Lead Stories
08 Feb, 2026
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Four banks, $352m hit
A man, allegedly using a fictitious identity, got a total of $352 million in mortgage loans from four financial institutions over a one-month period in 2024, the proprietors of a privately owned firm…
08 Feb, 2026
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HIGHER WAGES, LOWER PAY?
A Jamaican farmworker has joined a legal challenge to New York’s Farm Labourers’ Fair Labour Practices Act (FLFLPA), raising concerns that unionisation – while promising higher wage rates – could…
08 Feb, 2026
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Empty desks, shattered routines
WESTERN BUREAU: In classrooms across western Jamaica, empty desks still tell the unfinished story of a hurricane whose most lasting damage may not be measured in roofs lost, but in children still…
08 Feb, 2026
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Dangerous precedent
Accountability advocates are warning that accepting good intentions as justification for breaching procurement laws could undermine Jamaica’s system of public administration, following an auditor…
07 Feb, 2026
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US Army vet booted to Ja
Godfrey Wade, the 65-year-old United States (US) Army veteran who was detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months, has been deported to Jamaica. Wade arrived in the…
07 Feb, 2026
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Search on for missing ballistic evidence as trial continues for cops in triple killing
A search is now under way at the police central store to locate key ballistic evidence collected in the January 2013 fatal shooting of three men along Acadia Drive, St Andrew. The revelation came…
07 Feb, 2026
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Flooding, cold front leave chilling effect in Hanover
Western Bureau: Heavy rains that lashed sections of Hanover this week took a heavy toll on the parish, causing major flooding in the OceanPointe Housing Development and land slippage in other areas,…
07 Feb, 2026
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New whole foods store to support MoBay’s journey towards healthier lifestyles
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has welcomed the Organica Whole Foods Store to Montego Bay, saying it is timely and aligned with the…
07 Feb, 2026
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McAlpine residents get medical boost from outreach partnership
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of McAlpine, in Westmoreland, recently benefited from a medical outreach initiative conducted by Canadian entity Team Broken Earth, which partnered with the Westmoreland…