Lead Stories

Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, managing director of Spectrum Management Authority.
December 14, 2025

Gov’t regulator moves to shut down IC probe

The Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) has gone to court to block an ongoing investigation by the Integrity Commission (IC), accusing the anti-corruption body of acting illegally and abusing its…
Teacher Juliet Ellis (left) with former student Tonielia Rowe and her mother. Toniecia Pollock.
December 14, 2025 by Erica Virtue

A cut above

Tonielia Rowe’s eighth-place regional finish in textiles, clothing and fashion in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations feels like a first-place victory for Greater…
Amelia McKnight, the now-grade 12 Old Harbour High student who placed ninth regionally in the family and resource management CSEC exam.
December 14, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Shy student becomes regional standout

Amelia McKnight has achieved regional and national success in a subject she admits her family had neither the skills nor resources to fully practise: budgeting. Her ninth-place regional finish in…
Eighty-five-year-old Myrtle Coke, who died on November 9, days after being airlifted by JDF relief team from her home in Springfield, St Elizabeth, where she was injured during Hurricane Melissa.
December 13, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Senior siblings triple tragedy

WESTERN BUREAU: She could not run when Hurricane Melissa tore apart the tiny house in Springfield, St Elizabeth. The disabled daughter survived, but her mother and two uncles, inseparable siblings who…
Professor Michael Taylor (right), dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is greeted by Courtney Campbell, CEO of the VM Group, at the UWI MONA/VM GROUP Distinguished Lecture held on Thursday at the UW
December 13, 2025 by Karen Madden

Climate shock warning

One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and…
Government Senator, Dr Elon Thompson.
December 13, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Shoreline shift

The future, long-term viability and resilience of government-operated facilities situated near the shoreline in Jamaica are now under scrutiny following severe devastation inflicted on several as a…
December 13, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Attorney urges ‘humble forgiveness’ as judge prepares to sentence murder convict

The man who was found guilty for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, after he went missing, is to know his fate on Monday. Twenty-six-year-old Shamar Clarke, a former employee of Rhone,…
December 13, 2025

Female vendor, in custody since 2020, gets almost 6 more years for robbing cab passengers

A female vendor who, along with two men, robbed three persons including a police constable, while posing as a taxi driver and passenger, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison following a…
A woman walks past the Junction Public Sanitary Convenience that remains closed to the public after it was opened by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie in August.
December 13, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Councillors, transport operators frustrated with continued closure of Junction’s new sanitary facility

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in St Elizabeth are experiencing growing frustration over the continued non-use of a newly built public sanitary convenience in…