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May 14, 2026
Jamaican business icon and ICWI founder Dennis Lalor dies
Prime Minister DrAndrew Holness has led tributes to businessman and philanthropist Dennis Lalor following his death, describing him as a “visionary businessman” whose contributions helped shape…
May 14, 2026
by Sashana Small
Near-miss tragedy after 5-y-o falls into manhole at school
A Manchester family is breathing a sigh of relief after their five-year-old child escaped serious injuries following a fall into a manhole at the New Forest Primary and Infant school in the parish on…
May 14, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
No red flags for CMU’s chief finance officials’ over compliance to institution’s laws
A senior official in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service yesterday conceded that he had no evidence that the chief financial officers at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) failed to…
May 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Fare fight - Phillips puts proposals on table salvage ‘decaying’ public transport system
Opposition spokesman on Transport Mikael Phillips says the Government’s failure to craft and implement a coherent transport policy in the last 10 years has led to an “embarrassing spectacle” of state…
May 14, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine Municipal Corporation to set up ethics committee after Rude Boy billboard controversy
The St Catherine Municipal Corporation has announced the establishment of an ethics committee to guide how billboards are displayed across the parish, following public controversy over a Rude Boy…
May 14, 2026
Dean Jones | Jamaica’s hurricane recovery questions are getting harder to ignore
The release of the Auditor General’s audit into Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa relief response has triggered uncomfortable but increasingly unavoidable questions about how the country manages disaster…
May 14, 2026
JTA targeting September launch for critical illness insurance plan
President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Mark Malabver, says the organisation is aiming to have a proposed critical illness insurance plan, being developed in partnership with Sagicor…
May 14, 2026
UK health secretary resigns and is expected to challenge Starmer's leadership
Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer broke out into open rebellion Thursday, with one potential rival resigning from the Cabinet and another clearing the way for her to enter any…
May 14, 2026
Jamaica to roll out 95 new greenhouses in climate resilience drive
Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister Floyd Green says the Government has allocated $800 million to construct 95 greenhouses across four parishes before the end of 2026.
Of the 95 greenhouses,…