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Jamaica welcomes inaugural LIAT Air flight from Guadeloupe
Jamaica welcomed the inaugural Liat Air flight from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, to Montego Bay, St James, on Tuesday.
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Road deaths over past week double yearly daily average, raising concerns
Road safety officials are warning that Jamaica could be heading towards another surge in traffic fatalities after the number of people who died in crashes over the past week rose to twice the daily…
Updated 6 hours ago

Image Plus pays $620m for recent acquisitions
Image Plus Consultants Ltd (IPCL), which trades as Apex Radiology, paid $620 million for two recent acquisitions, expanding its footprint to eight locations across Jamaica. "Having successfully…
Updated 21 hours ago

St Vincent and the Grenadines ends registration fees for entry into secondary schools
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The St Vincent and the Grenadines has announced the removal of registration-related fees for first form students entering public and government-assisted private secondary…
Updated 21 hours ago by Wayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell | Skills for a Shared Future
Alarmingly, 273 million children and young people are out of school. In 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared July 15 as World Youth Skills Day, to celebrate the strategic importance of…
Updated 21 hours ago

Government boosts funding to schools to improve operations
Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon says funding for Jamaica's public schools has been increased by an average of 55 per cent as the Government moves to give school administrators…
Updated 22 hours ago

Vaz: No deaths or serious injuries in first year of rural school bus programme
The Government’s rural school bus programme has transported thousands of students safely during its first year of operation, recording no deaths or serious injuries since its launch in September 2025,…
Updated 22 hours ago

Government reviewing JPS report on islandwide blackout – Vaz

The Government is undertaking a technical assessment of the Jamaica Public Service's (JPS) investigative report into the islandwide electricity outage on June 5, with an inter-ministerial team…
Updated 23 hours ago

Kenyan court dismisses Rastafari case seeking to legalise marijuana
Kenya’s High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to legalise the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes.