Lead Stories

Protesting nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James.
January 17, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Doctors join nurses in distress

Western Bureau: For the second time in recent months, the medical staff at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has gone public in registering their disgust with the…
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie (left) in discussion with employees of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation.
January 17, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

McKenzie commits container offices for displaced StEMC

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has given a commitment to the representatives at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC) that he will provide them with four…
Earl Jarrett, chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference’s planning committee.
January 17, 2026 by Lester Hinds

11th Diaspora Conference set for Montego Bay in June

The 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference has been set for June 14 to June 18 at the Montego By Convention Centre in St James, with Diaspora Day – a day of service – scheduled to take place on June 16. …
Andrea Purkiss.
January 17, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Purkiss unhappy with the treatment of tourism workers post Hurricane Melissa

Western Bureau: Andrea Purkiss, the opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on tourism, says she is deeply troubled by the way workers in the tourism industry have been treated since…
Heatha Miller-Bennett.
January 17, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover’s Miller-Bennett launches roof replacement initiative

Western Bureau: With several of her constituents still without roofs on their homes, some nine weeks after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Heatha Miller-Bennett, the member of parliament…
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis
January 17, 2026

Two gov’t ministries under scrutiny for alleged mismanagement

The Special Audit Unit (SAU) of the Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) is conducting preliminary assessments in relation to allegations of mismanagement at two government ministries. In her annual…
United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, head of the Congressional Black Caucus and whose parents are Jamaicans.
January 17, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Congressional Black Caucus decries Trump’s pause on processing of immigrant visa applications

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has strongly condemned the Donald Trump administration’s decision to suspend the processing of green card applications from 75 countries and has called for the…
Danae Peart
January 17, 2026 by Sophia Findlay

Global Jamaica Diaspora Council urging Jamaican immigrants to vote

Candidates vying for representative roles on the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council (GJDYC) in Canada have until Monday, January 19, to register their…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (right) greets Kate Forbes (left), president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, while looking on are Dionne Jennings, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security,
January 16, 2026 by Livern Barrett

‘NOT FOR THE GREEDY’

A new state programme to assist some of the most vulnerable families who were displaced by Hurricane Melissa is geared towards the needy and “not the greedy”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has…