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The badly damaged vehicle it which the JTA president-elect was travelling at the scene of the crash in Trelawny.
08 Oct, 2026 0

JTA president-elect recuperating after Trelawny crash

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is reporting that its president-elect, Dr Maureen Mullings-Nelson, and a senior teacher with whom she was travelling are now recuperating…
Women of RCTNH (from left) Dr Tiffany Hunter, Club President- Franchesca Francis, Thriecia Tyndale, Past President- Dr Suzanne McDonald Fowles, Immediate Past President- Debra-Ann Matthews, and Past President and coordinator of the tea party dubbed ‘An A
08 Oct, 2026 0

Tea for transformation - Rotary Club pumps proceeds from tea party into community projects

The Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights has turned proceeds from an elegant afternoon of tea and fellowship held earlier this year into support for healthcare and education. The Kingston-based club…
The former Air Jamaica plane bombed in March seen here at London Heathrow in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2005.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Former Air J plane bombed in Iran - Pilot recalls good times flying ‘Mike Papa’ from Jamaica to UK, wants reintroduction of national airline

When the Israeli Air Force reported the destruction of Iran’s presidential VIP Airbus A340-300 often dubbed ‘Iran Force One’ during a military strike in Iran in March of this year, the repercussions…
In this file photo, residents of Bundy Lane in St Andrew play in water from a burst underground National Water Commission pipe.
07 Oct, 2026 0

PAC questions NWC’s financial viability

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has disclosed that as at March 2026, total receivables of the National Water Commission (NWC) is $23.88 billion. However, eyebrows were raised when it was…
Dr Andrew Wheatley.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Court delays first hearing of Wheatley’s challenge to IC prosecution

The first hearing of Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley’s challenge against the Integrity Commission’s (IC) decision to prosecute him for alleged illicit enrichment and other corruption-related…
Attorney-at-law Gloria Brown of Brown, Findley and Company.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Attorney calls for land court to address mounting disputes

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Gloria Brownand is calling for a specialised land court to tackle Jamaica’s growing backlog of property disputes, arguing that cases involving the country’s most…
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (left) seated next to St Kitts and Nevis’s tourism minister, Marsha Henderson, and other leaders during the Council of Ministers meeting in Guyana on Tuesday.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Bartlett pushes visitor-backed fund to protect Caribbean tourism

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is proposing a visitor-backed fund to help protect the Caribbean’s tourism industry from future shocks. The proposed Caribbean Tourism…
Members of the Jamaica Defence Force and Trekkers Adventures lead participants in the Sandals Foundation Island Challenge on a military-style trek through the Blue Mountain range, starting at Newcastle in St Andrew.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Falmouth Hospital to benefit from $21m Island Challenge fundraiser

The paediatric and neonatal unit at Falmouth Public General Hospital is set to receive critical medical equipment following the successful completion of the Sandals Foundation Island Challenge, which…
06 Oct, 2026 0

JCF FREED IN FATAL RUN - Court tosses father’s negligence case after son collapsed, died during recruitment test

A father has lost his negligence claim against the State over the death of his son, who collapsed during a physical assessment for recruitment to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) five years ago.…