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Doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba, in April 2020.
March 6, 2026 by Erica Virtue

HEALTHCARE HEARTBREAK: Tufton seeks to assure that contingencies in place to counter announced shutdown of 50-y-o bilateral agreement that allowed Cuban doctors to fill gaps in sector

Jamaica has closed the door on a 49-year-old bilateral arrangement with Cuba that sent hundreds of Cuban professionals to the island to bolster health infrastructure, bringing services to remote…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, the chief scout of Jamaica, addresses a public meeting of the Scout Association of Jamaica on February 26
March 6, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Chief scout calls for young people to live values every day

WESTERN BUREAU: Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, the chief scout of Jamaica, is calling for young Jamaicans to embrace the principles of scouting, not just in uniform but in their daily lives.…
Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
March 6, 2026 by Sashana Small

School shelter strain

Acting Principal of Godfrey Stewart High School Stacey-Ann Ottey Clarke says the school’s administration is disappointed after state agencies failed to honour a January deadline to remove…
Dr Dayton Campbell, member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern.
March 6, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Campbell: $787m ROOFS allocation in Westmoreland undermined by transportation burden

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owner and Occupant Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme is poorly conceived,…
Mureen James (centre), executive director of the Montego Bay Convention Centre, accepts one of two awards from Yatan Ahluwalia (right), secretary general of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), and Jamaica’s tourism minister, Edmund Bartl
March 6, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Mureen James shines in Berlin with two global hospitality honours

Berlin, Germany: Jamaican tourism executive Mureen James stood among some of the most influential figures in global tourism in Berlin on Tuesday as she accepted two honours at the Pacific Area Travel…
Kathryn Silvera, president of the JMEA.
March 5, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Budget probe

As members of parliament (MPs) gear up to pose questions to portfolio ministers today about the Government’s $1.4-trillion Budget during a two-day meeting of Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee,…
Courtney Williams, Commissioner of the Independent Fiscal Commission
March 5, 2026

... Gaps trigger credibility concerns from fiscal commissioner

Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has raised questions about the credibility of aspects of the Government’s 2026-2027 Budget in his Economic and Fiscal Assessment Report (EFAR). In his assessment…
March 5, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Witness admits she didn’t see all details described in joint statement with partner

A prosecution witness yesterday insisted that although she and her partner witnessed parts of the fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew in 2013, and later composed a letter about…
Sayeed Bernard, attorney and journalist, addresses the recent welcome home reception hosted by the British High Commission for 2024 Chevening and Commonwealth scholars.
March 5, 2026 by Antoine Lodge

Chevening Scholar Sayeed Bernard eyes strengthened governance

Twenty-six-year-old attorney-at-law and journalist Sayeed Bernard is set to make a significant impact in Jamaica’s policy landscape after completing his Master of Laws at Queen Mary University of…