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The 700-square-foot steel-frame model house in Savanna-la-Mar that stood standing after Hurricane Melissa.
Published 12 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 12 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…
Dr Trisha Bailey
Updated 10 hours ago by Lester Hinds

Trisha Bailey pumps US$3.5m into Melissa relief effort

After Hurricane Melissa devastated a number of parishes in the western parts of Jamaica last October, several individuals and organisations in the diaspora rallied in support of the island. They…
Maryland Governor Wes Moore.
Updated 10 hours ago

America’s only black governor uninvited from White House dinner

Maryland Governor Wes Moore has found himself uninvited from the National Governors Association Dinner to take place at the White House tomorrow, an event that is part of the winter meetings of…
His court date is being finalised.
Published 3 hours ago

Man charged over theft of gaming boxes from St Catherine bar

Investigators in the St Catherine Division have charged a 35-year-old man in connection with the theft of several gaming boxes stolen from a business establishment in the parish last week. Charged…
Lauren Mahfood, marketing manager at Trade Winds Citrus Limited (second left), and Peter McConnell, managing director of Trade Winds Citrus Limited (right), share a moment with members of the Tru Juice Football Club following the formal handover of $7 mill
Updated 10 hours ago

Corporate Hands | Tru-Juice pumps $7 million into football club

The Biomedical Caledonia Laboratory team recently made a donation to charity organization, Food For The Poor (FFP) in support of the Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. Here, Marsha Burrell Rose (left), FFP’s development & marketing manager accepts the don
Published 12 hours ago

Corporate Hands | Biomedical Caledonia Laboratory donates relief supplies to Food For The Poor

Gail Moss-Solomon, general counsel & chief corporate secretary (left) and Kenny-Dee Bryan, human resource officer, Consumer Brands Limited, and GK Earth365 Ambassador (second right) join students from the Jessie Ripoll Primary School in a read-aloud of the
Published 12 hours ago

Corporate Hands | GraceKennedy Foundation celebrates National Play Day with Jessie Ripoll Primary

Caribbean Cement Company Limited Social Impact Specialist, Jerome Cowans (second right), shares a photo opportunity with the St. Elizabeth Municipal Cooperation Deputy Inspector of the Poor, Jermaine Porter (right), Vice Principal in charge of administrati
Published 12 hours ago

Corporate Hands | Caribbean Cement Company Limited donates textbooks to schools in St Elizabeth