Lead Stories
06 Oct, 2026
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JCF FREED IN FATAL RUN - Court tosses father’s negligence case after son collapsed, died during recruitment test
A father has lost his negligence claim against the State over the death of his son, who collapsed during a physical assessment for recruitment to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) five years ago.…
06 Oct, 2026
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Doctors’ pay fight ends in major win
Following the Industrial Disputes Tribunal’s landmark ruling in favour of doctors in their long-running allowances dispute with the State, senior trade unionist Lambert Brown says the medical…
06 Oct, 2026
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Calls for more training, better support for teachers
A call is being made for greater investment in teacher training institutions, with Dr Ashburn Pinnock, president of The Mico University College, arguing that while teacher preparation is evolving, it…
06 Oct, 2026
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Reid trial rolls on despite lawyers’ absence
A judge on Monday did not allow the absence of defence attorney Hugh Wildman to delay the resumption of the oft-delayed fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid. Wildman is the…
06 Oct, 2026
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Confession under scrutiny in Pathways trial
The evidentiary phase of the Pathways murder trial is currently on pause as Justice Leighton Pusey considers whether to admit a caution statement containing a reported confession by accused Andre…
06 Oct, 2026
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Bartlett wants ALEX to become a regional platform
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett want Jamaica’s Agricultural Linkages Exchange (ALEX) to be expanded into a Caribbean-wide platform as part of a broader push to build a regional…
06 Oct, 2026
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Former JC footballer pens novels to give Denham Town a voice
Former Jamaica College (JC) Manning Cup footballer Alton Allen has travelled a long way from the streets of Denham Town where he grew up, but nearly three decades after leaving Jamaica for the United…
06 Oct, 2026
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Purkiss confronts SPARK work crew
WESTERN BUREAU: Just days after lamenting in Parliament about the unsatisfactory state of the roadwork being done in her constituency under the SPARK programme, Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament…
05 Oct, 2026
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‘UNINFORMED’ - Global Afrikan Congress rebukes Warmington over slave trade remarks, urges him to do research and apologise
The Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) is demanding an apology from parliamentarian Everald Warmington for his “uninformed assertions” that Black Africans who sold people into the transatlantic slave…