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Ministry of Labour building on North Street, Kingston.
December 9, 2025

Labour ministry calls meeting with BITU and Bahia Principe management over redundancy exercise

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is to meet with representatives of the Bahia Principe resorts and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) on Monday following concerns about a planned…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Caribbean banks – shot in the foot

THE EDITOR, Madam: My brother in Belize shot himself in the foot while trying to kill a snake that was minding its own business. Shooting oneself in the foot has a sister expression, ‘cutting off…
Michelle Bowman, vice-chair for supervision, Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
December 9, 2025

Federal Reserve loosens reins on banks

The United States Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator on Tuesday released new guidelines for the agency’s supervision of the financial system, earning praise from industry trade groups and…
A flooded farm in Bog Hole, Clarendon, days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

Monique Oates | Replanting hope: Feeding Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa did more than upend lives, destroy the housing stock and sever the road network, she uprooted Jamaica’s food security. The once-fertile parishes of St Elizabeth and Manchester, long…
A satisfied smile from Waltham Abbey Primary School Principal Rosa Gallimore Pyne, who breathes a sigh of relief as water is delivered to the St Ann school by Discovery Bauxite, in time for her school reopening. The bauxite company’s water wells have bee
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Discovery Bauxite’s water supplies bring a sigh of relief

December 9, 2025

Police cracking down on persons pretending to be JPS employees

The St Andrew North police are urging the public to be on high alert following the arrest of a man accused of posing as a Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) worker to defraud unsuspecting residents.…
Olga Isaza (right), representative, UNICEF Jamaica, talks with 12-year-old Antwane from Rocky Hill, St Elizabeth about the impact of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Basil Jarrett | World Children’s Day and a broken Jamaica

IF YOU grew up in the ‘90s, you remember them. Those heart-breaking UNICEF ads that just seemed to ambush your conscience as you settled in for some mindless Fresh Prince of Belair or WWE Smackdown.…
Reggae Boyz midfielder Bobby DeCordova-Reid on his knees after Jamaica were held to a 0-0 draw by Curacao at the National Stadium last night and failed to gain an automatic spot to next year's World Cup finals.
December 9, 2025

World Cup 2026: What to know about the playoffs for next year's tournament

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — The final six places for the 2026 World Cup will be determined by two playoff tournaments in March. Four more teams will qualify from Europe, along with two from the rest…
Cynthia Watt, from Lorrimers, Trelawny, chops fallen banana trees in her field that were blown down during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | A call for gender-responsive disaster management

WHEN DISASTERS strike, they touch everyone – but not equally. The devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica has shown that factors such as gender, age, physical ability, and location all…