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29 Jan, 2026 0

Municipal employees in alleged cocaine bust to return to court next week

WESTERN BUREAU: Trevon Clayton and Latoya Hemmings, the two senior municipal corporation employees who were allegedly caught smuggling 20.5lb of cocaine through the Sangster International Airport in…
Nathalee Jemaison and her staff at Kajay’s Seafood Restaurant in White House, Westmoreland, were among the WCK partners providing food.
28 Jan, 2026 0

6.7M MEALS

WESTERN BUREAU: In the days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, the country fractured. Roads disappeared, communities were cut off, and families sheltered in damaged buildings, waiting for…
Farmers protesting at Wafler Farms.
28 Jan, 2026 0

Union roots bear fruit for Jamaican farm workers in NY

Jamaican seasonal farm workers at Wafler Farms in upstate New York are beginning the new crop season with higher wages and expanded labour protections under a new union contract negotiated by United…
Dr Curtis Yeates, senior medical officer of health at the Cornwall Regional hospital
28 Jan, 2026 0

Yeates says major CRH concerns to be addressed in weeks

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Curtis Yeates, the senior medical officer of health at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, has issued a public apology to patients and staff for the poor…
Cordel Green, executive director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica.
28 Jan, 2026 0

Broadcasting Commission proposes sanctions for harming teens with tech

Cordel Green, executive director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, is calling for civil and criminal sanctions against entities that – whether deliberately or inadvertently – make electronic…
The Venture Gutter in Lucea, Hanover.
28 Jan, 2026 0

Comprehensive cleaning plans for Lucea’s Venture Gutter

WESTERN BUREAU: Lucea Mayor Sheridan Samuels says he will be collaborating with Hanover Western Member of Parliament Heatha Miller-Bennett to develop a comprehensive cleaning plan for the Venture…
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.
28 Jan, 2026 0

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.
28 Jan, 2026 0

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.
27 Jan, 2026 0

COURTROOM SHOWDOWN

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…