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Pictured from left at the unveiling are; Dr. Susan Simms, education officer in the Ministry of Education (MOE), Tajnah Rowe, safety and security officer, MOE, Beverley Feare, principal of Maud McLeod High School, Dale Bedasse, education officer, MOE, Dr. S
March 6, 2026

Liberty Caribbean Foundation commits $10 million to education recovery in Westmoreland

Education recovery in Eastern Westmoreland received a major boost with a contribution of more than $10 million from the Liberty Caribbean Foundation and the Flow Foundation toward the establishment of…
Delano Seiveright (right), state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, listens as Gloria Henry, vice-president of BPO and Logistics at the Port Authority, makes a point during a tour following the launch of the Portmore Incubator a
March 6, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

AI to reshape, not displace BPO workforce

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright believes artificial intelligence (AI) will reshape Jamaica’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, but not…
March 6, 2026

Former PNP MP Jolyan Silvera to be sentenced today for wife’s killing

Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, is expected to be sentenced today for the killing of his wife, Melissa, in 2023. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in…
Dacia Forrester
March 6, 2026

Woman set ablaze in Westmoreland gas station brawl dies

Dacia Forrester, who was set on fire during an alleged altercation at a gas station in Westmoreland in February, has died, her sister, Carol Blackwood-Hewitt,has confirmed She was pronounced dead on…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.
March 6, 2026

US did not influence Jamaica's decision to end Cuban medical programme, says Johnson Smith

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith told Parliament on Thursday that the Government's decision to discontinue the 50-year-old medical cooperation programme with Cuba was not influenced…
Jolyan Silvera sheds tears as he sits with his sons at the funeral service for his late wife Melissa Silvera at the St Andrew Parish Church on January 12, 2024. (Rudolph Brown/Photographer)
March 6, 2026

Former PNP MP Jolyan Silvera get 20 years and 10 months in prison for killing his wife

Former People’s National Party Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera is to serve 20 years and 10 months in prison for the killing of his wife, Melissa Silvera, in 2023. In handing down sentencing,…
Children are seen through the Cuban flag while they walk to the Havana's Malecon to toss flowers into the ocean in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of the Cuban revolutionary Commander Camilo Cienfuegos on October 28, 2004 in Havana, Cuba. (AP
March 6, 2026

Cuba says Jamaica 'yielded' to US pressure; to withdraw all medical workers

Cuba says it will withdraw its 277 medical professionals currently serving in Jamaica, a blow to the island which sought to cushion the fallout from ending a 50-year cooperation programme that helped…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith.
March 6, 2026

Government not considering reopening embassy in Venezuela

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government is not presently considering the reopening of its Embassy in Venezuela. She was responding to questions during…
March 6, 2026

Update | Woman gets 15 months for assaulting Leoda Bradshaw in lock-up

Kilfer Gilchrist, the woman charged with attacking murder-accused Leoda Bradshaw while the two were at the same police lock-up, today pleaded guilty in the St Catherine Parish Court and was sentenced…