Lead Stories

Valerie Dubidad
26 Jan, 2026 0

Sanctuary sorrow

Shock and deep grief have engulfed the Church of God of Prophecy and the wider Airy Castle Road, Stony Hill community following the sudden death of a prayer warrior and long-standing church sister,…
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says every Jamaican would benefit from a strong, independent IC.
25 Jan, 2026 0

Don’t ‘water down’ the IC

With billions of dollars flowing into the country to carry out rehabilitation works post Hurricane Melissa, Craig Beresford, the recently installed executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC)…
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission.
25 Jan, 2026 0

Beresford: Premature court intervention undermines anti-corruption probes

The executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), Craig Beresford, says the anti-corruption agency is “very concerned” about the growing practice of state entities taking the commission to…
25 Jan, 2026 0

Fake IDs, stolen titles

Five financial institutions have been fleeced of more than $600 million through an elaborate and complex fraudulent scheme allegedly involving an upper St Andrew medical doctor and two accomplices,…
Carl Green, dean of discipline at Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
25 Jan, 2026 0

Quietly preparing for greatness

Jonathan Grant High School’s stunning upset of Campion College in the opening round of Television Jamaica’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz last week played out like a modern-day David versus Goliath – an…
Latoya Harris-Ghartey, executive director of the National Education Trust.
25 Jan, 2026 0

Severely damaged, sparsely enrolled

At least nine primary schools are now under review for possible consolidation, with decisions pending on the future placement of their students, after extensive hurricane-related damage further…
The deep pit initially caused by land caving in at The Estuary housing scheme, in St James.
24 Jan, 2026 0

Estuary on edge

Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a…
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24 Jan, 2026 0

‘Quite frankly, I was afraid’

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green testified on Thursday that fear had prevented him from giving an immediate statement to investigators following a fatal 2013 police shooting along Arcadia Road in…
Leighton Johnson and La Sonja Harrison, former presidents of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
24 Jan, 2026 0

Former JTA head loses lawsuit against teachers’ body

The wage agreement for a 20 per cent minimum increase in basic salary after tax, between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has been upheld after the Supreme Court dismissed a…