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May 28, 2026
Gov’t pockets 70% of $1 billion allocated to poor under Solidarity Programme
A revelation by Dione Jennings, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, that about 77 per cent, or $$770 million, of the $1 billion set aside for the Government’s Solidarity…
May 28, 2026
by Sashana Small
Business leaders endorse Anderson for NaRRA but demand oversight, transparency
Three of the country's largest business groups have endorsed Major (Ret’d) Antony Anderson's appointment to head the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), the…
May 28, 2026
by Kimone Francis
J’can medical students in Cuba there by their own volition, says foreign ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Jamaican medical students who continue to study in Cuba do so at their "own volition", even as it continues to monitor the situation in the…
May 28, 2026
by Sashana Small
Small businesses slow to embrace digital payments amid cost, fraud concerns
Despite evidence that digital payments can drive business growth, only eight per cent of small merchants in Jamaica use point-of-sale (POS) systems, with the country averaging 11 POS terminals per…
May 28, 2026
by Andre Williams
Baby Ramontay laid to rest as mother demands justice and answers
The tiny casket lowered into the earth last Friday brought an end to weeks of agonising uncertainty for western Jamaica mother Shandale Ballentine, but not the grief that has consumed her since she…
May 28, 2026
Defence presses analyst on fourth person theory after DNA results in Acadia Drive trial
A forensic analyst on Wednesday could not dismiss the possibility that a blood sample from an unidentified male found inside a blue Mitsubishi Outlander linked to the 2013 Acadia Drive police shooting…
May 29, 2026
Flood-damaged Lethe navigates life after ‘Melissa’
Almost seven months after Hurricane Melissa carved a destructive path through western Jamaica, life is gradually returning to normal at Lethe Primary and Infant School, where recovery efforts continue…
May 28, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
PM urges early preparations as hurricane season nears
With the start of the Atlantic hurricane season only days away, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged Jamaicans to begin preparations at once, rather than waiting until a storm threatens the…