Why Does the Establishment Want Andrew Holness Gone?

By Jamaica Live Medias / September 7, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Sept 7, 2025 Andrew Holness is just 53 years old — the youngest Prime Minister ever to hold office in Jamaica — yet the chorus for his departure is already loud and insistent. Compare that with Opposition Leader Mark Golding: at 60 years old, he will be 65 by the…

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Health Insurance Launched for Jamaica’s Entertainers and Creatives

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 30, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 30, 2025 A historic milestone has been reached for Jamaica’s cultural sector, as entertainers and creatives are now officially covered under a government-backed health and life insurance plan. The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, led by the Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, has launched the Jamaica Entertainers and…

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Major Cold Storage and Irrigation Projects to Boost Food Security in St. Elizabeth

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 30, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 30, 2025 St. Elizabeth, Jamaica — A state-of-the-art cold storage facility is being built in St. Elizabeth, a move the Government says will play a critical role in stabilizing food prices and strengthening the island’s food security. Farmers and agro-processors could have access to much-needed cold storage as early…

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JDC Accused of Silencing Deaf Community by Blacklisting Veteran Interpreter

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 26, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 26, 2025 Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s leading sign language interpreter, Antoinette Aiken, is raising alarm after claiming she has been blacklisted by the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC), leaving the deaf community without access to interpretation during Saturday night’s first of three political debates. In a series of videos posted…

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“Born PNP”: The Dangerous Myth of Political Genetics

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 25, 2025

During a recent campaign stop, Prime Minister Andrew Holness engaged in a telling exchange with a man from Mount Salem. Holness greeted the man warmly, and though the man admitted he was not a Labourite, he showed respect to the Prime Minister. When asked why he supported the People’s National Party (PNP), his answer was…

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Mark Golding Once Branded Maroons as Traitors Who Crushed Slave Revolts

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 24, 2025

Kingston, Jamaica – August 2025 – The role of the Jamaican Maroons is once again in the national spotlight, this time with a fresh layer of political intrigue. In an old interview now resurfacing online, Opposition Leader Mark Golding branded the Maroons as “runaway slaves turned traitors,” arguing that they betrayed their African brothers and…

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Spice Goes All Out: 18 Lavish Gifts for Her Son’s 18th Birthday

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 23, 2025

Jamaica Live Entertainment Report | Aug 23, 2025 Dancehall Queen Spice has once again proven that she knows how to shut down the internet—this time not with music, but with motherhood. The superstar flew in straight from her international tour to celebrate her son Nico’s 18th birthday, surprising him with not just her presence, but…

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Jamaica Joins the AI Revolution with First-Ever Olympiad Team

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 22, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 22, 2025 Jamaica has entered the global stage of Artificial Intelligence (AI), proudly fielding its first national AI team at the prestigious International Olympiad of Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held in Beijing, China. This historic moment marks a bold step into a rapidly evolving digital era, signaling Jamaica’s commitment to…

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Gates Foundation Launches 8-Year Contraceptive in Kenya Amid Debate Over Global Population Policies

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 20, 2025

Jamaica Live International News– | Aug 20, 2025 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launched what they dubbed as groundbreaking contraceptive — a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) capable of preventing pregnancy for up to eight years. Kenya, alongside Nigeria and India, is among the first countries to benefit from this initiative, which…

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Breaking Barriers: 10 Inmates Graduate with Business Administration Degrees

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 15, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 15, 2025 In a landmark moment for rehabilitation in Jamaica, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), in partnership with the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) and Stand Up for Jamaica, honoured ten inmates who have achieved what many thought impossible — earning tertiary degrees in Business Administration while…

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Was Dr. Jason Arday Hounded to Death? Questions Over Racism, Right-Wing Attacks and a Relentless Media Campaign

JAMAICA LIVE – SPECIAL REPORT The sudden death of Professor Jason Arday, Cambridge University’s youngest-ever Black professor, has left Britain confronting an uncomfortable and deeply troubling question: did legitimate scrutiny of an academic accused of wrongdoing develop into a racially charged, right-wing media campaign that placed unbearable pressure on one of Britain’s most prominent Black…
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OP-ED | Jamaica Is at a Crossroads of Neocolonialism and Becoming a Developed Nation

Since Jamaica gained independence from Britain in 1962, the country has struggled with economic and structural disadvantages inherited from colonialism.  Jamaica entered independence as what was then widely described as a “Third World” nation, while Western powers, including the United States and former European colonial states, continued to enjoy far greater levels of wealth, industrialisation,…
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Vaz Turns the Clock Back on Golding: 2000 Squatter Dispute Resurfaces Amid Cooper’s Pen Controversy

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 13, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has turned to the newspaper archives in an attempt to challenge Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s position on the demolition controversy in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, accusing the People’s National Party (PNP) president of politicising the plight…
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Isat Buchanan Under Fire Over ‘Chop Di Line’ Remarks Following Coopers Pen Demolition

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Human Rights and East Portland Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan is facing criticism over remarks circulating on social media in which he appears to encourage Jamaicans who were not affected by the demolition of homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny,…
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MP Tova Hamilton and ODPEM Respond as Mayor Gager Clarifies Cooper’s Pen Evictions Followed Private Court Dispute

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Member of Parliament Tova Hamilton, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), moved on Wednesday to respond to the plight of residents of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who were displaced after being evicted from property by a private developer following…
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Stop Rewriting Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey: Jamaica’s Pan-African Legacy Is Not Israel’s Story

OPINION | A recent claim by journalist and documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, who describes himself as a three-time Emmy Award winner, should be challenged and publicly admonished for attempting to recast Bob Marley as a Zionist while drawing Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Garvey into the same narrative. Such claims distort the historical record and misrepresent…
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