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The HEART/NSTA Trust’s corporate office in St Andrew.
18 Oct, 2026 0

Access granted - ATI Appeal Tribunal orders HEART to release unredacted board minutes

A tribunal has ordered the government’s principal training agency to hand over the full, unredacted and authenticated minutes of all board meetings held between 2020 and 2023 to the attorneys for a…
Medical students Ashli McCarthy (left) and Tiara Hayles pictured at the University of Guyana. McCarthy, who is in her final year, and Hayles, who is in her second year, have made their country proud in the South American country, retaining high grades thro
18 Oct, 2026 0

Their parents wore the badge, they chose the stethoscope

WESTERN BUREAU: When 24-year-old Ashli McCarthy arrived in Guyana four years ago, she knew almost nobody, had no local currency, and carried little more than her ambition to become a doctor. “All I…
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) converge at a scene in the Five Miles area of Sligoville in St Catherine, where three cops were shot, one fatally, and three gunmen killed during an operation on Friday.
17 Oct, 2026 0

DEADLY TRAP

A 10-year-old child was allegedly used as bait by gunmen on Friday morning to lure police officers into a deadly ambush during an operation in the Five Miles area of St Catherine. According to…
Councillor Tanyalee Williams of the  May Pen North Division reading her declaration, notifying the Clarendon Municipal Corporation of the change in her party affiliation during a special meeting on Friday.
17 Oct, 2026 0

Court fight - Clarendon power struggle set for legal showdown as injunction blocks leadership shake-up

The People’s National Party (PNP) caucus in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation (CMC) has described a court injunction barring motions of no confidence against May Pen Mayor Joel Williams and Deputy…
Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson.
17 Oct, 2026 0

Senator calls for targeted pension plan for farmers

Drawing on a 2024 Financial Services Commission (FSC) report, opposition senator Ramon Small-Ferguson has highlighted the low participation of Jamaican farmers in private pension schemes, with fewer…
British High Commissioner Alicia Herbert (fourth left) is flocked by (from left) Councillors Brian Chambers, Darren Barnes and Andria Dehaney-Grant; Custos Lennox Jackson; Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels; Heatha Miller-Bennett, member of parliament for Hanove
17 Oct, 2026 0

British high commissioner opens line of cooperation with HMC

WESTERN BUREAU: British High Commissioner Alicia Herbert has opened a line of cooperation with the administrators and staff at the Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC). Herbert, who began her tour of…
17 Oct, 2026 0

When gossip protects coworkers – and when it backfires

NEW YORK (AP): Stephanie Joseph was working at a television station when someone started a false rumour claiming she and a married colleague were romantically involved. Joseph, then 20, barely knew…
16 Oct, 2026 0

HIV CARE GAP - AHF calls for strategy to get thousands more on treatment; ministry says social barriers keeping patients away

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Jamaica is calling for urgent action to reach the thousands of people living with HIV in Jamaica who are not receiving treatment. In a statement yesterday, the…
16 Oct, 2026 0

19-y-o charged with Kidd Lane triple murder

A 19-year-old man has been charged with three counts of murder in connection with last Friday’s deadly attack on Kidd Lane, off Spanish Town Road in St Andrew, which claimed the lives of two women and…