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Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
March 6, 2026 by Sashana Small

School shelter strain

Acting Principal of Godfrey Stewart High School Stacey-Ann Ottey Clarke says the school’s administration is disappointed after state agencies failed to honour a January deadline to remove…
Dr Dayton Campbell, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern.
March 6, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Campbell: $787m ROOFS allocation in Westmoreland undermined by transportation burden

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owner and Occupant Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme is poorly conceived,…
Mureen James (centre), executive director of the Montego Bay Convention Centre, accepts one of two awards from Yatan Ahluwalia (right), secretary general of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), and Jamaica’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartl
March 6, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Mureen James shines in Berlin with two global hospitality honours

Berlin, Germany: Jamaican tourism executive Mureen James stood among some of the most influential figures in global tourism in Berlin on Tuesday as she accepted two honours at the Pacific Area Travel…
Opposition Health Spokesman Dr Alfred Dawes (left) and Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton.
March 5, 2026

Tufton: Gov't 'not sitting down' as it tackles fallout from end of Cuban medical programme

Health Minister Christopher Tufton says the Government is “not sitting down and not doing anything” as it moves to address gaps in the public health system following Jamaica’s decision to end its…
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe (left), shares a moment with Principal, St Mary Technical High School, Orville Richards (centre), and Board Chairman, St Mary Technical High School, Dr Isaac B
March 6, 2026

St Mary Technical steps up TVET ambition with innovation hub

St Mary Technical High School has begun to position itself more assertively within Jamaica’s technical-education landscape. The school’s principal, Orville Richards, has praised the Ministry of…
Education Officer for Region 5, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Marsha Fennell-Bell (third left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over the new 11-classroom block at Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester on Monday. Sharing i
March 6, 2026

Holmwood Technical gets 11 new classrooms

Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester now has a new, four-level classroom block, which was built by the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information at a cost of approximately $200…
Colleen Wint-Bond, project coordinator at the Violence Prevention Alliance, presents gifts to a student at the Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School on National Peace Day.
March 6, 2026

Chalky Hill Primary’s peacemakers celebrated

About 50 students at Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School have been designated Irie Stars Peacemakers under a collaborative effort between the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) and the Sandals…
Rohan Brown, manager of Weather Services at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.
March 6, 2026 by Gladstone H. Taylor

How satellites, science shape hurricane forecasts

Imagine a hurricane making landfall on the very day you decide to visit the supermarket or the beach – and imagine facing it without warning. For small island states in the tropics, such a scenario…
One of six bus sheds being constructed in the parish.
March 6, 2026 by Bryan Miller

New bus sheds to improve safety, comfort in Hanover

WESTERN BUREAU: Six new bus sheds are being built in Hanover as part of efforts to provide greater comfort for the travelling public. The project, scheduled for completion within three months, is…