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Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
17 Mar, 2026 0

‘Shameful deception’: Golding slams PM for accepting pay increase

Opposition leader Mark Golding has described as a “shameful deception” the recent announcement that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness will, in fact, be receiving his $28.6 million salary, after…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
17 Mar, 2026 0

Golding says tougher measures needed for good governance

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for stronger support for anti-corruption measures and institutions aimed at promoting good governance and moral values in Jamaica. Golding said the…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
17 Mar, 2026 0

Golding criticises gov’t's ‘lethargic’ legislative agenda

Mark Golding, Opposition leader, has castigated the Government over its lethargic and inefficient approach to passing strategic laws for the benefit of the country. In his contribution to the…
Police Superintendent Coleridge Minto addressing the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation’s monthly general meeting on March 12.
17 Mar, 2026 0

St Bess cops concerned as more than 400 students still out of school after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school…
Hugh Wildman, attorney for Fritz Pinnock and Ruel Reid.
17 Mar, 2026 0

Reid fraud trial pushed back again

The absence of several defence attorneys in the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused forced an adjournment of the matter in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish…
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon.
17 Mar, 2026 0

MoBay mayor wants update from auditor general on street light restoration

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon wants the Auditor General’s Department to provide an update on the post-Hurricane Melissa arrangement between the Government and the Jamaica Public…
From left: Dr Jevonne McIntosh, medical officer in the Anesthesiology Department; Dr Amoy Ellis, medical officer in the A&E Department, Dr Natoya Hall-Okori, acting consultant in the A& E Department; Dr Andrea Johnson, A & E consultant and Dr O’Rane Thom
17 Mar, 2026 0

May Pen Hospital milestone

In a first for May Pen Hospital (MPH), a multidisciplinary team has saved the life of a patient who arrived with a stab wound to the heart – an achievement the hospital describes as a milestone in its…
Carlong Publishers chair, Shirley Carby (centre), presents Fitzroy Abbott, principal of Christiana Moravian Primary and Infant School in Manchester, with a copy of one of the textbooks donated by the company. Joining them are (from left) Carlong Publishers
17 Mar, 2026 0

Carlong Publishers donates $15m in textbooks to schools hit by ‘Melissa’

Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Limited has donated 6,500 textbooks, valued at $15.6 million, to support primary schools affected by Hurricane Melissa. The donation was formally handed over on…
United Way of Jamaica CEO Kerry-Lee Lynch (centre) and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green listens as Jamaica Agricultural Society CEO Derron Grant detail the particulars of the first distribution from the UWJ Hurricane Melissa Restor
17 Mar, 2026 0

Westmoreland fisherfolk receive equipment from UWJ, JAS

Close to 100 fisherfolk in Westmoreland have become the first beneficiaries of the United Way of Jamaica’s (UWJ) partnership with the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). The initial distribution from…