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Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, addressing Monday night’s 77th Republic Day reception at India House in St Andrew.

January 28, 2026 by Karen Madden

Ties that bind

Jamaica and India reaffirmed their friendly relations on Monday as the world’s largest democracy marked its 77th Republic Day with a reception at India House in St Andrew. The event, which was…

Dr Andrew Wheatley, minister without portfolio with responsibility for science and technology.

January 28, 2026

Severe sanctions coming for revenge porn, bank fraud

Tougher penalties are coming for persons who carry out revenge porn by publishing ‘intimate images’ of someone without their permission. Publishing ‘intimate images’ of persons under the age of 18…

Agriculture Minster Floyd Green ... Defence attorney Hugh Wildman launched repeated attacks on Green’s credibility yesterday as he challenged the minister’s account of what he claimed to have witnessed.

January 27, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence attorney Hugh Wildman yesterday branded Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green a “stranger to the truth” and a “consummate liar” during a heated cross-examination in the Home Circuit Court murder…

January 27, 2026 by Livern Barrett

DPP fast-tracks SSL case to Home Circuit Court

The attorney for one of the founders of Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL), the investment firm that collapsed amid allegations of a $4-billion fraud, has cautioned that the criminal charges laid…

Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission.

January 27, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Pay not attractive, IC staff wants parity with counterparts – Beresford

Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says the anti-corruption body has challenges retaining highly skilled staff and attracting new talent due to the level of…

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, speak with Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (left), minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Ghana, and his Ghana Deputy Minister/ Ministry of De

January 27, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Three months later, Darliston sees the light

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly three months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in partnership with the Government, commissioned an emergency mobile…

The container house being lowered into place in Pell River, Hanover.

January 27, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Homeless Hanover family happy with new container home

Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on October 28 last year, 44-year-old Theresa Diana Wedderburn of Pell River, Hanover, and her husband and five children, were among the scores…

Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels (left), commanding officer in charge of the St James Police Division, and Dervon McKellop, national drone soccer coach and Drones in Schools programme director, in conversation during the launch of a three-day d

January 27, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

JCF trains drone pilots in MoBay to boost crime-fighting

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recently rolled out a three-day drone pilot training programme in Montego Bay, St James, to expand surveillance operations and boost its…

January 27, 2026 by Sashana Small

Ghanaian specialist nurses to fill gaps in health sector

The deployment of Ghanaian health workers and teachers to Jamaica topped the agenda during the first official visit of the Republic of Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto, as he…