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Daniel Thompson
01 May, 2026 0

DT: the perfect ship’s captain

Tributes flooded the airwaves on Thursday as stunned colleagues, listeners, and relatives saluted broadcaster Daniel ‘DT’ Thompson, who passed away after falling ill earlier this week. For 28 years,…
FLOW Vice-President Stephen Price.
01 May, 2026 0

FLOW’s Price backs NaRRA push to cut telecoms rollout delays

WESTERN BUREAU: Stephen Price, vice-president and general manager of FLOW Jamaica, is endorsing the proposed establishment of the National Regulatory Reform Authority (NaRRA), arguing that Jamaica…
From left: Shantia Cummings, Jada Blackwood, Haiden Williams, Paris Martin, Brandon Burrowes, and Keneilia Morgan, from Red Hills Primary School, all think they did well in their PEP examinations.
01 May, 2026 0

Confidence high as grade six students wrap up PEP

After two intense days, more than 30,000 grade six students across the island are breathing a collective sigh of relief after completing the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), the outcome of which will…
Left to right: Paul Issa, owner of Couples Resorts; Eric Clarke, chairman of the Western Regional Health Authority; Hazelyn Forrester, director of nursing services; Roan Grant, chief executive officer of Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital; and Dr Suman
01 May, 2026 0

Sav Hospital receives $17m donation to boost healthcare delivery

Western Bureau: A significant boost to healthcare delivery in western Jamaica is in prospect, as the Issa Trust Foundation has facilitated a donation of medical equipment and supplies valued at…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, delivers the main address during the Rural Agricultural Development Authority Recovery and Investment Forum on Tuesday.
01 May, 2026 0

Gov’t targets yam recovery with $100m investment

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is targeting the recovery of the yam industry with a $100 million investment. Portfolio minster Floyd Green said the support is part of a broader…
A section of the Puerto Bueno Mountain, also called the Dry Harbour Mountains, in St Ann.
01 May, 2026 0

PERMIT VOIDED

In a landmark decision on Thursday, Jamaica’s Constitutional Court ruled that a government minister cannot override the decision of an environmental regulator without clear, evidence-based…
Theresa Cherian, principal of Mt Alvernia Preparatory School in St James.
30 Apr, 2026 0

No panic over PEP

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite still feeling the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica last October, the 2026 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations started smoothly across…
The then new House marshal, Kevin Williams, carries the mace during the opening of the new session of Parliament in 2012. The current House marshal is Captain Wayne Blake.
30 Apr, 2026 0

Messing with the mace

When Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Western Dr Angela Brown Burke hoisted the mace from “under the table” while the committee of the whole House examined the controversial National…
File photo.
30 Apr, 2026 0

Supreme Court says its Dry Harbour Mountains ruling protects against 'likely' environmental harm

The Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored that constitutional rights must not only be safeguarded after harm occurs, as it struck down a 2020 environmental permit granted to Bengal Development…