Lead Stories
March 17, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
St Bess cops concerned as more than 400 students still out of school after Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school…
March 17, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Reid fraud trial pushed back again
The absence of several defence attorneys in the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused forced an adjournment of the matter in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish…
March 17, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
MoBay mayor wants update from auditor general on street light restoration
WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon wants the Auditor General’s Department to provide an update on the post-Hurricane Melissa arrangement between the Government and the Jamaica Public…
March 17, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Mom of six only wanted Bible after home burned down
WESTERN BUREAU: When fire destroyed the modest two-bedroom board house she struggled for years to build, single mother Natalie Watson lost everything – her beds, clothes, furniture, and the roof she…
March 16, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
WEIGHT OF WAR
Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has sounded a warning that the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are posing a material risk to the Jamaican economy, and that a prolonged conflict could…
March 16, 2026
by Kimone Francis
Monroe Ellis: Law needed to close climate change response gap
Auditor General (AuG) Pamela Monroe Ellis says the Jamaican Government has laid a solid foundation for the country’s climate response, but is warning of the absence of climate legislation to create…
March 16, 2026
by Adrian Frater
Mayor: Dredging harbour could fix Lucea’s flooding problem
Western Bureau: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels, who is spearheading the call for a national response to the spate of recent floodings in Hanover, believes the dredging of the town’s harbour to address…
March 16, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Mixed views on Sandals overwater suites plans
WESTERN BUREAU: While environmental activists are seemingly not thrilled about Sandals International’s proposal to build overwater suites in proximity to its Sandals Montego Bay property, some…
March 16, 2026
Costly crimes
It is costing Caribbean nations a combined US$190 billion to deal with the effects of crime and violence, an official at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has revealed. Jason Wilks, senior…