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The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that motorists may experience minor delays over the next three days as it undertakes work along sections of the Hopewell main road in Hanover. The NWA says the sections of the corridor are being upgraded...
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A 29-year-old man has been charged by the police for the August 2023 shooting death of another in his home on Dunrobin Avenue in St Andrew. Charged with murder and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition is Romario Codner, otherwise called...
Two men were freed in the Gun Court on Tuesday following a successful no-case submission. They were charged with illegal possession of firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. Their attorneys, Orville Morgan and Ayisha...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that the Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Clinic at St Joseph Hospital in St Andrew will scale down its activities today and tomorrow. During this time, the clinic's team will only be seeing pre-operative...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police Adrian Hamilton, commander of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) detachment for the CARICOM Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti, says the JCF team has the agility and commitment to...
The Portmore Municipal Corporation (PMC) is currently operating at only 48 per cent of the required staff complement, resulting in challenges across various departments and affecting its ability to effectively deliver services to residents....
Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) being at its highest ever, at US$5 billion, illustrates how much the nation has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, says Norman Dunn, minister of state in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. As...
The HEART/NSTA Trust’s first Autonomous Mobile and Aerial Robotics Lab was opened at the agency’s College of Innovation and Technology (HCIT) in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday, April 25. HEART’s Managing Director Dr Taneisha Ingleton, who spoke...
Jamaica has received a donation of US$3 million from the nonprofit humanitarian group Direct Relief, which will be channelled through the National Health Fund (NHF) to strengthen the public health system. Speaking at a handover ceremony on April 30...
WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland-based business operators Icon Importers and Distributors Limited and Growers Choice Organic fertiliser in partnership with the parish’s 4-H Club are aiming to spur interest in agriculture among primary level students...
WESTERN BUREAU: RICHARD TROUPE, director of safety and security in the Ministry of Education and Youth (MOEY), says April has been the most difficult month with regard to violence in schools. Troupe, who was part of the education and youth ministry...
The University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory (UWI-DBML) has launched an ambitious project to restore the Queen conch population in Jamaica’s overfished marine environment. The Queen conch mobile lab was developed by Dr Megan...
