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Water flows from a faucet as Kirlew turns on the pipe.

Williamsfield, St Catherine: In a significant development for the Williamsfield district in the northeastern section of St Catherine, approximately 200 residents are now enjoying the benefits of an upgraded minor water supply, courtesy of the St...
Kayon Mitchell (left), collecting the award for Media and Communication from Sherilla Gordon, brand manager at Hardware & Lumber, during the Flair Distinguished Woman awards luncheon in 2022.

Kayon Mitchell, the vibrant and driven senior business executive and FLOW’S top manager, demitted office last Thursday, November 30, after almost eight years as the director of communications at Flow, Jamaica’s leading entertainment and...
Craig Oates

WESTERN BUREAU: UNEASE HAS been residing in Hanover Eastern among the constituency executive of the People’s National Party (PNP) following the rejection of aspiring caretaker candidate for that constituency, Craig Oates. The 49-year-old former...

As the country rises above a mist of more than two years of high inflation, The Jamaica National Group, is set to stage a shopping experience it hopes will help stimulate small and micro business activity during the usually busy Christmas season....

Clive Coke, the president of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association (CBFFAJ), has pointed out the growing representation of women in the local customs clearance and logistics trade as a unique strength and proud demonstration of how...

The JPS Foundation has provided grant funding of more than $2.6 million to cover exam fees for students sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Industrial Technology (Electrical) exams in June 2024. The announcement was made...

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior member of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Nicely, claims that guidance counsellors, who hold a pivotal and deciding role in the education sector, are being physically sidelined in schools. The claim was...

The Minister of Culture Olivia Grange says that with the passing of Professor Edward Baugh, Jamaica and the Caribbean have lost a literary giant. Grange said, “Professor Baugh will be remembered for a distinguished academic career...

Detectives assigned to the St Andrew Central Division have listed four men as wanted for crimes committed across the parish. The police say Rushane Douglas, otherwise called 'Rush' of Gordan Hill district in St Andrew; Ashawny McKenzie...

The University of the West Indies' (UWI) professor emeritus of English, Edward Baugh, a Caribbean literary giant, has died. Baugh, who died early Sunday morning, was 87. Professor emeritus Dr Norval Edwards, while hailing his former...
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