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Edmund Bartlett.
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Bartlett seeking to secure job security for medical students from his constituency

WESTERN BUREAU: Following a situation last year, which saw several doctors who were trained in China finding it difficult to get accepted into local hospitals to do their internships, a push is now on…
Published 4 hours ago

Two boys charged after student robbed at knifepoint in St Andrew, say police

Two teenage boys have been charged with robbery with aggravation after they allegedly held a student at knifepoint and stole $5,000 cash along Half-Way-Tree Road in St Andrew on April 1, the police…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding and Member of Parliament Dennis Gordon (encircled).
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JLP youth arm intensifies pressure on Golding in JACDEN controversy

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) youth arm is calling on People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding to disclose whether a company at the centre of a tax exemption controversy…
In this image from video provided by NASA, the Moon is seen from a camera outside the Orion Spacecraft after the Artemis II astronauts surpassed the farthest distance ever traveled by humans from Earth on April 6, 2026. (NASA via AP)
Published 7 hours ago

Artemis II reaches record distance as astronauts glimpse far side of moon

(AP) — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts kicked off their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new…
A man searches through items piled up at a house damaged by an earthquake in the village of Ittefaq, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Published 7 hours ago

Death toll from earthquake rises

ITTEFAQ (AP) For several minutes after the earthquake struck, he could hear their screams. Then there was silence. Mohibullah Niazi, a neighbour who helped in the rescue efforts, said Saturday that…
A devotee holds a cross during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighbourhood of Bogota, Colombia.
Published 7 hours ago

Good Friday around the world, in photos

Good Friday is a unique – and uniquely solemn – day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers – his…
People walk past an ageing cherry blossom tree at the Inokashira Park, one of Tokyo’s most popular viewing spots.
Published 7 hours ago

Collapse of Tokyo’s ageing cherry blossom trees raises safety concerns

TOKYO (AP) Many of Tokyo’s popular and iconic Somei Yoshino cherry blossom trees were planted during Japan’s postwar advancement in the 1960s, and are now getting old and frail. Some have fallen and…
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Carvell McLeary | Demise of the 40-hour workweek?

Is the 40-hour workweek, the sacred foundation of employment practices, at an end? Is it blasphemous to offer such words? As Jamaican businesses struggle with productivity concerns, culture and…
Ronald Thwaites writes: We are a follow-fashion people, and the model put before our children and all of us is that the supreme objective of life is to have my way and gain my advantage whoever else have to get jook.
Updated 7 hours ago

Ronald Thwaites | Way to go

“Me have some new zinc sheet a sell. You want it fi one a yu church memba dem whey house blow down?” That was the offer from one of the few recipients who had received his rebuilding grant last week.…