Lead Stories
January 15, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
UHWI gave booster shot to tax dodgers, says auditor general
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has indicated that the actions of those behind the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) customs tax-evasion scandal served to facilitate private entities…
January 15, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Cops surprised by murder allegation against Maitland
The allegation that Constable Noel Maitland had murdered his girlfriend reportedly sent shockwaves through the Constant Spring Police Station and Area 5 Police Division in July 2022, Inspector Franz…
January 15, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Health ministry fails to clear backlog of appropriation accounts before Nov deadline
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has missed another deadline of November 2025 to clear a backlog of appropriation accounts dating back to 2013. Appropriation accounts spanning the fiscal years…
January 15, 2026
by Corey Robinson
‘I JUST WANT TO HELP’
Debbie James, an author and educator and the only Jamaican living in the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, will be boarding a flight home today with bittersweet emotions. Moved by the…
January 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
POLICE PROBE
The board of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has reported “specific matters” from a report on the procurement activities of the hospital to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Fraud…
January 14, 2026
Documents missing for $521m in contracts, UHWI admits tax-exempt import abuse
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) failed to provide procurement documentation for 51 contracts valued at more than $521 million to auditors from the Auditor General’s Department,…
January 14, 2026
by Ruddy Mathison
Holness: Cutting-edge investment key to GDP growth
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged Jamaican manufacturers to capitalise on government policies favouring investors and to step up their role in driving economic growth. Speaking during…
January 14, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Black River Fire Station relocation suggested after Melissa crippled operations
WESTERN BUREAU: Mark Edwards, the assistant superintendent at the St Elizabeth branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is raising concerns about the location of the Black River Fire Station after it…
January 14, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
‘I did not kill Donna-Lee’
In an unsworn statement from the dock on Tuesday, Constable Noel Maitland told the Home Circuit Court that a “tiny spot of blood” found in his Chelsea Manor, St Andrew, apartment resulted from his…