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From left: Shantia Cummings, Jada Blackwood, Haiden Williams, Paris Martin, Brandon Burrowes, and Keneilia Morgan, from Red Hills Primary School, all think they did well in their PEP examinations.
May 1, 2026 by Karen Madden

Confidence high as grade six students wrap up PEP

After two intense days, more than 30,000 grade six students across the island are breathing a collective sigh of relief after completing the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), the outcome of which will…
Left to right: Paul Issa, owner of Couples Resorts; Eric Clarke, chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority; Hazelyn Forrester, director of nursing services; Roan Grant, chief executive officer of Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital; and Dr Suman
May 1, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Sav Hospital receives $17m donation to boost healthcare delivery

Western Bureau: A significant boost to healthcare delivery in western Jamaica is in prospect, as the Issa Trust Foundation has facilitated a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, delivers the main address during the Rural Agricultural Development Authority Recovery and Investment Forum on Tuesday.
May 1, 2026

Gov’t targets yam recovery with $100m investment

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is targeting the recovery of the yam industry with a $100 million investment. Portfolio minster Floyd Green said the support is part of a broader…
A section of the Puerto Bueno Mountain, also called the Dry Harbour Mountains, in St Ann.
May 1, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle and Jovan Johnson

PERMIT VOIDED

In a landmark decision on Thursday, Jamaica’s Constitutional Court ruled that a government minister cannot override the decision of an environmental regulator without clear, evidence-based…
Theresa Cherian, principal of Mt Alvernia Preparatory School in St James.
April 30, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

No panic over PEP

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite still feeling the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica last October, the 2026 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations started smoothly across…
The then new House marshal, Kevin Williams, carries the mace during the opening of the new session of Parliament in 2012. The current House marshal is Captain Wayne Blake.
April 30, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Messing with the mace

When Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Western Dr Angela Brown Burke hoisted the mace from “under the table” while the committee of the whole House examined the controversial National…
File photo.
April 30, 2026

Supreme Court says its Dry Harbour Mountains ruling protects against 'likely' environmental harm

The Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored that constitutional rights must not only be safeguarded after harm occurs, as it struck down a 2020 environmental permit granted to Bengal Development…
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, highlights a point during his contribution to the 2026/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 28.
April 30, 2026

Government to advance national pilot for waste separation in public facilities

The Government will advance a full national pilot for waste separation in public facilities by the end of the fiscal year in March 2027. Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew…
Bruce Golding. - File photo.
April 30, 2026

Former PM Bruce Golding to lead Commonwealth observer group for general election in Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, has been appointed to lead a Commonwealth observer group for The Bahamas’ general election scheduled for May 12. The…