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Sixty-eight-year-old Willie Rowe points to a section of land that he bought from the National Housing Trust and is now fenced off by another state entity.
01 Feb, 2026 0

‘I can’t even walk on my own land’

A 68-year-old man’s lifelong dream of owning a home is in jeopardy amid claims that the Ministry of Housing has encroached on his property in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Fighting back tears, Willie…
Two young children carefully cross downed cable wires on their way home from school in Rose Hall, St James, last Friday.
01 Feb, 2026 0

Billion-Dollar Collapse

WESTERN BUREAU: Three months after Hurricane Melissa struck western Jamaica, large sections of the community cable network remain dark, leaving operators to confront an estimated $1.4 billion in…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
01 Feb, 2026 0

Holness seeks update on FID probe

Lawmakers should consider amending the laws governing public bodies with investigative powers by including provisions to protect citizens from reputational damage, legal experts have suggested. The…
Delroy Chuck, minister of justice and constitutional affairs, notes that in the event of the death of the witnesses to a will – or if they can no longer be located – a will should be rewritten.
01 Feb, 2026 0

Where there’s no will ...

At 83, Albertha H. is clear about one thing: she will not be tempting fate by making a will. “You a invite dead?” she fires back, half-laughing, half-challenging, when asked if she worries about dying…
This file photo shows bulk loader vessel, Cetus Star, docked at JAMALCO’s Rocky Point Pier in Clarendon.
01 Feb, 2026 0

Editorial | Grasp alumina possibilities

As was announced last week, for the first time in nearly half a century, a new primary aluminium smelter is being built in the United States. This is not just an American industrial story. It carries…
People celebrating at Jamaica’s 63rd independence Grand Gala celebration on August 6, 2025 at the National Stadium in Kingston.
01 Feb, 2026 0

Howard Mitchell and Michael McAnuff-Jones | Jamaican Covenant: A blueprint for moral revolution

This collaborative opinion piece has been penned after extensive thought sharing and discussions with a group of concerned senior church leaders who are members and leaders of a pastors association,…
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01 Feb, 2026 0

Garth Rattray | Patient care is a team effort

On January 25, the Medical Council of Jamaica hosted their Annual Ethics and Mental Health Webinar. The speakers were Ethicist Dr. Shereen Cox, professor of pharmacology and pharmacovigilance…
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01 Feb, 2026 0

Orville Taylor | Women smarts in Parliament

Men who grew up close to their mothers and those in long term residential relationships have no problem with female leadership. Last week in Parliament, two women, each of whose name might relate to…
Trevor Hamilton
01 Feb, 2026 0

Trevor Hamilton and Byron Blake | Jamaica’s readiness for economic sovereignty

The global economy has rotated 360 degrees in the last 100 years. Soon, economic winners will be countries with nuclear or military power or with economic sovereignty. While small countries cannot…