News
April 23, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Not automatic that weapon fired where casings found, says witness in Acadia trial
A former crime scene officer yesterday testified that he recovered multiple 9mm spent casings in the vicinity of Evans Avenue and Acadia Drive in St Andrew, where three men were fatally shot during a…
April 23, 2026
JTA president wants urgent nat’l meeting on violence in schools
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling for an urgent national meeting involving key education stakeholders to confront the growing problem of violence in schools,…
April 23, 2026
Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes
CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…
April 23, 2026
Earth Today | Heir apparent
STEPHEN JONES is a new addition to the senior leadership of the consultancy firm, Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL); and he is keen to make his mark in the environment sector while transforming…
April 23, 2026
Earth Today | ‘Embrace renewables’
AHEAD OF Earth Day 2026, which had as its theme ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, leaders from small island states have championed the use of sustainable energy sources as part of the solution to the current…
April 23, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Ocho Rios gets IV therapy bar as Inner Bloom opens
Banking on her own health-related experiences, wedding consultant, fashionista and entrepreneur Shelle Parchment has taken another bold step with the launch of St Ann’s first IV bar, Inner Bloom. The…
April 23, 2026
by Paul H. Williams
Kumina workshop to explore African ancestral traditions
An immersive Kumina workshop is set to take over the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) at 12 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston, on Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m.…
April 23, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
StJMC cracks down on advertisers owing $30m
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) has begun intensifying enforcement measures to compel advertisers to settle outstanding billboard fees, which have gone unpaid despite…
April 23, 2026
CB Group plans $1b investment to strengthen egg, pork supply
Hurricane Melissa dealt a heavy blow to Jamaica’s egg industry, damaging layer houses in production and sharply reducing output, even as large-scale broiler operations withstood the storm. Livestock…