Lead Stories
April 8, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Pedestrian, bikers among 5 killed in Easter Weekend crashes
Five people died on Jamaica’s roadways over the five-day Easter holiday weekend, raising concerns for the main road safety advocacy group even as road fatalities continue to trend downwards.…
April 8, 2026
by Adrian Frater
Veteran DJ ‘Jaggy D’ shot dead in Hopewell Square
WESTERN BUREAU: Veteran deejay Roger Walker, popularly known as ‘Jaggy D’, was murdered shortly after midday on Monday in Hopewell, Hanover, when an unknown assailant opened fire, killing him on the…
April 8, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
UTech president wants end to TVET stigma
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Kevin Brown, president of The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), has joined calls for an end to the stigma that currently exists against technical and vocational education…
April 8, 2026
by Corey Robinson
NET targets power gaps as schools remain in the dark after Melissa
Dozens of schools still without electricity months after Hurricane Melissa are now being targeted for emergency support as the National Education Trust (NET) moves to plug critical gaps with the…
April 8, 2026
by Bryan Miller
ON EDGE
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling on the Government to show greater respect for the nation’s teachers, arguing that educators are not being…
April 8, 2026
by Erica Virtue
JC student injured in bust-up withdraws from school
The teenage boy who suffered injuries in an incident at Jamaica College on March 26 will not be returning to the Old Hope Road, St Andrew-based institution when it reopens for the summer term next…
April 7, 2026
by Andre Williams
NEWBORN HEARTACHE
What should have been one of the happiest moments of Shandale Ballentine’s life ended in heartbreak on Good Friday. Instead of leaving the Cornwall Regional Hospital cradling the baby boy she had…
April 7, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Jamaica rejects St Kitts’ claim of first legal recognition of Rastafari
WESTERN BUREAU: The Government of Jamaica has pushed back against claims that St Kitts and Nevis is the first Caribbean nation to recognise Rastafarianism in law, insisting that Jamaica has long…
April 7, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Two decades later, disbarred attorney’s complaint against panel member fails
A former attorney has lost his bid to pursue a conflict-of-interest complaint against a member of the disciplinary panel that ruled over 20 years ago that he should be struck off the list of lawyers…