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August 24 05:46 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)—An Argentine health insurance company admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of late football...
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August 24 05:36 PM
Masicka’s recently released third full-length studio album Forever Reign for Def Jam Recordings has earned the highest debut so far in 2026 on the Bil...
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August 24 05:29 PM
The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has announced reggae icon Buju Banton and KesTheBand lead vocalist Kees Dieffenthaller (Kes...
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August 24 04:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The United States (US) dollar on Monday, August 24, ended trading at $159.32, down by 7 cents, according to Bank of Jamaica’s daily ...
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August 24 04:07 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica— A Sunday evening drive along the Tower Isle main road ended in tragedy when a head-on collision claimed the life of a 30-year-old ma...
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August 24 02:56 PM
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC)—The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping has employed the services of a regional law firm to present its response...
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August 24 02:15 PM
A 101-year-old woman has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly selling cannabis after authorities reportedly found her with more than 90 grams of the...
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August 24 02:10 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday laid out plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, ...
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...
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January 19, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica—The Government is taking steps to strengthen health services and address rising demand, as it responds to the combined impact of Hurri...
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August 24, 2026
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)—An Argentine health insurance company admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of late football...
Entertainment, ...
August 24, 2026
Masicka’s recently released third full-length studio album Forever Reign for Def Jam Recordings has earned the highest debut so far in 2026 on the Bil...
Entertainment, ...
August 24, 2026
The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has announced reggae icon Buju Banton and KesTheBand lead vocalist Kees Dieffenthaller (Kes...
Latest News, ...
August 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The United States (US) dollar on Monday, August 24, ended trading at $159.32, down by 7 cents, according to Bank of Jamaica’s daily ...
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August 24, 2026
ST MARY, Jamaica— A Sunday evening drive along the Tower Isle main road ended in tragedy when a head-on collision claimed the life of a 30-year-old ma...
