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July 21, 2026
Don’t mix ashes with waste for disposal, warns WPM manager
WESTERN BUREAU:
Dramaine Jones, the regional operations manager for the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) Western Parks and Markets Limited (WPM), is urging citizens to better…
July 21, 2026
UTech to host WorldCALL Conference in 2028
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech Jamaica) has won the bid to host the World Computer-Assisted Language Learning (WorldCALL) Conference from June 12 to 16, 2028, at its Papine campus,…
July 21, 2026
Clarendon teacher finds global stage for a lifelong calling through Participate Learning
Tamar Blair-Robinson will tell you she was born to teach. As a child growing up in May Pen, Clarendon, she would gather rocks and stones, line them up and pretend they were her students – asking them…
July 21, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Municipal corporation moves to restore order in Port Antonio
The Portland Municipal Corporation says it will move to tackle the growing problem of illegal vending which is increasingly disrupting the flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in Port…
July 21, 2026
INDECOM probing fatal police shooting in St Catherine
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a man by the police during an alleged shoot-out in Crescent district, St Catherine on Monday.
July 21, 2026
Jamaica heightens inspection of iceberg lettuce, other produce from US over cyclospora outbreak
The Ministry of Agriculture says Jamaica has heightened its surveillance of all imported iceberg lettuce, other leafy vegetables, and fruits originating in or transiting through the United States amid…
July 21, 2026
NSWMA launches Operation CALM to boost hurricane preparedness in Whitehouse, Westmoreland
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has launched Operation Clearing, Advising, Leveraging, and Maintaining (CALM) in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, as part of efforts to strengthen…
July 21, 2026
KSAMC removes illegal signs, billboards in Corporate Area crackdown
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has removed unauthorised signs and billboards from sections of the Corporate Area.
July 21, 2026
Advocacy group renews call for legal clarity after Holland High graduation dispute
Children's rights organisation Fi We Children Foundation is renewing its call for clearer legal limits on the authority of school administrators to exclude students from graduation ceremonies,…