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May 13, 2026
Andrene Chung | Cut the salt, save our hearts
As Salt Awareness Week is observed from May 11 to 17 under the theme ‘Salt It Out’, we are being called to take a serious look at how much salt we consume — and the heavy toll it is taking on our…
May 13, 2026
Basil Jarrett | Behind the headlines, beyond the silos
The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP) held a forum titled, ‘Behind the Headlines: Understanding and Supporting Jamaica’s State Accountability Institutions’. Present at the event was the…
May 13, 2026
Editorial | Reimagining tourism
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced a planned overhaul of Jamaica’s legislative framework, which will replace the 72-year-old Tourist Board Act with a new Tourism Authority Act. The…
May 13, 2026
Letter of the Day | Reimagining the Jamaican brand
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The recent removal of the ‘Rude Boy Original’ billboard in Rockfort and Spanish Town has sparked the usual firestorm of moral outrage, but the conversation it has ignited reveals…
May 13, 2026
Thank you, Ms Fae Ellington
THE EDITOR, Madam:
I applaud Ms Fae Ellington for her commentary re: the depraved lyrics on the Hill and Gully Riddim. The lyrics are atrocious, disgusting and downright vulgar.
May 13, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Fisherman freed after explaining he was carrying knife to scale fish
A fisherman was freed in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday after producing his fisherman's identification card and providing an explanation for possession of an offensive weapon.
May 13, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Club Kingston tops airport lounges in Caribbean, Latin America in global Priority Pass rankings
Jamaica has scored a major tourism and aviation victory, with Club Kingston being named the best airport lounge in Latin America and the Caribbean by global travel network Priority Pass.
May 13, 2026
Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial…
May 13, 2026
Bureaucracy cannot continue to be the enemy of national recovery
THE EDITOR, Madam:
The recently tabled Auditor General’s report into the Hurricane Melissa Relief Initiative should serve as a national wake-up call about the crippling effect bureaucracy continues…