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Angela Brown-Burke, deputy leader of Opposition business in the House of Representatives.
29 Oct, 2026 0

Cuba’s economic, humanitarian crisis ‘deeply troubling’ – Terrelonge

One day after the Government declared its opposition to the 66-year-old economic embargo imposed by the United States (US) on Cuba, Jamaican officials at the United Nations (UN) yesterday abstained…
C. Maxwell Holness, chairman of the Westgreen CDC.
28 Oct, 2026 0

SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN - Westgreen, Catherine Hall haunted by memories of Melissa as vulnerability remains

WESTERN BUREAU: At 62, Herman Jackson no longer goes to bed expecting a peaceful night’s sleep. When rain begins falling in Westgreen, he reaches for his water boots, checks the weather on his phone,…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness
28 Oct, 2026 0

Civil service boss hits back at PM’s sabotage claims

Accusations by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that unnamed public sector workers are trying to sabotage government policies and programmes have drawn the ire of the president of the Jamaica Civil…
Andrew Eubanks, vice-president of Flagaman Farmers Benevolent Society, planting cantaloupe in Flagaman, St Elizabeth, last week.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Tough going for Flagaman farmers

WESTERN BUREAU: A year after Hurricane Melissa devastated their farms, several farmers in Flagaman, St Elizabeth are still struggling to resume pre-storm cultivation levels, hampered by a lack of…
A section of the ruined Black River Market on Market Street in the St Elizabeth capital, after Hurricane Melissa’s destructive landfall.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Black River market vendors in limbo

WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa approached the island a year ago, Francis Bartlett and fellow vendors in the Black River Market in St Elizabeth purchased extra stock, in case fields were wiped…
The Thomas Manning Building lies in ruin post-Hurricane Melissa.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Western schools looking ahead with optimism

WESTERN BUREAU: A year ago, the educational sector in western Jamaica was paralysed by the force of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped off roofs, sent older buildings crumbling and did irreparable damage…
Keenan Falconer, economist.
27 Oct, 2026 0

FREEZE ORDER - Economist urges routine cost-cutting exercise as Gov’t tightens purse strings

An economist has suggested that the Government should make identifying cost-saving measures a routine exercise, regardless of how much revenue it collects. The suggestion follows a new set of…
King Charles
27 Oct, 2026 0

Eyes on reparations as King visits Caribbean

The CARICOM Reparations Commission has labelled November’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, as the “reparations CHOGM”, insisting that the issue must…
Dr Marcus Goffe (left) and Kesonord Gordon outside the St Catherine Parish Court following the ruling in the Rio Cobre pollution case on Monday.
27 Oct, 2026 0

Goffe: $100,000 fine does not fit Rio Cobre damage

Attorney-at-law Dr Marcus Goffe has welcomed Monday’s court ruling against bauxite company UC Rusal over a 2019 pollution incident in the Rio Cobre, while arguing that the $100,000 fine imposed falls…