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Dr Donovan Stanberry, Mona Campus registrar.
Updated 8 hours ago by Kimone Francis

UWI doors open to med students in Cuba

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says there has been no official communication or request to accept anxious Jamaican medical students in Cuba, but it has indicated that it can…
Senator Dr Floyd Morris. - File photo.
Published 3 minutes ago

Opposition stands by NHT drawdown criticism, calls for gov’t to provide affordable housing

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is standing by its criticism of the Government over the continued drawdown of funds from the National Housing Trust (NHT), arguing that the administration…
Pastor Glen Samuels.
Updated 8 hours ago

Samuels is new president of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica

Pastor Glen Samuels was on Tuesday elected president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists during its Third Quinquennial Session, held at the Mandeville Seventh-day Adventist…
Hurricane damage at Jamaica Zoo.
Published 10 hours ago by Karen Madden

Comeback trail

With Jamaica’s tourism products experiencing appreciable rebound following the displacements brought about by Hurricane Melissa last October, privately owned attractions are also fighting to get back…
Dwight Crawford
Updated 8 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Call made for waste disposal education across St James

WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the growing concerns about garbage collection in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is calling for initiatives to educate…
Iasha Johnson, a resident of May Pen, makes a point during a recent town hall meeting in her community organised by Project STAR.
Published 10 hours ago

Project STAR expands opportunities in May Pen

Sustained community interventions under Project STAR and its partners are being credited with measurable improvements in safety, social development and economic opportunity across May Pen and…
The 700-square-foot steel-frame model house in Savanna-la-Mar that stood standing after Hurricane Melissa.
Published 10 hours ago by Mickalia Kington

Framing the future

A steel frame house left standing in Savanna-la-Mar after Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of western Jamaica has started a conversation about how the country should rebuild and whether it is…
Paul Thorbourne (left) and Cynthia Burton (right), former trustees of the Mavis Fraser-Davis Trust, present a cheque for $1.3 million to Hermina Reid of the Bethlehem Moravian Church in Malvern, St Elizabeth, on February 1.
Published 10 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Malvern churches get $2.6m donation from late educator’s trust

WESTERN BUREAU: St Elizabeth-based churches, the St Albans Anglican Church and the Bethlehem Moravian Church, are the joint beneficiaries of a J$2.6-million donation from the now-defunct Mavis…