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Shelter crisis - Mayor sounds alarm as more than half of facilities in St Elizabeth not ready for hurricane season

May 15, 2026 | News
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon says St Elizabeth remains dangerously unprepared for the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins in another two weeks, with more than half of its emergency shelters left unusable after Hurricane Melissa’s destruction last year.
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St James Health Department gets hantavirus cautious
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Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, the medical officer of health for St  James, says the parish’s health department is paying keen attention to the cruise ship piers in both Montego Bay and Falmouth, in Trelawny, as it takes steps to prevent the spread of the deadly hantavirus disease in western Jamaica. 
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‘We are more than caregivers’ - Reflecting on a transformative stint as Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins calls for urgent investment for empowered nursing future
There was a quiet authority in the way Fione Collins addressed the room — less a ceremonial overview, more a reflection shaped by lived experience at the frontlines of care. As the 2025-2026 LASCO/Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Nurse of the Year, Collins used the International Nurses Day press briefing, held on Tuesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, not just to look back, but to challenge how Jamaica — and the wider world — understands and supports its nurses.

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5 Questions With … Shaggy
wo-time Grammy winner and diamond-selling reggae-dancehall artiste Shaggy can easily spin his recording studio into a make-believe casino, and when he does, the stakes are high. But he is confident that he has a winning hand and, for him, the sky’s the limit when it comes to placing a bet on Lottery.

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Iran war and Jamaica hurricane cost TUI €61m in half-year results 
Europe's largest tour operator, TUI Group, absorbed €61 million (J$11.2 billion) in combined one-off losses from the Iran war and Hurricane Melissa's devastation of Jamaica during the first half of its financial year, forcing the German travel giant to pare back its full-year earnings guidance even as underlying demand held firm.

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May 14, 2026

17-y-o Antonio Wallace impresses in bodybuilding debut 
At just 17 years old, Antonio Wallace stepped boldly onto the bodybuilding stage for the very first time and made an impressive debut. The Ardenne High School grade-11 student, who resides in Portmore, emerged as the youngest competitor in this year’s Jamaica Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA) Novice and Junior Championships, held on April 25 at the Courtleigh Auditorium.

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May 14, 2026

Editorial | Avoiding the resource curse
It has been a month since Damien King, economist and public commentator, declared his hope that Jamaica doesn't find oil, and that if it does, that the oil is left where it is. Oil exploration is taking place in the sea off the island’s southern coast.

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