UCC to install new chancellor, pro-chancellor 

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) is to install two internationally renowned visionaries to the posts of chancellor and pro-chancellor. Professor John MacIntyre has been appointed as…

IC raps Government for delays in addressing critical recommendations

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The Integrity Commission (IC) has stopped short on calling out the governing Andrew Holness administration for stonewalling on the implementation of critical recommendations to strengthen anti-corruption work and…

JHTA president welcomes further consultation on JTB Bill

Reading Time: 2 minutesChristopher Jarrett, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), says the agency is carefully reviewing the newly tabled Jamaica Tourist Board Bill and welcomes the opportunity for further engagement with the…

Trump passes ‘national remittance tax’, what does that mean for Jamaica?

Reading Time: 2 minutesLike other countries across the Caribbean, Jamaica is awaiting the fallout in domestic remittance inflows as US President Donald Trump pushed through the passage of his ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ on…

Chinese Embassy pledges continued support to EIGHT special needs school

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jamaica has announced its intention to continue supporting the operations of the Earnest Institute for the Gifted, Hyperactive and Talented (E.I.G.H.T)….

KPH gets new laser lithotripter donated by Art of Surgery and Ameena Gafoor Foundation

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Kingston Public Hospital now boast a new laser lithotripter, donated by the Art of Surgery and the Ameena Gafoor Foundation.

On Thursday, July 3rd, Dr Reaud Gafoor, Chief of Urology at Art of Surgery, officially presented the laser lithotripter to the Urology Unit at KPH.