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11 new classrooms officially opened at Holmwood Technical High
02 March 2026Eleven (11) newly constructed classrooms were opened at the Holmwood Technical High School in Manchester, today. The...
PM says Jamaica is working towards recording fewer than 500 murders
02 March 2026Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has stressed that Jamaica is working towards recording fewer than 500 murders this yea...
60 murders recorded in February
02 March 2026Sixty (60) murders were recorded in February. Police data indicate that at the end of last month, there were 93 murders....
Jamaicans living in the Middle East, anxious as conflict escalates
02 March 2026The anxiety level among Jamaicans living in the Middle East has sky-rocketed, as the conflict escalates. The Jamaican c...
Energy Ministry monitoring conflict in the Middle East
02 March 2026Jamaica’s Energy Ministry says it is monitoring the conflict in the Middle East, as there could be impacts for the loc...
Man mobbed to death in Linstead, St. Catherine
02 March 2026A man accused of attempting to abduct a woman died after he was reportedly mobbed by angry residents of Treadways Distri...
BITU called on Labour Ministry to intervene in ongoing dispute with the JTA
02 March 2026The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) has called on the Ministry of Labour to intervene in an ongoing dispute wit...
JTA receives formal communication from Education Ministry about payment of increments
02 March 2026The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) says it has received formal communication from the Ministry of Education about...
JTA concerned that shelterees remain at some schools months after Hurricane Melissa
02 March 2026President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Mark Malabver has raised concern about the situation at schools,...
Jamaicans in Kuwait trying to be optimistic amidst unrest in the region
02 March 2026Some Jamaicans in the Middle East are trying to be optimistic amidst unrest in the region. Jamaica’s Ministry of Forei...
