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February 5, 2026

Stakeholders fêted at MoBay Expo 2020 cocktail reception

Business interests and stakeholders were hosted by Sandals and sister company ATL Automotive at their Bogue City Centre plant in Montego Bay recently. The event, staged in collaboration with the…
A mural on an unused building along Milford Road in Ocho Rios.
February 5, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

Foreign‑based street artists brighten Ocho Rios

An unused building at the base of Milford Road in Ocho Rios has become an unlikely canvas for two foreign-based street artists. Their mural has not only enlivened that stretch of the resort town but…
Leighton Davis, organiser of Kingston Curry Festival.
February 5, 2026

Kingston Curry Festival to bring family fun to Devon House

With Kingston fast cementing its reputation as a melting pot of food, culture and creativity, the Kingston Curry Festival is set to serve up a bold, flavour-packed experience when it takes over Devon…
Staff and students at the Fair Prospect High School in Portland pose for a photo.
February 5, 2026

Fair Prospect High sees improvement in English passes

Fair Prospect High School in Portland has recorded a marked improvement in English A outcomes, with its pass rate rising by 33 percentage points in the 2025 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate…
Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of St James, addresses the commissioning ceremony for 28 new justices of the peace for St James at the Grand-A-View Event Place in Montego Bay, St James, on January 30.
February 5, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

St James’ custos says reason some JPs being decommished is ‘embarrassing’

WESTERN BUREAU: Bishop Conrad Pitkin, custos of S James, is warning justices of the peace (JPs) in that parish that he will personally seek to have them decommissioned if he finds out they have…
Top left: The roof of the Savanna-la-Mar Police Station in Westmoreland damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
February 5, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

The disaster that erased Savanna‑la‑Mar

On October 28 last year, Black River, the capital of St Elizabeth, was almost entirely destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. The scale of the devastation left much of Jamaica stunned. For some residents,…
From left: Philip Rose, deputy director of tourism; Donovan White, director of tourism; Jackie Marks, global head of trade brands, Apple Leisure Group Vacations; and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett in conversation during a special welcome dinner for Apple
February 5, 2026 by Janet Silvera

RIU hosts 125 North American travel agents as Ja rebuilds after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: RIU Montego Bay hosted its largest group of international travel agents for the year last Saturday, as Jamaica’s tourism sector continues its recovery push in the aftermath of the…
Eric Hosin, acting chief executive officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies.
February 5, 2026

JMDA gives UHWI ultimatum

The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) has issued an ultimatum for the management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to take steps to resolve a number of long-standing…
Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change removes debris from a mangrove ecosystem in Parottee, St. Elizabeth, during clean-up activity marking World Wetlands Day on February 2.
February 5, 2026

Damaged wetlands in Parottee, St Elizabeth being restored

Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the Government has commenced targeted clean-up and restoration of hurricane-damaged wetlands in the Parottee community in St…