News
May 11, 2026
by Mickalia Kington
$2m not enough to Westmoreland Western drain cleaning
Western Bureau:
Parliamentarian Ian Hayles, the member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Western, says the J$2 million allocated to constituencies under the Government’s newly announced…
May 11, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
RIU set to doubling down, not slow down
WESTERN BUREAU:
Niurka Garcia Linton, the director of sales for RIU Resorts Jamaica, says the Spanish hospitality giant, which is marking its 25th anniversary in Jamaica next month, will be doubling…
May 11, 2026
by Leon Jackson
Southern Trelawny tree planting project in full swing
Western Bureau:
The Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) says it has already planted 9,700 of the 40,000 native trees which it is planting in Rock Spring and Albert Town, in Southern…
May 11, 2026
Don Dobson | Agentic AI could be a strategic asset for sport governing bodies
Jamaica’s sport federations face a familiar reality: overwhelming workloads and too few hands. Many of these national governing bodies, which are responsible for organising and developing their…
May 11, 2026
Jose Caballero | Prosperity in Latin America: A region of fragments
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has made real gains over recent decades in education, health, democratic governance, and poverty reduction. The region, however, remains stuck. Not because…
May 11, 2026
MEXICO - How a 3,400-year-old ballgame survives against all odds
LOS LLANITOS (AP) — On a dirt field on Mexico's Pacific coast, five cousins between the ages of 8 and 13 strip down and kick off their shoes. Nearby, adults help them fasten the…
May 11, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Man accused of attempted rape remanded pending ODPP ruling
The St Catherine Parish Court is awaiting a ruling from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in a case involving a man accused of breaking into a woman’s home and attempting to…
May 11, 2026
Trump taps former news anchor Kari Lake to be US ambassador to Jamaica
United States President Donald Trump has nominated politician and former television news anchor Kari Lake of Arizona to serve as the country's next ambassador to Jamaica, the White House…
May 11, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Taxi rams into school bus in Portland
Several students who were aboard an alleged illegal taxi were treated and released after the vehicle slammed into a school bus on Monday morning, in the vicinity of Tom's Hope in the Rio Grande…