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Updated 13 hours ago

‘Defective decision’ - UWI professor rips CARICOM over ‘flawed’ reappointment of secretary-general

An independent legal opinion out of Trinidad and Tobago has described the controversial reappointment of CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett as procedurally flawed, and legally void.
 The conclusion was made in a 48-page document authored by Rajendra Ramlogan, professor of commercial and environmental law at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

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Updated 14 hours ago

White coats, golden results - Honours flow for newly minted medical doctors
The name of Brandon Henry, a newly minted medical doctor, reverberated throughout the Main Medical Lecture Theatre at the University Hospital of the West Indies last Thursday as the former Wolmerian…
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Updated 14 hours ago by Sashana Small

Big salute to Fae Ellington - Veteran broadcaster becomes second Jamaican commissioned as honorary colonel in JDF
Veteran broadcaster and media personality Fae Ellington was on Monday officially commissioned as an Honorary Colonel in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), becoming only the second Jamaican to be granted…
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Updated 14 hours ago by Adrian Frater

Murders edge up in west - St James again leads nation in homicides
Western Bureau After ending 2025 with fewer than 100 murders for the first time in over 20 years, the St James police division is again showing disappointing figures as, based on the latest Serious…
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Updated 14 hours ago by Bryan Miller

Another 230 Hanover students get educational grants
Western Bureau: Another 230 students from Hanover, who are in various stages of their studies, got a major financial boost from the Hanover Charities, which disbursed more than $277 million in…
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Updated 15 hours ago by Erica Virtue

Health sector limping from ‘chronic’ overcrowding and dangerous understaffing, says JMDA
Hospital and healthcare services could face disruption today as the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) has called for doctors and supporters to wear blue as a visible sign of solidarity with…
Updated 7 hours ago

Over 2,200 hurricane-hit homes wired under $1B JSIF energy project
Just over 2,200 households in hurricane-affected communities have been wired for electricity under the National Energy Poverty Reduction Project (NEPRP), a $1 billion Jamaica Social Investment Fund…
Updated 5 hours ago

Elderly St Catherine landlord pleads guilty to assault of tenant during dispute
An 84-year-old St Catherine landlord on Tuesday pleaded guilty in court to assault for throwing hot water on his tenant during a dispute.
Updated 5 hours ago

Man wanted for Stony Hill gun attack that left man dead and father injured charged
A man who was wanted in connection with a gun attack in Bowden Hill district in Stony Hill, St Andrew in February last year that left one man dead and his father injured has been arrested and charged.
Updated 3 hours ago

‘Abject Nonsense’: Samuda rejects claims Opposition areas are being overlooked for water projects
Minister of Water Matthew Samuda has rejected claims by Opposition Spokesman on Water and Special Projects Ian Hayles that communities represented by the parliamentary opposition are being excluded…