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Ignacio Goicoechea, HCCH representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, addressing yesterday’s multistakeholder engagement session at the US Embassy.
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Int’l experts to help fix adoption gaps

Local policymakers have partnered with international legal experts to overhaul Jamaica’s adoption and foster care frameworks, aiming to strengthen child-safety protocols and eliminate bureaucratic…
Works Minister Robert Morgan (right) and Wayne Cover, the National Works Agency’s parish manager for St James, survey a section of the Over River community bridge in St James on Wednesday.
11 Sep, 2026 0

Restoration of Over River crossing set for completion in October

WESTERN BUREAU: Works Minister Robert Morgan has announced that ongoing restoration work on the Over River community bridge in St James, which was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa…
Richard Vernon, mayor of Montego Bay.
11 Sep, 2026 0

MoBay mayor eyes caveats on infirmary residents’ property

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) is now in discussions with its lawyers on the legality of placing caveats on the titles of properties owned by persons housed at the parish’s…
Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon addressing the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
11 Sep, 2026 0

WRHA and StJMC join hands to expand St James Infirmary

WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) and the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) have forged a partnership to expand the St James Infirmary, with the aim of accommodating 58…
The Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.
11 Sep, 2026 0

US traffic falls at Sangster as UK, Latin America post gains

WESTERN BUREAU: International arrivals through Sangster International Airport declined by 23.65 per cent in August against the backdrop of reduced hotel-room inventory across western Jamaica and other…
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green addresses delegates at the International Conference of the Food Hygiene Bureau.
11 Sep, 2026 0

‘Use NHT, TEF money to fund agriculture’

Warning that “if you’re not farming food, you’re forming fool”, university lecturer and researcher Dr K’adamawe K’nife is urging a multi-source funding model to build resilience in Jamaica’s…
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (fourth right), Audrey Sewell (third right), Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Antony Anderson (left), Chief Executive Officer, National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NARRA), with members of the Jamaica Reconstructi
11 Sep, 2026 0

New watchdog committee to track cost, progress of recovery projects

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday launched the Jamaica Reconstruction and Resilience Oversight Committee (JAMRROC), charging its members to provide “real-time, direct and independent…
Acting Commissioner of Police Clifford Blake and senior police officers from Area One and St James touring sections of Crawford Street in Mt Salem yesterday.
10 Sep, 2026 0

Three cops shot in MoBay operation

Western Bureau: Acting Commissioner of Police Clifford Blake is warning criminals against confronting members of the security forces after two policemen and a policewoman were shot and a wanted man…
Police vehicles on the scene of yesterday’s triple murder in St Mary.
10 Sep, 2026 0

Shock, grief in wake of Robins Bay triple murder

Lorraine Narine was at a grave digging in St Mary yesterday when she was jolted by a loud sound and given the news no mother wants to hear – her son had been shot. Her son, 22-year-old Sazaree Clarke,…