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Jamaican-American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph (left), recipient of the International Humanitarian Award, and Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International, recipient of the International Achievement Award, pose for the camera at the Americ
19 Oct, 2026 0

Ralph, Stewart celebrated for global achievements, commitment to Ja

MANHATTAN, New York: One conquered Hollywood and Broadway, becoming an Emmy Award-winning actress and humanitarian. The other helped transform a Jamaican hotel company into one of the Caribbean’s most…
Miss Kingston & St Andrew Danielle Cox waves the Jamaican flag with young moms from the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation at the launch ceremony for her project, The Refinery: Becoming, Not Broken, last Friday at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre in K
19 Oct, 2026 0

Miss KSA Festival Queen launches ‘The Refinery’ for teen moms

Miss Kingston and St Andrew (KSA) Festival Queen Danielle Cox has officially launched her parish project, aimed at addressing the lack of empowerment and access to resources for teenage mothers in her…
The house in St Catherine where the deadly shooting took place on Friday morning.
18 Oct, 2026 0

Bloodshed, bullet holes and doubts

Residents question account of deadly Sligoville main road shooting; second cop succumbs to injuries Questions are being raised about the circumstances surrounding Friday’s deadly confrontation…
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…
The HEART/NSTA Trust’s corporate office in St Andrew.
18 Oct, 2026 0

Access granted

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…
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…