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May 14, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Electrician freed of cocaine charges
A 39-year-old electrician who was accused of having cocaine valued about $10 million was freed in the St Catherine Parish Court on Thursday after the Crown conceded it could not mount a viable…
May 14, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Retention of tourism dollar lowest in the Caribbean
Caribbean tourism leaders are pushing for urgent action to reduce industry leakages that continue to drain billions from regional economies despite record visitor arrivals.
May 15, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
ODPP returns environmental prosecutions in parish courts to clerks
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has withdrawn from prosecuting environmental matters at the parish court level, returning those cases, including part-heard trials, to clerks…
May 14, 2026
Jamaican business icon and ICWI founder Dennis Lalor dies
Prime Minister DrAndrew Holness has led tributes to businessman and philanthropist Dennis Lalor following his death, describing him as a “visionary businessman” whose contributions helped shape…
May 14, 2026
by Sashana Small
Near-miss tragedy after 5-y-o falls into manhole at school
A Manchester family is breathing a sigh of relief after their five-year-old child escaped serious injuries following a fall into a manhole at the New Forest Primary and Infant school in the parish on…
May 14, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
No red flags for CMU’s chief finance officials’ over compliance to institution’s laws
A senior official in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service yesterday conceded that he had no evidence that the chief financial officers at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) failed to…
May 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Fare fight - Phillips puts proposals on table salvage ‘decaying’ public transport system
Opposition spokesman on Transport Mikael Phillips says the Government’s failure to craft and implement a coherent transport policy in the last 10 years has led to an “embarrassing spectacle” of state…
May 14, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine Municipal Corporation to set up ethics committee after Rude Boy billboard controversy
The St Catherine Municipal Corporation has announced the establishment of an ethics committee to guide how billboards are displayed across the parish, following public controversy over a Rude Boy…
May 14, 2026
Dean Jones | Jamaica’s hurricane recovery questions are getting harder to ignore
The release of the Auditor General’s audit into Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa relief response has triggered uncomfortable but increasingly unavoidable questions about how the country manages disaster…