News
March 25, 2026
Credit unions’ concern for community continues
When Hurricane Melissa struck, the regional credit union family answered the call. Funding and supplies were organized in 2025 to bring immediate aid to those affected. When the assistance arrived in…
March 25, 2026
Shaping healthier choices in school food environments
When the lunch bell rings, Kayli makes her way across the busy schoolyard, joining her schoolmates heading to the tuck shop. Within minutes, the area is filled with students forming long lines,…
March 24, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Doctors in departure lounge
As the curtain falls on more than half a century of medical cooperation with Jamaica, highly trained Cuban specialists will begin exiting the island this Thursday, departing on four chartered flights…
March 24, 2026
Hundreds of bait stations deployed in Westmoreland to control rodent population
The Westmoreland Public Health Department has deployed more than 1,500 bait stations in several communities as part of its ongoing rodent control programme across the parish. Chief Public Health…
March 24, 2026
Major ganja bust in Hellshire
Lawmen assigned to the Marine Division on Monday seized a large quantity of ganja during an operation along the coast of Hellshire, St Catherine. The team, acting on operational intelligence,…
March 24, 2026
MOU signed to strengthen support for domestic workers
The country’s domestic workers are to benefit from training, improved labour protections and opportunities, under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Ministry of Labour and Social…
March 24, 2026
Entertainer Rygin King detained by ICE in US
Jamaican dancehall artiste Rygin King has been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). King, whose given name is Matthew Smith, was reportedly taken into custody…
March 24, 2026
MP Donovan Williams demands retraction and apology from Councillor Rosalie Hamilton over alleged defamatory remarks
Lawyers representing junior government minister Donovan Williams have given his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) colleague, Rosalie Hamilton, 48 hours to issue a “full, unequivocal public retraction and…
March 24, 2026
Update | St Catherine contractor accused of impersonating police remanded, case transferred to Gun Court
The case against the St Catherine contractor accused of impersonating a police officer has been transferred from the parish court to the Gun Court in Kingston. Alex Murray, 27, of Time and Patience…