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Showcasing Elements of Crime-fighting Technologies Will Give Criminals No Advantage – JCF
Jamaica Information Service
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June 30, 2025
Senior members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are making it clear that showcasing elements of their crime-fighting technologies at its recent Transformation Expo, will not give criminals a strategic advantage. Instead, they say the move...
Medical technologists at Cornwall Regional and Savanna-la-Mar hospitals take industrial action
The Gleaner
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June 30, 2025
Doctors at two of western Jamaica’s major public hospitals are hoping that an industrial dispute involving medical technologists will be quickly resolved, as concern grows over the potential impact of the action on the pace and quality of medical...
Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Coalition of the In-Between’
New York Mag
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June 30, 2025
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images This past Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani accomplished what few predicted was possible: a decisive defeat of Andrew Cuomo, the veteran politician backed by sizable money and institutional support. To...
Christopher Burgess | Evolution of housing in Jamaica: The 1980s: From shelter to speculation
The Gleaner
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June 30, 2025
Global crisis defined the 1980s when inflation and interest rates soared, and the IMF and World Bank imposed adjustments on Jamaica. Housing production stumbled from 42,000 in the 1970s to 32,000. National Housing Trust (NHT) supported both...
Jamaica Trials Round-Up: Roshawn Clarke reigns again, Shanieka Ricketts bags seventh triple jump title
Loop News
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June 29, 2025
World Under-20 400m hurdles record holder Roshawn Clarke regained his national title with a commanding run on the penultimate day of the Jamaica Trials on Saturday, clocking a season’s best 48.02 seconds at the National Stadium in Kingston. The...
Dennis Minott | Meal plans for political mastodons in the US and Jamaica
The Gleaner
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June 29, 2025
From golden pancakes of denial to scandal stew with titty-bread rolls, our leaders are dining on delusion — and they are bloated with taxpayer gravy. BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS What does a typical day look like in the belly of a political mastodon?...
Jamaica’s Ambassador Lauds Atlanta-based Integrity Children’s Fund
South Florida Caribbean News
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June 28, 2025
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson. Delivering the keynote address at the Integrity Children’s Fund gala. | Photo Derrick Scott. WASHINGTON, DC – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United...
Jamaican Canadian paediatrician honoured for leadership
The Gleaner
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June 28, 2025
TORONTO: A Jamaican-Canadian paediatrician was among five female change-makers recently recognised by the Black Physicians’ Association on Ontario (BPA0) for their achievements. Dr Anna Jarvis is professor emerita of Temerty Faculty of Medicine,...
‘Jamaica cannot fall behind in technology development’
The Gleaner
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June 28, 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang and Dr Kevin Brown, the president of the University of Technology (UTech), are supportive of the view that Jamaica cannot afford to be left behind in the global development and application...
Jamaicans split on confidence in JCF’s crime-fighting prowess
The Gleaner
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June 28, 2025
Almost 50 per cent of Jamaicans say they have little to no confidence in the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) ability to effectively tackle crime, according to the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson poll, conducted in June 2025. The...
Is England v Jamaica on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch Lionesses send-off
The Independent
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June 29, 2025
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"My heart is full" - Shericka Jackson reacts to earning a spot on Team Jamaica for World Athletics Championships
Sportskeeda
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June 29, 2025
Shericka Jackson recently expressed her joy after clinching a spot on the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships that will be held from September 13 to 21, in Tokyo, Japan. She earned the spot by competing at the 2025 Jamaican...
Jamaica’s Ambassador lauds diaspora-led Integrity Children’s Fund for uplifting at-risk youth
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 27, 2025
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, has praised the Integrity Children’s Fund for its longstanding contributions to the education and development of at-risk children in Jamaica and the...
Myles Whittingham sets standard for PEP excellence at Montego Bay Christian Academy
The Gleaner
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July 1, 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: Eleven-year-old Myles Whittingham, a student of Montego Bay Christian Academy (MBCA) in St James, made an enviable addition to his scholastic history by attaining the school’s highest Primary Exit Profile (PEP) result for 2025 with...
Quick Step in the right direction
The Gleaner
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July 1, 2025
Quick Step Primary and Infant School in St Elizabeth is attributing its removal from the list of schools that were underperforming in mathematics and language arts to strong parental involvement, partnerships with non-governmental organisations,...
Jamaican National Trials Predictions 2025 ft. Shericka Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Oblique Seville
Sportskeeda
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June 27, 2025
The recently commenced and most anticipated Jamaican National Trials feature elite athletes, including Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Oblique Seville. The Trials commenced on Thursday, June 26, and will conclude on Sunday, June 29,...
Jamaican-born Sandra Lindsay honored among Carnegie’s 20 ‘Great Immigrants’
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 27, 2025
Dr. Sandra Lindsay, the Jamaican-born nurse who made history as the first person in the United States to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial, has been named one of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Great Immigrants, Great...
Children advocacy group gets boost from e-Learning Jamaica
Jamaica Observer
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June 28, 2025
Andrew Lee, CEO of e-Learning Jamaica, presenting Hear the Children’s Cry Director Andrea Harrisingh with hardware to support the work of the entity. June 28, 2025 Advocacy group Hear the Children’s Cry has been gifted a critical technology...
Wired for Growth: Jamaica’s New Tech Park Sparks Investment Surge.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 25, 2025
- Advertisement - Jamaica’s government is working to attract more businesses, boost manufacturing, and grow the economy to create more jobs for Jamaicans. At the opening of the MJS Industrial and Technology Park in Spanish Town on June 24, Prime...
Jamaica-born nurse honoured among 20 ‘Great Immigrants’ in the US
The Gleaner
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June 26, 2025
Jamaican Dr Sandra Leisa Lindsay was on Thursday among 20 'Great Immigrants, Great Americans' honoured in the United States for their outstanding contributions to various sectors across that country. Lindsay, the vice president of Public Health...