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Helene Davis-Whyte.
18 Sep, 2026 0

‘Almost scandalous’ - Davis-Whyte slams decadeslong delay in passing workplace safety bill

A senior trade unionist is questioning the will of the Government to retable and pass the long-awaited Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Bill, which is intended to improve safety at the workplace.…
Police investgators at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries hours after a fatal ritual in 2021.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Former church member recalls being stabbed after pastor said he had to die

A former member of the flock led by the now-deceased church leader Dr Kevin Smith said he had been perplexed when the pastor told him that he would have to be killed. “When that was said to you, how…
Staff members at Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St James survey the damage done to a section of the premises, following a break-in at the institution on Wednesday night.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Thieves hit six primary schools in St James, Hanover since August

WESTERN BUREAU: Thieves have broken into six primary schools within the Ministry of Education’s Region 4 jurisdiction since late August, with Bickersteth Primary and Infant School in St James…
Ras Iyah V (left), of the Westmoreland Ganja Farmers Association, and Stephen Reviere, a member of the Hanover Herb Farmers’ Cooperative, have been advocating for many years for small farmers to drafted in the formal ganja sector.
18 Sep, 2026 0

‘It’s like Christmas’

WESTERN BUREAU: For generations, ganja has been more than a crop in communities such as Brighton and Orange Hill in Westmoreland. It has been a source of income, a way to pay bills and, for some…
Kenneth Samuels, a 105-year-old resident of Bogue Heights, Montego Bay, St James, at home with his daughter Jacqueline Dawn Samuels-Plummer. The elder Samuels celebrated his milestone birthday on September 11, 2026.
18 Sep, 2026 0

Kenneth Samuels thanks God for life at 105

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired pastor Kenneth George Samuels counts it a blessing to have lived to see his 105th birthday, which he celebrated with his relatives and other loved ones at his Bogue Heights…
 Johnson Smith
17 Sep, 2026 0

TCN U-TURN

A decision by Jamaica and the United States to withhold the full details of the controversial third-country nationals (TCN) agreement has been described as “odd” by former diplomat Byron Blake, who…
 Ethnie Miller Simpson.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Miller Simpson warns about data drain as J’cans feed foreign AI services

WESTERN BUREAU: Educator Ethnie Miller Simpson is expressing concern that while Jamaica is pumping information into artificial-intelligence (AI) systems at an accelerating rate, the country does not…
Linvern Wright, principal of the William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny.
17 Sep, 2026 0

$100K mobile phones but no textbooks

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior school administrator is challenging parents to rethink their priorities as the new school year gets under way, noting that some are spending heavily on their children’s…
From left: Monsignor Eremodo Muavesi, rector of the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Montego Bay, St James, formally blesses Mount Alvernia High School’s new solar-power system on Wednesday. Vaden Maragh, managing director of EMRIC Solutions Limited; Dawn
17 Sep, 2026 0

Mt Alvernia High gets $6.5m replacement solar-power system

WESTERN BUREAU: The Mount Alvernia High School (MAHS) in Montego Bay, St James, has received a new solar-energy system courtesy of its Central Florida International Alumni Association. The…