landslide.
February 26, 2026 by Gareth Davis Sr

Baxter's Mountain students marooned, rescue effort called off

Heavy rains yesterday disrupted classes at Baxter’s Mountain Primary in St Mary and left the entire school population marooned with rescue attempts aborted. A fire truck that attempted to carry-out a…
From left: Donmayne Gyles, chief executive officer of Andrews Memorial Hospital; Erica Myers, infection control and prevention nurse at Black River Hospital; Diana Brown-Miller, chief executive officer of Black River Hospital; Jodi-Ann Porter, senior custo
February 26, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Andrews Memorial gives Black River Hospital $9m shot in the arm

WESTERN BUREAU: Donmayne Gyles, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Andrews Memorial Hospital, has donated medical supplies and computers valued at $9 million to the Hurricane…
Stephanie Williams
February 26, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Women In Law Foundation hosts benefit concert

On Sunday, March 8 at 5 p.m. at The Little Theatre in St Andrew, Women In Law Foundation (WILF), in conjunction with Riverside Open Bible Church and Mona Open Bible Church, and in association with…
Latoya Harris-Ghartey, executive director of the National Education Trust.
February 26, 2026

St Ann schools make strides after Hurricane Melissa

The National Education Trust (NET) has spotlighted the Bamboo Primary School and the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann as standing as ‘powerful symbols of resilience, recovery and renewed…
From left: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos rotulorum for St James; Reverend Davewin Thomas, president of the Jamaica Baptist Union; guest preacher, The Reverend Judith Johnson-Grant and The Reverend Merlyn Hyde Riley, General Secretary of the Jamaica Baptist
February 26, 2026

‘No dismissal, no retreat, no distance’

In an address during the closing service of the 176th General Assembly of the Jamaica Baptist Union, Reverend Judith Johnson-Grant urged the Church to not retreat from its spiritual responsibility to…