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Patricia Gillings-Smith (left), head of the Industrial Arts Department at Muschett High in Trelawny, oversees students working on plumbing-related projects at the school last week. A section of the plumbing laboratory is still under renovation after being
28 Sep, 2026 0

School labs struggling to recover while students adapt

WESTERN BUREAU: Several high schools in western Jamaica are still working to restore their hurricane-ravaged laboratories, some of which were completely destroyed and lost valuable equipment last…
Leighton Johnson, principal of Muschett High School in Wakefield, Trelawny.
28 Sep, 2026 0

POWERING UP AGAIN - Western schools looking towards solar installations post-Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: At least two western Jamaica high schools that were damaged during Hurricane Melissa last October are looking to expand the solar-power facilities they had prior to the category-5…
American Friends of Jamaica President Wendy Hart (fourth left) cuts the ribbon officially handing over the rebuilt Cove Primary in Hanover, along with Heidi Clarke of Sandals Foundation (second right) and students and members of management of the school l
28 Sep, 2026 0

‘Bouncing back better’ - Cove Primary transformed after Melissa’s blow

WESTERN BUREAU: A beaming Dr Michelle Pinnock last Thursday said she could now “thank God for Melissa” as a result of what has been created at Cove Primary in Hanover, pointing to the larger…
JHTA President O’Brian Heron.
28 Sep, 2026 0

Six in 10 tourism insurance claims still unresolved

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly two-thirds of the Hurricane Melissa insurance claims filed by hotel operators are still awaiting full settlement, according to a new Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA)…
27 Sep, 2026 0

Nightmare witness

After spending 47 days in custody on gun and robbery charges, St Catherine musician Shamar Champagne says he was amused when the woman who accused him of armed robbery claimed she had seen him in a…
Dominique Whitely in Cuba.
27 Sep, 2026 0

From Mona to Havana and back again - Cuba-trained medical doctor Dominique Whitely recounts gritty seven-year pursuit of degree

Armed with a newly minted medical degree and seven years’ worth of resilience forged in resource-starved Havana, 29-year-old Dominique Whitely has brought her stethoscope back to Jamaica, ready to…
Rodrick Brown
27 Sep, 2026 0

Leaked sex tape costs software engineer a home

The United States-based software engineer accused of causing the leak of videos and photographs of a sexual encounter with a Jamaican attorney has lost a multimillion-dollar home in St Ann, which has…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.
26 Sep, 2026 0

Bartlett wants clarity - Tourism minister seeks talks on US$3b Sandals-Royal Caribbean deal with eyes on jobs, local suppliers and investment

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett wants talks with Sandals Resorts and Royal Caribbean Group on how their new multibillion-dollar partnership will affect Jamaican workers, local…
Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson.
26 Sep, 2026 0

Levy delay puts millions in revenue at risk, say senators

Opposition Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson says the Government’s delay in legislating an increase in the environmental protection levy has cost the country vital revenue, at a time when tax and grant…