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March 18, 2026

Mayberry Investments to redeem $2b bond

Mayberry Investments Limited has notified bondholders that it will redeem the full principal balance and all accrued interest on its 10.75% secured bond on March 19, the company disclosed in a notice…
Brigadier (Ret’d) Radgh Mason, commissioner of corrections, addresses the recent opening of the St James Probation Office on Gladstone ‘POP’ Lawrence Road in Montego Bay, St James.
March 18, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

New sex offender rehab programme to launch this year

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Brigadier Radgh Mason, the commissioner of corrections, says a new rehabilitation programme for sex offenders, aimed at giving those individuals a chance to change their…
Andrew Williams, CEO at Regency Petroleum Limited.
March 18, 2026

Jamaica’s fuel stocks surge amid oil war

Shares of Jamaican fuel distribution companies have outpaced the broader market since January, while renewable stocks remain flat amid United States military action in Venezuela and Iran, which sent…
Dr Velma Ricketts Walker, CEO and commissioner of Customs.
March 18, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Ricketts Walker hails ‘Team Customs’ for achievements during her tenure

Outgoing Commissioner of Customs Dr Velma Ricketts Walker says one of the most important achievements during her tenure was the ongoing transformation and strengthening of the Jamaica Customs Agency…
Letters
March 18, 2026

Letter of the Day | Begin transformation with genuine commitment to build back better

THE EDITOR, Madam: The passage of Hurricane Melissa has not only exposed a persistent structural weakness in Jamaica’s housing landscape, it has also revealed the troubling absence of a coherent…
Letters
March 18, 2026

Patterns we refuse to see

THE EDITOR, Madam: A long study of the history of Jamaica reveals that what we often describe as modern political conflict is, in truth, a repetition of much older patterns. Today we see orange and…
Brian Royes, campaign manager, The Repair Campaign.
March 18, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Repair Campaign unrelenting in fight for reparations

When slavery in the British Caribbean was abolished between 1834 and 1838, the British government authorised a £20-million compensation package for former holders of enslaved people – funded entirely…
March 18, 2026

AHF urges stronger global health equity measures in WHO pandemic agreement

With a new round of negotiations scheduled for the end of March in Geneva and with the May 2026 deadline approaching, the world’s countries continue to negotiate the rules that will define how…
Shermaine Anderson-Gayle, president of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce.
March 18, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover Chamber calls for traffic lights at Grand Palladium’s entrance

Western Bureau: Reacting to the spate of traffic accidents near the Grand Palladium Hotels and Resorts – widely regarded as an accident blackspot – the Hanover Chamber of Commerce is calling for the…