News
07 Apr, 2026
0
Egg sector recovering after Melissa, no import waiver, says Agriculture Ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture is reporting that the egg production sector is demonstrating recovery following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The Ministry is also underscoring that there…
07 Apr, 2026
0
Update | Mandela cocaine bust accused further remanded due to incomplete case file
The absence of a forensic certificate from the case file of two men held allegedly with a quantity of cocaine along a section of the Mandela Highway in St Catherine last month resulted in them being…
07 Apr, 2026
0
JTA reiterates call for Melissa shelterees to be relocated, bemoans inconvenience to schools
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has hit back at recent remarks by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie concerning the sheltering of residents at schools…
07 Apr, 2026
0
Two decades later, disbarred attorney’s complaint against panel member fails
A former attorney has lost his bid to pursue a conflict-of-interest complaint against a member of the disciplinary panel that ruled over 20 years ago that he should be struck off the list of lawyers…
07 Apr, 2026
0
PAC slams ‘madness’ as UHWI pays big for delayed, rejected reports
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) paid Strategic Alignment Limited US$92,000 (J$14.5 million) to create a strategic transformation plan, but rejected the draft without explaining why…
07 Apr, 2026
0
From trainee to trailblazer
WESTERN BUREAU: For 32 years, Shernette Crichton walked the corridors of Half Moon not as a spectator of its legacy, but as a student of it; quietly studying, steadily rising, and preparing for a…
07 Apr, 2026
0
Auditor general flags contract splintering at UHWI
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has warned that some procurement heads are improperly splitting government contracts to avoid rules designed to prevent that practice. In a January performance…
07 Apr, 2026
0
UPDATE | PNP triggers disciplinary process after ex-MP charged with incest
The People’s National Party (PNP) says it has referred the membership of a former Member of Parliament charged with incest to its internal disciplinary processes for “immediate action”. In a…
07 Apr, 2026
0
Students urged to embrace financial readiness for a changing Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has called on Jamaican students to embrace financial readiness as a fundamental life skill,…