Lead Stories

Chybar
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Westmoreland wipeout

WESTERN BUREAU: Westmoreland is on the brink of an economic collapse, with the parish’s smallest businesses – the micro enterprises that employ hundreds and fuel daily commercial life – “pretty much…
Pastor Everett Brown (left), president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU), gives an address to the media as Wenford Henry (centre), country director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency Jamaica, and Adlai Blythe, tr
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Rebuked

The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) has moved to dismiss claims being circulated on social media that it has received funding from the Government or acted on its behalf to…
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie and a team are joins by residents during a visit to the Petersfield High School shelter in Westmoreland on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Shelter residents given until end of year to vacate Petersfield High ahead of new school term

Residents taking refuge at Petersfield High School were told yesterday that they must prepare to relocate by the end of December, as the institution begins its clean-up ahead of the January school…
From left: Student Cameron Shepherd engages with founder of C.H.E.W. Foundation, Donovan Lewis, Margaret Campbell, principal of St George’s College, and student Nathaniel Farquharson, at the St George’s College Lecture Series held on Tuesday at the Abe
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

‘Perseverance, character: the tools for success’

Perseverance, character, and unwavering commitment to family were key themes of a lecture from businessman Donovan Lewis, the final guest speaker for this year’s inaugural three-part St George’s…
Dalton Fowles, country manager for Mastercard in Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Mastercard signals intention to support SMEs

MIAMI, Florida: Mastercard has signalled its intention to support Jamaica’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated much of the sector and caused…
The court heard that Durant had posted a video on social media falsely claiming that the candidate had sent him cash in an election envelope. He later claimed the post was a joke.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Man wins 10-year battle to inherit family estate after appeal court ruling

A St Andrew man who was shut out of his uncle’s estate is now back in line to inherit after the Court of Appeal ruled that the will excluding him was a forgery, ending a legal battle that lasted over…
Stephen Price, vice-president and general manager, Flow Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Telecoms renew calls for stiffer penalties for vandals, thieves

Labelling the practice as a threat to national security, the country’s two main telecommunications providers, Flow and Digicel, are urging legislators to enact stiffer penalties for individuals who…
Neville Robinson (left), Trevor Scott (centre) and Lionel Dillon, members of Kingston College’s Class of 1981, look at a portrait of their late batchmate, Professor Christopher Charles, during a thanksgiving service for his life held yesterday at the Uni
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Professor Christopher Charles remembered, celebrated with promises to his son

His determination was insatiable. He was as outspoken as he was dependable. Those character traits were only trumped by his widely respected intellectual capacity to interrogate ideas, research,…
Mayne
December 9, 2025

CHARGES LOOM

Minister of State and St Ann South Western Member of Parliament Zavia Mayne is to be charged for breaching Section 43(1)(b) of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA). The Integrity Commission’s (IC)…