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60 mothers receive care supplies under Start Right programme

Sixty mothers at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston were beneficiaries of care items as the Ministry of Health and Wellness strengthens its maternal health programme under the latest initiative dubbed Start Right. Among the provisions is a...
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Debt collectors urged to act professionally

Debt collectors are being urged to carry out their duties in a professional manner. A debt collector is a person or organisation that is in the business of recovering money owed on delinquent accounts. Addressing a recent Jamaica Information...
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Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison.

SURCHARGE CASE STILL LIVE Premium

Financial Secretary Darlene Morrison has said that investigation in the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE) case involving interdicted former acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education Dr Grace McLean and Dean-Roy Bernard,...
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‘DON’T SIGN’

VINCENT MORRISON, president of the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE), is urging the island’s industrial security guards not to sign contracts given to them by their respective companies, even as the deadline for...
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Joseph ‘Joey’ Brown (left), curator of the Hope Zoo, and his Golden Retriever, Dr Teddy Barks, interact with children from the Bustamante Hospital for Children during the launch of animal-assisted recovery care at the hospital on March 28.

Animal-assisted recovery and care programme to become mainstream

HEALTH MINISTER Dr Christopher Tufton has expressed optimism that the animal-assisted recovery and care (AARC) programme that was officially launched on Tuesday at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), will become mainstreamed and will over...
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Time for growth, not increased taxes, says CHTA

WESTERN BUREAU: Threatened by rising operation costs, labour shortage, increasing airfares and global competition, Caribbean hoteliers are warning governments in the region not to increase taxes on the tourism industry at this time because of...
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Herbert Morrison High’s DeAndre Daley.

It could be me soon, says Daley Premium

After an injury-plagued year, Herbert Morrison High’s DeAndre Daley just wanted to get through the season healthy, with an improved personal best in the Class One 100 metres. He got all that and more as he was a part of history. Daley was second...
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Big run by Edwin Allen’s Kennedy

Edwin Allen High’s Delano Kennedy produced a splendid performance last night to capture the gold medal in 45.27 seconds in the Class One boys’ 400 metres at the 2023 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships at the National Stadium. Jamaica...
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Private pensions slide by $15b in three months Premium

The value of pension assets under the control of fund managers fell by $15 billion in the span of three months, amid aggressive interest rate hikes in Jamaica and foreign markets that have served to carve yields off bonds and other investment...
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Digital transformation has to be CEO-driven, says Hylton

Jamaica’s largest banking group has grown its loan portfolio sevenfold since the start of its journey towards digital transformation in 2015. Additionally, the loans written through digital channels now account for 20 per cent of total loan volume...
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DJ Bloodline Franco

Five Questions With DJ Bloodline Franco

If you attended fêtes this carnival season, then it is very likely that you have experienced the dynamic juggling of one of Jamaica’s best soca DJs – DJ Bloodline Franco. Bringing all the vibes and dropping all the baddest tunes that make it...
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Jonelle McPherson’s music video journey with Jah Cure’s ‘Undeniable’

Jonelle McPherson has appeared in videos for Kranium, Electric Entourage, Pinkfox, Al Third, and, most recently, Jah Cure, but video vixen she ain’t. In fact, McPherson is more concerned with moulding young minds through the discipline of theatre...
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Rocky Meade from the Office of the Prime Minister with Marlene Malahoo Forte, minister of legal and constitutional affairs, co-chairs of the Constitutional Reform Committee.

Editorial | Constitution reform priorities

Marlene Malahoo Forte and Rocky Meade, the joint leaders of the lawyer-laden committee that is to make suggestions for updating Jamaica’s Constitution, have three urgent tasks. First, they have to convince sceptical Jamaicans that they are not a...
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Peter Espeut | What about “Massa Nigel”?

There are those who argue that Jamaica has moved beyond prejudice based on race, leaving class prejudice as our principal national sin. We sociologists know differently. Skin colour and shade distinctions remain important markers of status in...
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Letter of the Day | Will NWC ever find a solution to water problems?

THE EDITOR, Madam: When Christopher Columbus, the European explorer who sailed west to get to the East Indies, landed in Jamaica on May 5, 1494, the original inhabitants of Jamaica, who he saw on arrival, believed to be the Arawaks, called the...
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Johnson Charles played iconic innings against South Africa

THE EDITOR, Madam: Kudos to West Indies (WI) firebrand batsman Johnson Charles. The WI cricket board has discovered a diamond in Charles who registered a fastest hundred in just 39 balls for the West Indies in the T20 format of the game against...
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Former US President Donald Trump.

Trump facing criminal charges in hush-money case

New York (AP): The hush-money case in New York that has led to criminal charges against Donald Trump is just one of a number of investigations that could pose legal problems for the former president. Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, confirmed on...
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Vatican rejects doctrine that fuelled centuries of colonialism

VATICAN CITY (AP): The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, the theories backed by 15th-century ‘papal bulls’ that legitimised the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the...
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Photographed in San Francisco, Depass wears the new jacqui pleated maxi dress from the retailer’s online collection.

Naki Depass serves looks for Banana Republic

New York-based SAINT International star Naki Depass is serving elegant springtime fashion in the latest e-commerce campaign for Banana Republic. The upscale American retailer’s online curated looks feature Depass in gorgeous lightweight fabrics and...

Something Extra | Friday

Cinephiles made their way to the Hope Botanical Gardens on Sunday for The Shot List as the festival showcased visual arts offerings from the UK, Trinidad, and Jamaica. From bean bags to blankets, the diverse group viewed independent short films,...
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