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Senator Charles Sinclair.
05 Oct, 2026 0

Sinclair calls for insurance laws to tackle claims delays

Government Senator Charles Sinclair is urging the administration to review the Financial Services Commission and Insurance acts and their regulations to address, among other things, lengthy delays in…
Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover.
05 Oct, 2026 0

Frustration boils over at Bethel Primary

WESTERN BUREAU: Auxiliary staff at Bethel Primary School in Hopewell, Hanover, are again expressing frustration with their pay, claiming they have been enduring inaccurate calculations, including lack…
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green speaking at a plenary session at the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture at the Ocean Coral Spring Resort in Trelawny on September 30.
05 Oct, 2026 0

‘Real work starts’ - Green calls for action on Caribbean food barriers as CWA wraps up

WESTERN BUREAU Caribbean countries are being urged to dismantle standards barriers that continue to stifle the movement of agricultural and fisheries products across regional borders, as governments…
Dr Damie Sinanan said the current shipping system makes it expensive and inefficient to move food between Caribbean territories, with some shipments requiring goods to be routed through Panama, Jamaica, or Miami in the United States before reaching neighbo
05 Oct, 2026 0

CEDA: Costly shipping, inefficient logistics hurting regional food trade

WESTERN BUREAU: The region’s push to boost food and agricultural exports is being held back by high shipping costs, inefficient logistics and fragmented sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements,…
Jomo (Desmond Dennis) tries to talk sense into his older brother John (Glen Campbell) as he brought home a woman whose presence will change his life.
05 Oct, 2026 0

Patrick Brown’s ‘The Gallis and the Rolling Calf’, a must-see

What happens when a womaniser goes seeking to score, at a funeral of all places, and takes home a willing woman for a fun rendezvous, only to end up with more than he bargained for? This is the…
04 Oct, 2026 0

Searchers find 'debris field' believed to be from missing air ambulance

NANTUCKET (AP) - Searchers found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, which they believe is from an air ambulance that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic…
04 Oct, 2026 0

2 killed, dozens injured at neighborhood block party shooting in southern Georgia

VIENNA, Georgia (AP) — Two men were killed and nearly three dozen others injured during a shooting incident at a block party in southern Georgia early Sunday, state law enforcement officials have…
He reportedly gave chase and caught up to her at the house where he allegedly used a knife to stab her to the neck, abdomen and upper body.
04 Oct, 2026 0

Female security guard stabbed to death, police searching for suspect believed to be an ex-boyfriend

A female security guard was stabbed to death in St Catherine on Saturday in what is suspected to be yet another incident of domestic violence. The police in Old Harbour have since launched a manhunt…
04 Oct, 2026 0

UAE shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots’ names and nationalities -- regional officials claim

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Regional officials say authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shared a list of passengers and crew members with Israel ahead of the FlyDubai flight on which the co-pilot…