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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Human rights organisation Stand Up For Jamaica is calling for greater transparency regarding the circumstances that led to the withdrawal of Cuban medical personnel from Jamaica and the implications it may have on the island. The organisation noted that the discontinuation of the programme comes after 50 years of partnership, where Cuban doctors, nurses, and medical technicians played an important role in supporting Jamaica’s healthcare system. It...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former People’s National Party (PNP) councillor and current Principal of Spanish Town Primary School, Roogae Kirlew, was fined $200,000 in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday for failing to file his statutory declarations with the Integrity Commission (IC). Kirlew is charged with failing to file his statutory declarations with the IC for the periods 2019, 2020 and 2022. The former councillor pleaded guilty to...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Finance Minister Fayval Williams has outlined billions of dollars of spending included in the 2026-26 Budget that she describes as “very important non-hurricane work that government must do”. These are as follows: ● $18.8 million for the Backlog Audit Project, which is aimed at reducing the number of unaudited financial statements prepared by municipal corporations, some statutory bodies, executive agencies and some internationally-funded projects as well as the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Finance Minister Fayval Williams has outlined billions of dollars of spending included in the 2026-26 Budget that she describes as “very important non-hurricane work that government must do”. These are as follows: ● $18.8 million for the Backlog Audit Project, which is aimed at reducing the number of unaudited financial statements prepared by municipal corporations, some statutory bodies, executive agencies and some internationally-funded projects as well as the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veteran producer and publicist Ralston Barrett is set to release a brand‑new reggae one‑drop rhythm project titled Jailhouse Set Me Free Rhythm Vol 1, a compilation that brings together a powerful lineup of artistes delivering conscious, uplifting music. The project features contributions from Turbulence, Ginjah, DYCR, Kuanna, Ras Fraser Jr, SPayde 876, Wise Wurdz, Johnson Code, Jah Single, Septimus and Ajaisaint Jude. The project is scheduled for release on March 27 via Symphony...

TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — The family of a girl gravely injured during a mass shooting in Canada is suing OpenAI over the company's failure to notify police about the killer's troubling activity on its ChatGPT chatbot, lawyers said Tuesday. OpenAI had banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, eight months before the 18‑year‑old transgender woman killed eight people at her home and a school in the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, March 10, ended trading at $157.71, up by 11 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended trading at $115.82, down from $115.92, and the British pound at $211.72, up from $210.98.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –The police have arrested and charged four people in connection with the seizure of over 2,000 pounds of ganja following a joint police/ military operation in Alligator Pond on March 3. Reports are that about 12:07 am, a joint team of lawmen from the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard intercepted a canoe, with four men onboard in the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is warning that it will intensify its response if the Ministry of Local Government and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) do not immediately accelerate the relocation of all remaining shelterees from school compounds. The warning, shared in a statement on Tuesday, follows comments by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie’s on Nationwide News where he responded to calls from...

The Government has already spent $67 billion as part of its hurricane relief and early recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa which devastated southwestern parishes on October 28, 2025. The expenditure is reflected in the current fiscal year which ends March 31. The amount includes the US$150 million (J$24 billion) loan to Jamaica Public Service Company to accelerate the restoration of electricity. “The Cabinet, led by the prime...

Finance Minister Fayval Williams has sought to assure that the Net International Reserves (NIR) which stand at US$6.83 billion as at March 5, 2026, is a significant buffer in the face of rising oil prices which have resulted from the ongoing war in the Middle East. “If we take the gross rather than the net reserves and measure it in weeks of goods and services imports, that would be 36...

Since launching his Clarendon Records in early 2025, deejay/rapper E-Dee has been a busy man. The Los Angeles-based artiste has released a handful of singles and an EP. His latest song is She's Loyal, released in February. It is the follow-up to Pretty Girl, Tough Road and We A Rebuild. While some acts are concerned about flooding the market with songs, E-Dee has a different perspective. "Releasing four songs in...