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Jamaicans are being encouraged to place greater emphasis on service to country as a vital part of nation-building. The call comes from Lloyd Carney, who was one of more than 140 Jamaicans honoured yesterday during the annual National Honours and...
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Teenage hero Adrian Ellis, who saved the life of his friend following a bloody mishap, was greeted with loud cheers and a standing ovation as he proudly walked to collect his award for gallantry at King’s House in St Andrew yesterday. “I am feeling...
For Justice Kissock Laing, being a judge was never part of the plan. But today, he is not only living his dream at the highest levels of the judiciary, but has been bestowed with a national honour for his remarkable contribution to justice. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Retired jurist Sheron Barnes has applied many lessons over several years from her time as a teacher and a journalist to her 15 years of experience as a judge, which have culminated in her being one of St James’ awardees of the 2025...
WESTERN BUREAU: Monday’s Heroes’ Day celebration was an emotional milestone for the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany as they received a special citation and the Key to the City of Montego Bay, St James, during the parish’s 2025 Heroes Day Civic...
As tensions between the United States (US) and Venezuela build, a senior retired diplomat is cautioning that if it escalates into open conflict, trade in the region and tourism, on which most CARICOM states, including Jamaica, depend heavily would...
Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The figure accounts for Jamaicans enduring...
Criminologist Dr Jason McKay has opined that sexual offences should not be among consideration for expungement of criminal records, considering the lifelong effect on victims and high incidents of rape recorded by the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
Acting Inspector of Poor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Donna-Gaye Brady, says the Poor Relief Department has been receiving numerous calls from individuals and organisations seeking to streamline their homeless feeding...
With less than two weeks to go before voters cast ballots in the Virginia governor’s race in the United States (US), Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears, who is running on the Republican Party’s ticket, hopes she will continue her history-making...
A trailer load of medical supplies, valued around US$300,000, is to be handed over this week to the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF). The handover ceremony is set to take place at the foundation’s offices on Hope Road in St Andrew...
World champion, Olympic medallist, and a key part of Jamaica’s sprinting legacy – Yohan Blake’s accomplishments in athletics are well-documented. But in recent years, it’s his YB Afraid Foundation that has brought the most emotion to his voice –...
J.D. Brown* visited the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary on the night of July 8, 2016, to deliver food for a relative in custody. He chatted with the cops on duty at the time and described them as “friendly” during the 15 minutes he spent at...
A Supreme Court case has temporarily frozen the award of a government contract for the lease of medical diagnostic equipment, exposing apparent failings in Jamaica’s procurement oversight system. The dispute involves local company Erin Radiology...
When Ashley*, 53, started experiencing a sharp pain in her stomach and bleeding from the breast where she’d had a lump removed seven years earlier, she instinctively knew something was seriously wrong. “Because I know the God that I serve, I said...
