Lead Stories
28 Apr, 2026
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Black River recovery advances, but challenges remain
WESTERN BUREAU: Richard Solomon, chairman of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and mayor of Black River, says the historic town is steadily recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane…
27 Apr, 2026
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Rodent patrols
During four days on a cardboard bed in the Half-Way Tree lock-up –in a 31-year-old case that has lingered in the system since 1995 – Courtney Anderson was introduced to the rats that patrol the cells,…
27 Apr, 2026
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Organised crime on cops’ radar in New Kingston murder
A 61-year-old Colombian national was gunned down in a brazen attack at Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night, in what investigators believe may be linked to transnational organised criminal…
27 Apr, 2026
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Small victories over virus
The Government’s push to provide free cervical cancer screening for women and raise awareness during April is showing results, with some clinics reporting that they have exceeded their screening…
27 Apr, 2026
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Free after 15 years
Two St Catherine men, who had spent more than 15 years behind bars for the killing of a mother of five in Central Village, were on Friday freed after the Court of Appeal quashed their murder…
27 Apr, 2026
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PALS: Recent tragedies show conflict resolution needed in Jamaica’s classrooms
The Board and members of Peace and Love in Society (PALS) Jamaica is mourning the death of 13-year-old Kland Doyle, a Seaforth High School student fatally stabbed last week following a long-standing…
27 Apr, 2026
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From market to mayhem
Annotto Bay, St Mary: Inadequate parking – further compounded by higglers peddling their produce in the streets and along corridors, blocking entrances to commercial entities – is one of the chronic…
27 Apr, 2026
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Goodison brings Caribbean heat to ‘Dante’s Inferno’
The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, housed at The University of the West Indies, Mona, will officially launch Dante’s Inferno: A New Translation by Jamaica’s former Poet…
26 Apr, 2026
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NSWMA hiring row sparks two-year tension between senior officials
An “irregular” recruitment exercise at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has triggered a two-year impasse between the entity’s executive director and its internal audit manager,…