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Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
Published 4 hours ago by Corey Robinson

Tufton calls for law changes to tackle hospital ‘social cases’

Jamaica will have to change its laws and policies to address the perennial problem of patients remaining in public hospitals long after they are medically discharged, Health and Wellness Minister Dr…
Edna Lindsay Francis
Updated 10 minutes ago by Earl Moxam

75 years later, the scars of Hurricane Charlie remain

The Gleaner headline of Friday, August 17, 1951, was ominous: “Hurricane may hit Jamaica today: Bad weather from noon, Crisis in evening.” It was not a sensational prediction. By the time it was…
Updated 9 minutes ago by Karen Madden

Medical technologists sue Gov’t over unpaid wages

Five medical technologists have sued the Government over an alleged breach of contract and unpaid wages. The claimants – Nika Palmer, Damois Barnett, Rachael Adenigbagbe, Naidia Rachel James and Karon…
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Updated 3 minutes ago by Lester Hinds

Jamaicans in Florida seek primary election wins in US

When voters in Florida go to the polls tomorrow to vote in the Democratic Party primary elections, a number of candidates with Jamaican roots are hoping they will come out victorious and go on to the…
Approximately 20 predominantly concrete houses reduced to rubble by bulldozers, tractors and sledgehammers in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, last Tuesday.
August 16, 2026 by Kimone Francis and Tanesha Mundle

‘My father would never do this’ - Late New Falmouth director’s daughter slams Cooper’s Pen demolition as ‘totally insane’

Retired real estate investor and shareholder in New Falmouth Resorts Limited Marcia Ann Chisholm has expressed strong disapproval of last week’s bulldozing of homes in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny,…
Full view of the 62-foot monument depicting the resilience of the Jamaican people, now being sculpted in Montego Bay, St James.
August 16, 2026 by Janet Silvera

62 feet of resilience - Ja’s tallest sculpted monument rises from Melissa, reaching back to 1962

WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Christopher Issa has commissioned what will become one of Jamaica’s tallest sculpted monument – a massive 62-foot work by renowned Jamaican sculptor Scheed Cole that is as…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
August 15, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘Humanitarian crisis’ - Holness pledges Government support to displaced families at Cooper’s Pen demolition site

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has described Monday’s mass demolition at Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny as a “humanitarian crisis”, declaring that neither he, his ministers nor the…
August 15, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

CCJ president rejects ‘panel fixing’ claims - Anderson pushes back amid emails controversy plaguing court

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) President Justice Winston Anderson has rejected allegations that judges at the region’s highest court have been subjected to improper influence or that judicial panels…
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August 15, 2026

JFJ raises rights alarm over arrest of men at Cooper’s Pen demolition

Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) wants the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to indicate why its members were present as part of what appears to have been a private demolition exercise. The lobby made the…