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Clifton James
Updated 2 hours ago by Janet Silvera

Probe ordered after engineer fatally crushed on MoBay Perimeter Road project

WESTERN BUREAU: The Government has ordered a full investigation into the death of 58-year-old Clifton Archibald James, who was crushed by a truck while working on the Montego Bay Perimeter Road…
Minister with Responsibility for Land Titling and Settlements in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Robert Montague (left), signs contracts for the construction of semi-permanent housing solutions for Hurricane Melissa-affected
Published 15 minutes ago

Government to commence construction of semi-permanent homes for Hurricane Melissa-affected families

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development signed contracts on Thursday to commence construction of semi-permanent housing solutions in western and southwestern parishes severely…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green.
Updated 4 hours ago

Water at last - Essex Valley irrigation nears finish

WESTERN BUREAU: Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says farmers in Essex Valley, St Elizabeth, should begin receiving irrigation water by the end of September, as the Government moves to complete a…
 Marylin Falconer, president of the Old Fort Craft Market.
Updated 4 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

Crafting a comeback - Old Fort gets $53.5m makeover

WESTERN BUREAU: Vendors at the Old Fort Craft Market on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, St James, are hailing the $53.5-million rehabilitation of the facility. Their president, Marylin Falconer,…
Delano Seiveright, chairman of the National Craft Council.
Updated 4 hours ago

Imported imitations put local artisans under siege

WESTERN BUREAU: Chairman of the National Craft Council, Delano Seiveright, is warning that imported products imitating Jamaican cultural symbols and designs are putting local artisans at an unfair…
Updated 4 hours ago

NPSC revamps parenting support strategy survey reveals growing disconnect from children

A newly released national survey has revealed a troubling decline in parent-child relationships in Jamaica, prompting the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) to intensify efforts aimed at…
Matthew Samuda (left), minister of water, environment and climate change; Kevin Kerr (right), president of the National Water Commission (NWC); and Gary Walters (centre), senior project manager, take part in a tour on Tuesday of the pipeline project curren
Updated 4 hours ago

Pipe after dark - Munroe Road-Wellington Drive project moving to night-time operations

The pipeline upgrading works from Munroe Road to Wellington Drive are shifting to night-time operations, with the corridor closing almost entirely on Sundays to allow for up to 24-hour construction.…
Woodhead reservoir is visible amid a drought near Manchester, England, August 13.
Updated 4 hours ago

Study finds climate change is strengthening El Niños

A new study suggests that El Niños, the natural climatic chaos agents that appear periodically and drive up global temperatures, are becoming stronger because of human-caused climate change. El Niños…
Florence Harrison (centre) with former students at the launch of a tribute book in her honour at the Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Updated 4 hours ago by Neil Armstrong

J’cans publish tribute book to teacher who shaped their lives in Canada

Years after his former teacher Florence Harrison retired, O. Dane Lawrence set out to find her. He found it hard to believe he was the only student whose life she had touched so deeply. “I realised…