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Katrina Grant-D’Aguilar, group marketing and communication manager at the Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union League, makes a stylish statement in a brown-and-black snakeskin-print long-sleeve midi dress with a ruffled hem.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Something Extra | Monday

The Sterling Gospel Music Awards is marking a decade of celebrating excellence in gospel music with a major format change. Founder and executive director Basillia Barnaby-Cuff announced at the launch…
The entrance to Maldon High School in St James.
21 Sep, 2026 0

ROADBLOCK TO EDUCATION - Maldon High loses hundreds of students amid road crisis

WESTERN BUREAU: Almost a year after Hurricane Melissa hit western Jamaica, a major road collapse in Spring Mount, St James, has resulted in Maldon High School seeing more than 300 students drop off…
Nigel Campbell, a bus operator along the Maroon Town to Montego Bay route.
21 Sep, 2026 0

DETOUR DRAIN - PPV operators pay heavy price for Spring Mount breakaway

WESTERN BUREAU: Public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in Upper St James say the prolonged closure of the Spring Mount main road is putting them under serious financial strain. Commuters are paying…
Hilltop Luxury Bar and Games Room, located metres away from a breakaway in Spring Mount, St James.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Bar owner fears prolonged access crisis could force closure

WESTERN BUREAU: The prolonged disruption caused by the Spring Mount Main Road breakaway is threatening economic life in the area, with at least one business operator projecting that continued…
Kevin Coke, electrical technology teacher and founder of the Montego Bay-based GENR8 3D Limited.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Teacher opens STEM lab to support damaged western schools

WESTERN BUREAU: With some schools still repairing hurricane-damaged laboratories, electrical technology teacher Kevin Coke has made his STEM laboratory available to students in western Jamaica to…
From left: St James Ministers Fraternal members Reverends Howard Nelson, treasurer; Godfrey Francis, secretary; Glendon Powell, chairman; and Rehamah Forrester, vice-chairman, at a press conference at Burchell Baptist Church in Montego Bay on Wednesday.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Church leaders welcome plans for burn unit at CRH

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Glendon Powell, head of the St James Ministers Fraternal, is hailing the development of a burn unit at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay as a major step…
FILE - Colombians and Haitians who are accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise are escorted in handcuffs to their court hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
20 Sep, 2026 0

18 suspects accused in July 2021 killing of Haiti’s president being extradited from Haiti to US

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were being extradited to the United States on Sunday, marking the end of a…
People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding addressing the party’s 88th annual conference in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Golding demands transparency in western Jamaica hurricane recovery

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is demanding greater transparency and accountability in the reconstruction of western Jamaica, as communities continue to grapple with the fallout from Hurricane…
People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding addressing the party’s 88th annual conference in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland on Sunday, September 20.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Golding calls for PNP unity, pledges stronger Jamaica

People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding has called for greater unity within the party, urging members to put the movement’s shared mission above personal ambitions as the Opposition seeks…