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Lauri-Ann Samuels, executive director, National Baking Company Foundation, shows off their trash collection haul from her team’s efforts on International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 on September 20.
December 9, 2025
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was crashed by a driver in St Catherine on October 8.
December 9, 2025

JUTC driver dies after bus crashes into ditch in St Catherine

A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver has died after the bus he was operating crashed into a ditch along Salt Pond Road in St Catherine early Wednesday morning. He has been identified as…
Damage caused by the tornado in Trinidad on Tuesday, October 7.  - CMC photo
December 9, 2025

Tornado destroys homes in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Waterspouts and a weak tornado on Tuesday damaged and blew off the roofs of several houses in northwestern Trinidad, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or…
December 9, 2025

Crime Stop works: Yet still we remain silent

THE CURTAINS had barely come down on last Sunday’s Crime Stop 36th Anniversary Gala event at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, when news came of Jamaica’s latest mass shooting, this time in Linstead, St…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Reforming public procurement

THE EDITOR, Madam: Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill recently renewed calls for amendments to Jamaica’s Public Procurement Act, citing inefficiencies caused by…
News
December 9, 2025

Body-worn camera training session undertaken for police trainees

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has indicated that trainees at its National Police College in St Catherine have been exposed to a body-worn camera (BWCs) training session, as part of efforts to…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (second right) in dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister and  Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang (right), Police Commissioner, Dr Kevin Blake (left) and Assistant Commissioner of Police for Area 5,  Christopher Phi
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Outrage over Commodore, but …

Even as this newspaper shares the national outrage over the murder of five people – including a four-year-old child – in Sunday’s mass shooting in the community of Commodore, Linstead, St. Catherine…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Lauding the Joan Duncan Foundation’s ‘steadfast support’

THE EDITOR, Madam: This morning, I felt compelled to publicly express my deep appreciation to the Joan Duncan Foundation of JMMB for its quiet yet unwavering commitment to the Child Resiliency…