Lead Stories

Lambert Brown, trade unionist and People’s National Party senator.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Dixon defence

Trade unionist Lambert Brown, an industrial relations adviser to the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA), is claiming that the Orders used for the interdiction of Dr Aujae Dixon are not…
Dane Nicholson, head of National Commercial Bank’s fraud prevention division.
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

Bank exec on rape rap

A senior executive at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Dane Nicholson, is facing serious criminal charges in connection with alleged sex-related offences involving a female employee, court records…
Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry o Health and Wellness.
December 9, 2025

Rehab over prison

WESTERN BUREAU: Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, is calling for a more compassionate approach to dealing with mental health and dementia, emphasising…
Visa applicants sit outside the United States Embassy in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

US delays visa surcharge

NEW YORK: The United States has delayed the start to the implementation of a US$250 visa surcharge despite the One Big Beautiful Bill signed by President Donald Trump in July indicating an October 1…
One of the two Wingo Airlines mystery flights from Colombia arriving in Montego Bay on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Wingo’s mystery flight from Colombia touches down in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Cheers erupted inside the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday morning as more than 370 Colombians disembarked from a “mystery flight” only to discover…
Lady Mariéme Jamme, founder & CEO of the iamtheCODE Foundation.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Coding for change

Jamaica has officially become the 89th country to launch iamtheCODE, a global initiative aimed at empowering young girls and women through digital literacy and coding. The programme, which seeks to…
JTA President Mark Malabver.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

JTA urges teachers to tap into counselling services to combat stress

WESTERN BUREAU: With several cases of suspected suicides hitting the headlines in recent weeks, Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] President Mark Malabver is urging teachers to make use of the…
Judge Ruth Lawrence in 2008.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Judicial anguish

Western Bureau: As members of the legal fraternity grieved the shocking death of Trelawny Parish Judge Ruth Lawrence, police yesterday outlined how her spouse’s detailing of the 14 hours leading up…
Minister of Tourism for Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Ian Gooding-Edghill (right), and Andrea Franklin, chairman of the board of directors of the CTO, at the opening ceremony of the SOTIC 2025 now on at the Hilton Barba
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Tourism bubble

Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Ian Gooding-Edghill yesterday told attendees at the opening of the 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), in Bridgetown, that the…