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Chair, Jamaica Diaspora Day of Service and Empowerment Subcommittee, Dr. Sylvanus Thompson.

Jamaicans Encouraged to Volunteer for Diaspora Day of Service

Jamaicans are being encouraged to volunteer for projects to be undertaken as part of the Jamaica Diaspora Day of Service, scheduled for Thursday, June 18. The Day will feature projects in healthcare, education and community development across several parishes. This...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr.

NPSC Reshaping Parenting Across Jamaica Through Support and Partnership

Parish Manager, Social Development Commission St. Thomas, Lorian Peart-Roberts (fourth right); Teen Hub St. Thomas Centre Manager, Chantal Williams (sixth right); Senior Contact Investigator, Lisa Lewis (second right) and Guidance Counsellors at Paul Bogle High School, Helen Taylor Young (right) and Taieka Jackson-Walters (left), pause for a photo opportunity with students during an 'It's a Girl's Thing' event, at the school on May 29.

SDC Launches Initiative in St. Thomas to Tackle Challenges Caused by Period Poverty

State Minister for Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Hon. Rhoda Moy Crawford, addressing the inaugural Children of Excellence Awards 2026 on May 28 at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester.

Gov’t Strengthening Mental Health Support for Young People

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second left) greets Commander of Carrier Strike Group 11on the USS Nimitz, Rear Admiral Cassidy Norman (right) at the arrival ceremony and media tour of the vessel at the Kingston Freeport Terminal on Monday (June 1). Sharing in the moment (from left) are Brigade Commander of Maritime, Air and Cyber Command (MACC) at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Brigadier Elon Clarke and United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Scott Renner.

Visit of USS NIMITZ a Symbol of Friendship Between Jamaica, US

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), cuts the ribbon to mark the symbolic opening of the rehabilitated Fontabelle to Geddes Town Road in St. Mary on May 29. Sharing the moment is Minister without Portfolio with Responsibility for Land Titling and Settlement and Member of Parliament for St. Mary Western, Hon. Robert Montague (centre), along with (from left) Managing Director of Wadmar Construction Limited, Mark Knight; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Fitzroy Wilson; and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace. The road rehabilitation project was financed by the TEF at a cost of $27.5 million

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Newly Rehabilitated Roadway in St. Mary to Boost Heritage Tourism and Community Development

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the rehabilitated Fontabelle to Geddes Town Road in St. Mary will help diversify Jamaica’s tourism product by improving access to key heritage and eco-tourism attractions, while also creating greater economic opportunities for surrounding communities. Speaking during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Geddes Town Square to mark the official opening of the roadway on May 29,...

4 days ago Jamaican Diaspora

Montego Bay Craft Market to Benefit from Diaspora Conference Initiative

Delegates attending the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference will have an opportunity to support local entrepreneurs, through a new empowerment initiative being introduced as part of this year's programme. The initiative, which will take place on Wednesday, June 17, will see conference delegates visit the Montego Bay Craft Market in St. James to support vendors affected by Hurricane Melissa. Speaking...

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, delivers address of Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, at the opening of the 12th Annual Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICAB) Conference, on June 1, at the ROK Hotel, in Kingston.

4 days ago Governor General

Governor-General Calls for Greater Regional Collaboration to Fight Corruption

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called for strengthened regional collaboration to combat corruption in an increasingly complex global environment. In his address, delivered by Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, at the opening of the 12th Annual Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies (CCAICAB) Conference, on June 1, at the ROK Hotel,...

Senior Superintendent of Police, Carlos Russell (seated, centre), Commanding Officer for St. Ann Division, with award recipients at the St. Ann Divisional Conference and Awards Ceremony, held at Cardiff Hotel and Spa in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday, May 28.

4 days ago National Security and Peace

Discovery Bay Police Station is Tops in St. Ann

The Discovery Bay Police Station walked away as the top station for the St. Ann Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), at the parish’s Divisional Conference and Awards Ceremony, held at the Cardiff Hotel & Spa in Runaway Bay, St. Ann, on Thursday, May 28. The event, celebrated under the theme: ‘Delivering Excellence In Policing Through Resilience And Professionalism’,...

Jamaica’s outgoing Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson (right), joins OAS Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, and Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Laura Gil (second left), in unveiling the portrait of late Jamaican women’s rights pioneer and former parliamentarian, Princess May Lawes, in the Hall of Heroes and Heroines at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on May 29. Looking on is Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), Alejandra Mora Mora.

4 days ago Foreign Affairs

OAS Honours Late Jamaican Trailblazer, Princess Lawes, with Portrait Unveiling

The Organization of American States (OAS), on May 29, honoured late Jamaican women’s rights pioneer and former parliamentarian, Princess May Lawes, by unveiling her portrait in the Hall of Heroes and Heroines at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The tribute, organised by the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) in collaboration with Jamaica’s Permanent Mission to the OAS, celebrated Miss Lawes’...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), cuts the ceremonial ribbon to mark the completion of the Hills of Spicy Grove Infrastructure Project in Oracabessa, St. Mary, on April 24. He is joined (from left) by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with Responsibility for Land Titling and Settlements, and Member of Parliament for St. Mary Western, Hon. Robert Montague; Custos Rotulorum for St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Arlene Williams.

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Gov’t Regularisation of Informal Settlements Will Not Displace Residents – PM Holness

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans not to fear Government efforts to regularise informal communities, assuring that these actions will not lead to the displacement of residents. He gave this assurance while addressing residents of The Hills of Spicy Grove Infrastructure Project in Oracabessa, St. Mary, on April 24. Dr. Holness noted that recent experiences,...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, Ian Stein (second left); and Acting Director, Family Health Unit in the Ministry of Health & Wellness, Julia Rowe-Porter (left), present the Port Maria Health District with their prize for winning the HPV jingle competition during a Vaccination Drive and Health Fair in Port Maria, St. Mary, on April 30.

1 month ago Health & Wellness

Health Fair to Mark Vaccination Week in the Americas

Port Maria, St. Mary, was the site for Jamaica’s commemoration of Vaccination Week in the Americas 2026 with a Vaccination Outreach and Health Fair at the Giant Family Mart Car Park on Thursday, April 30. The event offered the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Influenza (Flu) Vaccine and...