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Dr Ryan Haynes, UTech, Jamaica Medical Centre, checks the vitals of a youngster (centre) as her guardian (left) observes during the UTech, Jamaica Health and Services Fair held on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mona Baptist Church.
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | UTech does community care at health and services fair

A migrant who crossed from Morocco into Spain holds a sign reading, in Spanish, “asylum” as he lines up for food distribution on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Monday, August 3, 2026.
August 6, 2026

Spanish PM fends off criticism over Ceuta crisis

BRUSSELS (AP): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s migration policies faced fierce criticism as leaders from across the European Union met this week following a rush of migrants to the Spanish…
Reggae Marathon has reaffirmed its deep-rooted connection to Negril through a $1.5M donation worth of food items, clothing, and food vouchers valued at over $750,000 to the Negril community. The Reggae Marathon team and partners rally together to provide
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Reggae Marathon donates to Negril community

Carlington Willis, general manager of Eye Q Optical, provides a free eye examination as part of the vision screening services offered at the Kingston Public Hospital 250th Anniversary Health and Wellness Fair. 
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Kingston Public Hospital hosts free health fair

Wayne Wonder
August 6, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘God and time’, Wayne Wonder says of Reggae Icon Award

If reggae vocalist Wayne Wonder could use only one word to describe how he feels about being honoured by the Government with the Reggae Icon Award, that one word would be “amazing”. But it is…
Manager of the Scotiabank Centre Branch, Conrad Wright (left), was delighted to host students of Kingston Technical High and provide them with a brief tour of the branch during their recent field trip, courtesy of the Scotiabank Foundation.
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Scotiabank Foundation treats Kingston Tech students to museum tour

Shanique Sommerville, Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen 2026 (right), receives a cash voucher to start a Sagicor Bank Jamaica savings account from Kerry-Ann Brainsford, manager, commissioned sales, Sagicor Bank, during the Financial Literacy Training Sessio
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Sagicor hosts Financial Literacy Training Session for festival queens

August 6, 2026

Agreement reached to expand early HIV diagnosis in the C’bean

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will collaborate with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to expand early HIV diagnosis across Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative aims…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris-Dixon during a Post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday.
August 6, 2026

Editorial | Demographics and schools

According to Dr Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaica’s education minister, she has not yet taken a decision on the future of Mulgrave Primary School in the southwestern parish of St Elizabeth. That might…