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State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee (centre) and Chairman, Southern Regional Health Authority (SHRA), Michael Stern (left) look on as United Kingdom (UK)-based Jamaican businessman Branatic Neufville highlights the features o
July 23, 2026

Corporate Hands | May Pen and Black River hospitals receive donated supplies

British actor, comedian, writer and musician Ben Bailey Smith (right) and his mother, Yvonne Bailey-Smith (second left) present a donation of books to Nichole Powell-Morgan, principal of St Mary’s Primary and Infant School, for use in the institution’s
July 23, 2026

Corporate Hands | St Mary’s Primary and Infant School receives donation of books

A father of two is one step closer to building a sustainable future for his family after receiving a donation of professional tools valued at more than $50,000 from JPak Courier Services, a subsidiary of Laparkan Jamaica Limited. The presentation took plac
July 23, 2026

Corporate Hands | JPak Courier Services donates to help father launch AC repair business

Debbie Green (right), general manager of Brightstar Lottery Jamaica, shares a light moment as a camper puts a robot through its paces during the sixth annual Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp presented by Brightstar Lottery. The free two-week programme runs s
July 23, 2026

Corporate Hands | Brightstar Lottery hosts coding and robotics camp at Mary’s Child facility

From left: Ainsley Henry, CEO of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests; Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change; and Alfred Francis, managing director of Running Events Jamaica, are captured during the official launch
July 23, 2026

Run in the east, RE-LEAF the west

The Forestry Department is seeking to turn exercise into environmental action with the launch of the Urban Forest Run, a fundraising initiative aimed at supporting the restoration of forests and…
Tamar Donaldson-Watson (left), senior teacher at the Jonathan Grant High School in St. Catherine accepts Caledonia Medical Laboratory (Biomedical’s) Impact Recognition presentation on behalf of the school’s Home Economics Department and teacher, Sanjae
July 23, 2026

Corporate Hands | Caledonia Medical (Biomedical) presents award to Jonathan Grant High School

Letters
July 24, 2026

Letter of the Day|Does our political class still remember its primary objective?

THE EDITOR, Madam: There is an old management principle: when an organisation loses sight of its objective, every activity begins to look like progress. The current political storm over the alleged…
Letters
July 23, 2026

Africa CDC calls for urgent review of US Ebola-related entry restrictions on Uganda

Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (https://AfricaCDC.org/), has formally called on the United States Government to urgently review and remove…
Global warming and climate change are radically altering the dynamics of agriculture.
July 23, 2026

Editorial | Anti-gang-type law for farm theft

Although they have provided no comparative data on arrests, cases closed, or the number of convictions, we welcome the report by the police that their year-old Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) has…