Category: Recent News
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Candlelight vigil for social media influencer Slickianna
Scores of people are now gathered at Kingston Jerk Centre at 2 Chelsea Avenue in Kingston for a candlelight vigil being held in remembrance of social media influencer Aneka “Slickianna” […]
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Twice a survivor
Gloria Thomas shares how, 15 years apart, she overcame cancer in each breast AFTER having her second child in 2001, Gloria Thomas noticed that her newborn son never drank the […]
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MP Rowe facing rape charge
Member of Parliament for St Michael North West Neil Rowe is expected to appear in the Oistins Magistrate’s Court tomorrow on the charge of rape. The 43-year-old has been in […]
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Suriname Assumes Chair Of Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee
Release – The 29th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) concluded on 14 October in Paramaribo, Suriname. Some of the most urgent and challenging issues facing the Caribbean […]
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2nd Caribbean Congress For Youth And Adolescent Health Kick Off
The 2nd Caribbean Congress for Youth and Adolescent Health (CCYAH) will kick off today, October 20, in Kingston, Jamaica. CCAYH is a unique event focusing on the health of young […]
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Pre-test” was a human rights violation
The controversial “pre-test” questionnaire was a breach in parental rights by the State. That was the assessment of Felicia Dujon speaking during a lunchtime lecture hosted at the Democratic Labour […]
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President Ali announces 1,000-men programme to address issues facing men, boys
– senior joint services officers, sports personalities, businessmen, religious leaders to be part His Excellency, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced the 1000-men programme which will bring together men […]
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I can still hear their voice’: Three women who worked for Jamaica’s most vulnerable
Originally published at Petchary’s Blog, an edited version of this post appears below with permission. March, the month in which International Women’s Day is celebrated, seems the perfect time to pay tribute to […]
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Missing, presumed dead: A sensational murder case in Jamaica highlights the plight of many vulnerable Caribbean women
A popular Jamaican social media influencer, Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was reported missing on July 13, two days after she accompanied her boyfriend, Police Constable Noel Maitland, to his apartment in […]
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Call to put emphasis on children’s mental health
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) is calling on policymakers in the region to prioritise children’s mental health. At a virtual press conference on Tuesday, members of HCC across the region […]