News
May 24, 2026
by Kimone Francis
Taxpayers face $8m bill as NSWMA axes legal director - Agency says contract termination resulted from ‘loss of confidence’
Taxpayers will be left footing the bill for nearly a year of unearned salary and benefits after the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) abruptly cut ties with its director of legal…
May 24, 2026
Dwight Fletcher - FIGHTING AT WORK
We’re in week four of our series, Built to Thrive at Work, and I pray that by now you’re realising that, no matter how stressful or difficult the environment is, you can experience God’s best if you…
May 24, 2026
Sean Major-Campbell - God-sent stepmothers
In John 16:21, Jesus uses the powerful image of a mother whose joy surpasses her pain in preparation for delivery of her baby. “A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but…
May 24, 2026
by Corey Robinson
‘The boys are now the breadwinners’ - Hurricane Melissa aftermath pushing students from classrooms into workforce, crime, say administrators
Seven months after Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of the island, some schools in the hardest-hit communities are reporting a troubling fallout: students, mainly boys, abandoning classrooms…
May 24, 2026
NWA rehabilitating several St Andrew gullies to boost resilience ahead of hurricane season
The National Works Agency (NWA) says it is undertaking a project to rehabilitate select major gullies in St Andrew as part of efforts to improve the resilience of these waterways ahead of the 2026…
May 24, 2026
Jamaica joins UK-led global coalition to end violence against women and girls
Jamaica is among eight countries joining a new United Kingdom-led International Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), aimed at strengthening global efforts to ensure women and…
May 24, 2026
St James carpenter charged for allegedly using relative’s US$10,000 to build house
A St James man has been charged with fraudulent conversion after allegedly using money entrusted to him by a relative for personal expenses and the construction of a house.
May 24, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
19-year-old killed in two-bike collision in St Ann
A motorcyclist was killed and another biker was injured in a collision along the Stepney main road in St Ann on Saturday.