Lead Stories

Bishop Donald Maxwell gives a New Year message to the Pentecostal City Mission Church- Far Rockaway in 2022.
21 Mar, 2026 0

Jamaica-born church leader and wife killed in 6 car pile-up in New York

An elderly Jamaica-born couple were killed in a six car pile-up on the Southern State Parkway in Long Island, New York, caused by a drunken driver last Sunday night. Dead are 82-year-old Bishop Donald…
Town Clerk Robert Hill (left) looks on during a recent Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation meeting.
21 Mar, 2026 0

KSAMC enlists JCF support ahead of signage regularisation enforcement

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is preparing to transition into the second phase of its signage regularisation campaign, which will focus on enforcement measures to…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives.
20 Mar, 2026 0

Holness pressing FAST-forward

Signalling that delays in the implementation of critical national investment projects will soon be a thing of the past, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has indicated that his administration is…
Supporters of Cuban medical professionals participate in the ‘Gratitude Walk’ to show gratitude and appreciation to the Cuban people for their 50 years of medical support to the Jamaican people. The group walked from Hanover Street to Heroes Circle in
20 Mar, 2026 0

PM: Gov’t still hopeful Cuban medical programme can be made ‘compliant’

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has sought to counter a growing argument that Jamaica abandoned Cuba when his administration ended the 50-year medical cooperation programme earlier this month,…
20 Mar, 2026 0

$80m payday for fraudster

The Government has been ordered to pay almost $80 million to a man with dozens of fraud-related convictions after he languished in prison for six years and 11 months or 2,504 days in excess of his…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (right) is congratulated by Government members of the House of Representatives after making his contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate at Gordon House in downtown Kingston yesterday.
20 Mar, 2026 0

NHT ‘almost used as a goodie bag’ by PMs, says trade unionist

Veteran trade unionist John Levy has poured cold water on Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ announcement of a reduction in housing interest rates for some civil servants, arguing that the National…
Glenroy Murray, executive director of Equality for All Foundation Jamaica.
20 Mar, 2026 0

Holness sparks man-woman talk

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’s assertion that gender is limited to male and female has sparked both backlash and praise, with critics contending that his remark points to a shifting global…
20 Mar, 2026 0

Divorcee loses property entitlement after 10-year delay in filing claim

A woman who waited nearly a decade after her separation before filing a claim for her share in the family home has lost her entitlement to an equal half of the property. The woman was, instead,…
Paula Llewellyn, former director of public prosecutions.
20 Mar, 2026 0

JPs urged to resist bribery temptation in duty

Newly commissioned justices of the peace (JP) for Kingston are being encouraged to uphold the highest standard of integrity and to seek guidance from experienced mentors as they carry out their duties…