News
June 17, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Pit latrines biggest risk to Jamaica’s water supply, warns Samuda
Western Bureau
Matthew Samuda, minister of water, climate change and the environment, has described backyard pit latrines in high water-table communities as among the greatest environmental risks…
June 17, 2026
Jamaica’s security attaché graduates from Inter-American Defense College
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tanisha Ellison, Jamaica’s security attaché at the embassy in Washington, DC, has become the first Jamaican to graduate from the Inter-American Defense College…
June 17, 2026
Mandeville Hospital performs first scar-free vaginal surgery in Jamaica
The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) in Manchester has become the first hospital in Jamaica to perform a scar-free minimally invasive vaginal surgery known as Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal…
June 17, 2026
Mocho Pear Festival seeks to turn crop into economic engine
Efforts to expand Jamaica’s avocado (pear) industry gathered momentum last week as stakeholders in Clarendon launched a festival intended to spur rural development and exports.
June 17, 2026
by Keisha Hill
Donnell Dunkley uses curiosity to break fear of science
For many students, science can seem intimidating — a subject of complex formulas, unfamiliar terms and difficult ideas. For Donnell Dunkley, however, it represents something quite different:…
June 17, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Jamaica 4-H, US group donate supplies to St Catherine Health Department
A joint effort by the Jamaica 4-H Foundation and the Living Well Community Centre in the United States has resulted in the donation of items valued at $4 million to the St Catherine Health Department…
June 17, 2026
Falmouth mayor appeals for public help to build new municipal office after Melissa damage
Mayor of Falmouth Collen Gager is appealing to the Trelawny business community and others to assist the municipality with the construction of a new office, which was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
June 17, 2026
15-y-o St Elizabeth girl charged for beating and robbing teen schoolmate
A 15-year-old student of B.B. Coke High School in Junction, St Elizabeth, has been charged with robbery with aggravation and assault occasioning bodily harm following an incident at the institution…
June 17, 2026
US probing St Elizabeth businessman in cash-smuggling case at Sangster airport; granted $2M bail
The Jamaican businessman who is facing criminal charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than US$270,000 into the country hidden in soap boxes is under investigation by United States (US)…