Lead Stories
19 Jan, 2026
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Rebuilding with rubbish
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid concerns about uncollected garbage and the capacity of St James’ Retirement waste disposal site to handle increasing waste from across western Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa, some…
19 Jan, 2026
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UPDATED: ‘Compromised transparency’
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining awarded almost $870 million in contracts without its procurement committee’s review, an action that “compromised transparency”, the Auditor General’s…
19 Jan, 2026
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Mom in fight of her life to stay on feet for son
Faced with excruciating pain brought on by avascular necrosis (AVN), Mishcah Hamilton has found herself in a race against permanent immobility, requiring emergency hip-replacement surgery after…
19 Jan, 2026
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Court blocks competitor from using ‘King’ in branding dispute with KingAlarm
KingAlarm Services Limited has secured an injunction blocking competitor KingGuard Security Services Limited from using the word ‘King’ in its branding in an intellectual property dispute between the…
19 Jan, 2026
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McKenzie to convene high-level meeting to expand AMANDA system after Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie will convene a high-level executive meeting this week with municipal chief executive officers, directors of…
19 Jan, 2026
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Wehby a ‘true legend’
The University of the West Indies (UWI) on Saturday posthumously conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws on late business titan Don Wehby, hailing him as a “proud son of the soil” whose uncanny…
19 Jan, 2026
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Auditor general wants assets worth millions recovered at RADA
The loss of government assets worth tens of millions of dollars at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has led to Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis making a referral to Financial…
19 Jan, 2026
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Phillips urges wider enforcement support as Area Five records crime reduction
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Christopher Phillips is challenging enforcement agencies operating in Area Five to intensify their efforts and lend stronger support to the police-led crime…
18 Jan, 2026
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‘Food soldiers’ struggle
With climate resilience and national food security at the heart of Jamaica’s agricultural policy, farmers at the Parnassus, Spring Plains, and Ebony Park agro parks in Clarendon say they are relied on…