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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang (second right), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange (second left), examine certificates of title for lands transferred to the Rastafari Coral Gard
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Land titles handed over to Rastafari community in Coral Gardens redress effort

The Government has handed over land titles to the Rastafari Coral Gardens Benevolent Society, as restitution by the State for the 1963 Coral Gardens incident in St James involving the Rastafari…
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Greta Merrill | Let’s make our soil great again

If I told you that most of the world’s food supply is grown on just three to six inches of dirt, you’d probably think that I was crazy. But that’s exactly why our top soil is so important. Top soil is…
People drive their motorbikes past a billboard that shows a graphic depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran in April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump's deadline approaches

(AP) — Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war in the Middle East. The United States President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from…
Published 8 hours ago by Rose Marroncelli

A brief history of denim – and why the ‘perfect pair’ of jeans remains elusive

Denim is present in practically every country in the world and is widely adopted as one of the most common forms of everyday attire. Its appeal spans generations and social groups: jeans are worn…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (centre), the member of parliament for St James East Central, in a group shot with several primary school students from the constituency who received computer tablets during a handover service at the Montego Bay Convention
Published 9 hours ago

St James East Central students gifted tablets

WESTERN BUREAU: Fourteen primary school students from St James East Central are now more empowered to further their education after being gifted with computer tablets by their member of parliament,…
Dr Francene Gayle, consultant stroke neurologist, and her husband, Dr Steve Lawrence, an expert in technology, curriculum, eLearning, artificial intelligence, and research, are the co-owners of Everbrook Brain Institute & Cognitive Clinic, located at 80 Mu
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Bringing brain care home

Jamaica’s push to expand advanced neurological care is getting a boost from the return of a locally trained specialist, whose new facility is aiming to reduce the need for patients to seek treatment…
From left: Suraj Guwalani, coach Eric Raul Urdaneta, and Shreya Guwalani during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the presentation of a 600-gallon tank to the SailFish Swim Academy in Tucker, St James, on Saturday, March 28.
Published 9 hours ago by Ashley Anguin

Herbert Morrison student gifts $100k award to swim club

At just 15 years old, Suraj Guwalani isn’t thinking about spending, he’s thinking about giving. The Herbert Morrison Technical High School student, recently named Sports Boy of the Year at the Jill…
Jamaica’s Leon Bailey (right) and Yoane Wissa of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) battle for the ball during the inter-continental World Cup playoff final in Guadalajara, Mexico, on March 31. DR Congo won 1-0 in extra time to qualify for the
Published 9 hours ago by Livingston Scott

Ricketts: Things just never went our way ...

Though disappointed with Jamaica’s failed attempt to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, through the intercontinental playoffs in Mexico recently, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)…
Annica Hamilton
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Spanish Town woman found dead at home

Police in St Catherine have launched an investigation into the death of a 28-year-old woman whose body was discovered inside her bedroom at her home in Eltham Acres, Spanish Town. She has been…