Lead Stories
February 23, 2026
JPs urged to uphold integrity in passport, citizenship processes
WESTERN BUREAU: Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, the state minister in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, says justices of the peace (JPs) are required to play a critical role in…
February 23, 2026
May Pen celebrates community champions driving grassroots change
Five outstanding community leaders from May Pen, Clarendon, were recently recognised by Project STAR for their pivotal role in mobilising residents, building trust and strengthening participation in…
February 23, 2026
Education ministry on hunt for 1,000 unaccounted-for students in Region 4
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Region 4, is intensifying efforts to locate approximately 1,000 students who remain unaccounted for following disruptions to the education…
February 22, 2026
by Erica Virtue
‘Cuba not a threat to any country’
Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, had barely settled into Kingston when a new crisis erupted. Just weeks after her arrival on December 8 last year, United States President Donald…
February 22, 2026
Patterson agonising over Cuba crisis
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the…
February 22, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘Baby blood dem a hunt’
The blood had dried stiff against the tiny waistband of the undergarment one would struggle to believe was all white, but at least two bullet holes were very much visible as a reminder of the…
February 22, 2026
by Karen Madden
Route design, not dancehall
Two rural principals are pushing back against the Ministry of Education’s explanation for sluggish uptake in the Government’s rural school bus programme – and they say the main problem is route…
February 22, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Deferred no more
Told as a teenager that studying law was beyond her family’s means, Kadeish Jarrett-Fletcher quietly set the dream aside. Nearly two decades later, the Court Administration Division executive has…
February 21, 2026
by Lester Hinds
No instant relief
Jamaican Teas CEO John Mahfood, while welcoming the United States (US) Supreme Court’s decision to strike down tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration, has warned that he does not…