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Brigadier (Ret’d) Radgh Mason, commissioner of corrections, addresses the recent opening of the St James Probation Office on Gladstone ‘POP’ Lawrence Road in Montego Bay, St James.
March 18, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

New sex offender rehab programme to launch this year

WESTERN BUREAU: Retired Brigadier Radgh Mason, the commissioner of corrections, says a new rehabilitation programme for sex offenders, aimed at giving those individuals a chance to change their…
Supporters participate in the Gratitude Walk from Hanover Street to Heroes Circle in Kingston yesterday, showing appreciation to Cuban medical professionals for their 50 years of medical support to the Jamaican people.
March 18, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘We love Cuba’

An older couple from the Norman Gardens community in Kingston is among many Jamaicans left frustrated and disappointed by the departure of Cuban medical personnel who have served on the island for…
Dr Velma Ricketts Walker, CEO and commissioner of Customs.
March 18, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Ricketts Walker hails ‘Team Customs’ for achievements during her tenure

Outgoing Commissioner of Customs Dr Velma Ricketts Walker says one of the most important achievements during her tenure was the ongoing transformation and strengthening of the Jamaica Customs Agency…
Gabrielle Gilpin-Hudson, president of the Realtors Association of Jamaica.
March 18, 2026 by Sashana Small

Robinson’s digital nomad proposal ‘good for market’ but ‘needs more fleshing out’

The Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) has endorsed Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson’s proposal for a digital nomad programme, arguing that it could boost both long- and short-term…
Shermaine Anderson-Gayle, president of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce.
March 18, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover Chamber calls for traffic lights at Grand Palladium’s entrance

Western Bureau: Reacting to the spate of traffic accidents near the Grand Palladium Hotels and Resorts – widely regarded as an accident blackspot – the Hanover Chamber of Commerce is calling for the…
March 18, 2026

AHF urges stronger global health equity measures in WHO pandemic agreement

With a new round of negotiations scheduled for the end of March in Geneva and with the May 2026 deadline approaching, the world’s countries continue to negotiate the rules that will define how…
Brian Royes, campaign manager, The Repair Campaign.
March 18, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Repair Campaign unrelenting in fight for reparations

When slavery in the British Caribbean was abolished between 1834 and 1838, the British government authorised a £20-million compensation package for former holders of enslaved people – funded entirely…
Left to right: Harold Davis, acting CEO of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC); Sophia Henry, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, St Lucia; Senator Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce and, Nadatlie Bastien
March 18, 2026

JBDC model inspires St Lucia’s push for MSME body

A delegation from St Lucia’s Ministry of Commerce has completed a four-day study tour of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), as eastern Caribbean island considers reshaping the…
The Woodsville Bridge in Hanover.
March 18, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Residents cautiously optimistic about plans for new Woodsville Bridge

Western Bureau: After four years of using the makeshift bridge, which they created when the 100-year-old Woodsville Bridge collapsed in 2022, residents of the eastern Hanover community are greeting…