Lead Stories
22 Jan, 2026
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Jamaica seeks to expand overseas employment programmes in US
The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead with efforts to expand the H-2A and H-2B United States work visa programmes. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony…
22 Jan, 2026
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UWI students charged up by launch of E-Mobility Lab
Against the background of a rapid expansion in the sale of electric vehicles globally and interest growing in the region, and Jamaica in particular, The University of the West Indies on Tuesday…
22 Jan, 2026
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Hague Agricultural Show cancelled, disappointed farmers express understanding
Western Bureau: With farmers in western Jamaica still reeling from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall three months ago, a decision has been taken to cancel this year’s…
22 Jan, 2026
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Defence lawyers still concerned over laptop barriers
Defence attorneys have renewed complaints about access to correctional facilities after notices posted by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) appeared to limit the use of electronic devices…
21 Jan, 2026
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Jumping for joy
Very few people from the rural community of Epping Forest, Old England, in Manchester matriculate to university, and even fewer complete their journey, says Denvor Green. So when he walked across the…
21 Jan, 2026
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Bustamante Hospital giving family caregivers a trial run
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced his intention to make the Family Caregivers Programme a permanent nationwide initiative, pending the success of the policy pilot…
21 Jan, 2026
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‘Don’t let anybody tek you fi a fool’
The attorney for the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson argued yesterday that several pieces of evidence in the case were “unreliable”…
21 Jan, 2026
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Grief visits Harbour View amid suspected murder-suicide
Shock rippled through Dorado Drive in Harbour View, East Kingston, yesterday after the suspected murder-suicide of a well-regarded couple in the area. The bodies of 53-year-old Morvine Thompson…
21 Jan, 2026
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‘The years just pass on and I just take it easy’
If Henrietta Adina Williams, popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, divulges her age to those who do not know her personally, the disclosure could be met with gasps of denial as her physical appearance…