Latest News
14 Oct, 2026
0
St James councillors bemoan inconsistent garbage collection
WESTERN BUREAU: The issue of inadequate garbage collection again took centre stage at last Thursday’s sitting of the St James Municipal Corporation, where several councillors lamented the inconsistent…
14 Oct, 2026
0
St James fire superintendent calls for joint road safety initiative
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Oneil Henry, who heads the St James branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is urging the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) and other stakeholders to work with…
14 Oct, 2026
0
Gandhi nuh rate we
THE EDITOR, Madam: In You Can’t Blame the Youth, Peter Tosh indicted a schoolroom that taught Jamaican children to call pirates and conquistadors great men. I thought of him on reading ‘Celebrating…
14 Oct, 2026
0
Clarke says local polls key to JLP’s fourth-term bid
WESTERN BUREAU: Heroy Clarke, the sole nominee for the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) deputy leadership of Area Council Four, said the road to a fourth term in government runs through the 2028 local…
13 Oct, 2026
0
Integrity Commission flags $11.5 billion in same-day single-source contracts
The Integrity Commission has reported that in 2025 there were 1,618 instances in which a procuring entity made two or more single source awards to the same contractor on the same day, amounting to…
13 Oct, 2026
0
Police seek person who recorded fatal collision that killed teen on Michael Manley Boulevard
The police are appealing to the person who recorded footage of a fatal collision on Michael Manley Boulevard in Kingston that claimed the life of 17-year-old Tianna Taylor to come forward and assist…
13 Oct, 2026
0
Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl in Germany
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) – German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made…
13 Oct, 2026
0
Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery to remove part of right lung
ROME (AP) – Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery on Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said. Tests confirmed a diagnosis of…
13 Oct, 2026
0
Wickham earns maiden Test call-up for West Indies tour of Bangladesh
Kevin Wickham has earned his maiden Test call-up, as Cricket West Indies (CWI) named a 15-member squad for the two-Test series against Bangladesh, which will bring the regional side’s 2025–2027 ICC…