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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) is calling for an end to the “politicisation” of the procurement of a $31 million neurosurgical drill for the Bustamante Hospital for Children. The call followed days of back and forth between Opposition Spokesperson on Health, Dr Alfred Dawes, a local medical company and Jamaica Labour Party representatives, including Member of Parliament Donovan Williams and Government Senator Marlon Morgan, regarding...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The legacy of the late roots reggae singer Kenneth “Junior” Byles will not be allowed to “fade away”. There will be a nine-night ceremony this Friday, May 23 to mark the passing of the singer who is best known for timeless classics like Fade Away and Curly Locks. The event will be held at 20 Delamere Avenue, off Waltham Park, and notables such as Jerry Mathias, the...

ST THOMAS, Jamaica — Member of Parliament (MP) for St Thomas Western, James Robertson, has lauded the Government, Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) and taxpayers for bringing to fruition the $6 billion Morant Bay Urban Centre, the largest investment in a town in the country’s modern history. “We have waited 160 years since Paul Bogle first championed our cause. I say to the prime minister, what you and the Factories...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The organisers of the White Out Premium All White Beach Party say they will ensure, as much as possible, that there are no more “no-shows” following dancehall artiste Jamal’s missing set from the May 18 staging. The event, which was held at Sugarman’s Beach in Hellshire, Portmore, St Catherine, advertised to hundreds of patrons that the deejay would have been the headliner. However, up until the eleventh...

SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — Several people were killed when a small plane crashed in a California neighborhood before dawn Thursday, destroying a home and setting more than a dozen cars on fire. At least 10 houses were hit by debris and vehicles on both sides of a street went up in flames when the Cessna 550 slammed into the ground, spewing burning jet fuel in a part of...

As climate change continues to reshape coastal communities in Jamaica, the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM) turned to an increasingly powerful force for solutions: the youth. On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the Portland Bight Discovery Centre welcomed young change-makers from across Clarendon for the 2nd Annual Youth Forum under the theme, “Sea the Change: Coastal Protection in the Digital Age.” This year’s forum placed digital innovation at the heart...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Regional forecasters Thursday predicted a “potentially intense, but erratic” 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, saying the frequency of Saharan dust will affect cyclone formation even as they noted that storms could form between these dust episodes, as had been the case with Hurricane Beryl in July last year. “So there’s no two ways about it. You’ve heard it already: The headline is a potentially intense but...