News
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 Christopher Thomas
St James health inspector seeks multi-stakeholder push against rats
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherika Lewis, acting chief public health inspector for St James, has urged the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Local Government and private businesses to join forces in the…
January 14, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Fisher presses for promised Balaclava Fire Station
WESTERN BUREAU: Everton Fisher, councillor for the Balaclava Division in the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC), is again demanding answers on why the long-promised fire station for Balaclava…
January 14, 2026
by Derrick Scott
Audrey Marks receives Global Heart Award
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Ambassador Audrey Marks, was among nine ambassadors honoured with the 2026…
January 14, 2026
by Andre Williams
OUR secures $14m for aggrieved utilities customers in 9 months
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), through its Consumer Affairs Unit, secured close to $14 million in refunds and credits for utility customers during the first nine months of 2025. In a…
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…
January 14, 2026
by Karen Madden
Parliament weighs tripled juror stipend amid backlog crisis
Nearly two years after Justice Minister Delroy Chuck announced a 200 per cent increase in the stipend paid to Jamaicans who report for jury duty, the long-promised change has been formally brought to…