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Lawrence Chisolm, president of the Raft Captains Association at Rio Grande Rafting in Portland.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Flood of woes for Portland raft captains - River guides face fight for survival as floods, financial hardship drive them away

BERRYDALE, Portland: One of Jamaica’s oldest and most iconic tourism attractions is facing an uncertain future, as repeated flooding, mounting financial losses and a lack of meaningful support…
From left: Mother Joy Surtida, director of the Good Shepherd Foundation in Montego Bay, St James; Andrew Foreman, president of the Friends of Good Shepherd International (FOGS); Denise Isaacs, secretary of FOGS; Jeanne Robinson-Foster, chairperson of the G
02 Nov, 2026 0

Friends give financial boost to Good Shepherd Foundation, other charities

WESTERN BUREAU: The Florida-based Friends of Good Shepherd International (FOGS) has donated US$21,000 to the Good Shepherd Foundation in Montego Bay, which is to be distributed among local charities…
Kenneth Anglin, president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the Project GetStart launch.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Discovery gives St Ann entrepreneurs a shot in the arm

Discovery Bauxite and the Discovery Bauxite Community Council last Wednesday launched a programme to stimulate economic and income-generation opportunities for residents in the bauxite company’s…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left) and Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association President O’Brian Heron (right) bow their heads in prayer along with Ian Dear (left), chairman of the Tourism Product Development Company, and Jennifer Griffith, per
02 Nov, 2026 0

From 235,000 visitors to 4.3 million - Jamaica’s tourism journey over 65 years

WESTERN BUREAU: Sixty-five years ago, Jamaica welcomed approximately 235,000 visitors annually, earned US$37.7 million from tourism and was still months away from becoming an independent nation.…
From left: Education Officer Dr Shamara Brissett; Jason Robinson, CEO of SolarBuzz; Jermaine Harvey, board chairman at Mount Alvernia High; Kayon Whyne, principal; Savannah Casserly, Students’ Council president; Sasha Gaye Shaw, country programme manager
02 Nov, 2026 0

Mount Alvernia gets solar boost

WESTERN BUREAU: Mount Alvernia High commissioned its new solar power system into service during a ceremony at the Montego Bay, St James-based school last Thursday. The handover and blessing of the…
May Pen North Division’s Councillor Tanyalee Williams during October’s sitting of the Public Health Committee.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Councillor sounds alarm on Bushy Park Mews sewage crisis

Residents of Bushy Park Mews in Clarendon have endured nearly two years of sewage spilling onto a public roadway whenever it rains, exposing schoolchildren, pedestrians and other road users to…
02 Nov, 2026 0

Fighting accent bias is everyone’s job, not just accented speakers’

People who speak with an accent know it can lead to discrimination. It can cost them in job interviews, at work and in everyday exchanges. But what they usually have to go on is anecdote: their own…
From left: Eugena Clarke-James, CEO of May Pen Hospital; Marcia Francis-Thomas, acting regional director of the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA); Elder Luis Navarro, donor representative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Krystal
02 Nov, 2026 0

New hope for newborns at May Pen Hospital

May Pen Hospital in Clarendon is has received a $21.9-million donation of specialised medical equipment to boost care to newborns with the opening of a newly constructed neonatal isolation unit. The…
02 Nov, 2026 0

Barbados eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Barbados has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced, marking a major public health milestone resulting from years of…