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17 Feb, 2026 0

Backlog batters business

Dennis Shipping company, a sea service provider catering largely to the Jamaican diaspora in specific geographic areas in the United States, is pleading with local authorities to strip more than 40…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
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Tufton: Jamaica hammering out new health MOU with Cuba

Jamaica is renegotiating its long-running medical cooperation programme with Cuba amid renewed pressure from the United States. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton confirmed that while…
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Investigator denies identifying murder suspect in 2017 case

A senior police investigator testified yesterday that he never identified any alleged members of the Clansman Gang as suspects in a 2017 murder on Roger Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine – and…
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17 Feb, 2026 0

Gov’t targets huge increase in collection of traffic fines

The Government, through the Ministry of National Security and Peace, is signalling that it intends to collect a whopping $1 billion in traffic fines in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. This compares with…
Members of the Chinese community out of western Jamaica with Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (centre) and Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon (second right) during the Chinese New Year event in Montego Bay on Sunday.
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172 years of Jamaica-China ties celebrated

WESTERN BUREAU: The deepening partnership between Jamaica and China was highlighted Saturday night as Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, representing Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, addressed the…
Bishop Garth Minott.
17 Feb, 2026 0

‘Unacceptable!’

The Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) has added its voice to the recent public debate over Transport and Telecommunications Minister Daryl Vaz’s dismissal of an auditor general’s report which found…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon addressing the audience during the Chinese New Year event at The Pinnacle in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday.
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Vernon: Chinese community central to MoBay’s commercial, civic evolution

WESTERN BUREAU: During the Spring Festival celebration at the Pinnacle in Reading on Sunday, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon said the story of the city’s economic rise cannot be told without…
From left: Pembroke Hall High School Principal Reverend Claude Ellis; Vice-Principal of Human Resources and Operation Yvette Shields-Green and Stacy-Ann McIntosh-Richard engage in a conversation.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Reading revival

Less than a year after a literacy crisis at Pembroke Hall High School drew national attention, the institution has reported a landmark academic turnaround. Internal assessments have shown that 76 per…
Sonya Binns-Lawrence, Jamaica’s top female blood donor, gives blood during her birthday blood drive, held on the grounds of Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston yesterday.
16 Feb, 2026 0

‘I gave them all away’

If donating a pint of blood can save the lives of three persons, then Sonya Binns-Lawrence, the country’s leading blood donor, is just 10 shy of perhaps saving the lives of 400 of her fellow…