Lead Stories
February 9, 2026
by Olivia Brown
Kemps Hill High stands tall
After 52 years, Kemps Hill High School in Clarendon is not merely commemorating longevity; it is celebrating survival, growth, and a quiet, but determined rise. This year’s anniversary is being…
February 8, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Four banks, $352m hit
A man, allegedly using a fictitious identity, got a total of $352 million in mortgage loans from four financial institutions over a one-month period in 2024, the proprietors of a privately owned firm…
February 8, 2026
by Sashana Small
HIGHER WAGES, LOWER PAY?
A Jamaican farmworker has joined a legal challenge to New York’s Farm Labourers’ Fair Labour Practices Act (FLFLPA), raising concerns that unionisation – while promising higher wage rates – could…
February 8, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Empty desks, shattered routines
WESTERN BUREAU: In classrooms across western Jamaica, empty desks still tell the unfinished story of a hurricane whose most lasting damage may not be measured in roofs lost, but in children still…
February 8, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Dangerous precedent
Accountability advocates are warning that accepting good intentions as justification for breaching procurement laws could undermine Jamaica’s system of public administration, following an auditor…
February 7, 2026
by Corey Robinson
US Army vet booted to Ja
Godfrey Wade, the 65-year-old United States (US) Army veteran who was detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months, has been deported to Jamaica. Wade arrived in the…
February 7, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Search on for missing ballistic evidence as trial continues for cops in triple killing
A search is now under way at the police central store to locate key ballistic evidence collected in the January 2013 fatal shooting of three men along Acadia Drive, St Andrew. The revelation came…
February 7, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Flooding, cold front leave chilling effect in Hanover
Western Bureau: Heavy rains that lashed sections of Hanover this week took a heavy toll on the parish, causing major flooding in the OceanPointe Housing Development and land slippage in other areas,…
February 7, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
New whole foods store to support MoBay’s journey towards healthier lifestyles
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has welcomed the Organica Whole Foods Store to Montego Bay, saying it is timely and aligned with the…