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Inaugural call to bring just under 2,800 cruise passengers next month
September 15 12:20 AM
JAMAICA gets Disney boost
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September 15 12:18 AM
Veteran journalist Balford Henry passes
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Sevana makes musical resurgence with Jeans an’ Merina
September 15 12:16 AM
Music in her bones
Athletics, ...
September 15 12:14 AM
Inaugural Ultimate a hit with the athletes, says Coe
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Young sprinter basks in breakout season; wants to build mental strength
September 15 12:12 AM
Young sprinter Williams plans to improve mental strength after breakout season
Sports
September 15 12:11 AM
Championship leader Antonelli to ‘keep pushing’ for title
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September 15 12:11 AM
No need for alarm over US airfares as demand for JA surges, says JTB
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September 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness Dr Alfred Dawes is calling on Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton to...
Columns
The facts about self-pleasure
August 23, 2026
My recent street reasoning on self-pleasure generated significant interest on my social media pages. Some of the responses were comical, some cynical ...
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July 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Government is preparing a comprehensive response to the country’s declining birth rate that ensures long term-demographic and ec...
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July 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) is calling on Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton to issue an apology for sta...
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June 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health & Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has directed the management of the Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) and the ...
Columns
Why our elders deserve better
June 21, 2026
If you spend any time on social media these days, you have probably stumbled upon them: the short clips of older folks that make you stop scrolling an...
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June 16, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed that a formal signing ceremony for the recently introduced account...
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Health minister wants older citizens to age with dignity, independence
June 14, 2026
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton started his CARE Agenda last week with a focus on the elderly, less than a month after the announce...
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May 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has used the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA) to push ahead with h...
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May 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Subsidised nursery and daycare fees, universal pre-K for all four-year-olds, and after-school care at primary schools to support pa...
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May 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With research suggesting that up to one in four Jamaican children are routinely “given” to the wrong father, with such children co...
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May 12, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The number of prescriptions under the National Health Fund (NHF) has increased from less than one million in 2016 to approximately t...
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May 8, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 40 Cuban healthcare workers, formerly part of the bilateral arrangement between Jamaica and Cuba, have chosen to remain ...
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April 12, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Catherine Hall Health Centre in St James, which sustained extensive damage during Hurricane Melissa last October, is set to re...
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April 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is now undertaking detailed assessments of more than 100 health centres across the five parish...
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April 10, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James says a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a newborn at the fac...
Columns
April 5, 2026
Has the measure of happiness evolved? It is a question I have found myself reflecting on more and more. For many Jamaicans who grew up in rural commun...
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March 17, 2026
In a stunning display of medical mastery, a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals from the May Pen Hospital has saved the life of a patient ...
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March 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme will continue, despite the conclusion of the technical cooperation agreement between the Govern...
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Brown chides Tufton for inserting Dunn into Belfield Health Centre opening ceremony
February 20, 2026
ST MARY, Jamaica — A political dispute erupted Thursday at the opening of the Belfield Health Centre after Minister of Health and Wellness Christopher...
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February 9, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica —Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed a next step in the process in dealing with health centres impacted ...
Columns
GLP-1 medications for weight loss soaring
January 25, 2026
Over the past few weeks, my algorithm, like many others, has been filled with clips of Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams speaking openly about GLP-1 m...
Inaugural call to bring just under 2,800 cruise passengers next month
September 15, 2026
JAMAICA gets Disney boost
September 15, 2026
Veteran journalist Balford Henry passes
Entertainment, ...
Sevana makes musical resurgence with Jeans an’ Merina
September 15, 2026
Music in her bones
