Lead Stories
January 20, 2026
by Karen Madden
J’can spirits see sales bump in Ontario after US brands pulled
Jamaican rum producers are seeing a boost in Canada after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) – one of North America’s largest alcohol retailers – halted imports and sales of United Stats…
January 20, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Concerns being ‘aggressively’ addressed as CRH protest ends
WESTERN BUREAU: Normality has returned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, following last week’s protest by disgruntled nurses and doctors, who went public in drawing…
January 20, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Prosecutors urge verdict that ‘aligns with evidence’
Prosecutors recounted yesterday how the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson “put on a performance” while she was still only a missing person, before…
January 20, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Black River clean-up now at 90%, says McKenzie
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says nearly 90 per cent of the town of Black River in St Elizabeth has been cleaned up in the coordinated effort to restore the town to full…
January 19, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Rebuilding with rubbish
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid concerns about uncollected garbage and the capacity of St James’ Retirement waste disposal site to handle increasing waste from across western Jamaica post-Hurricane Melissa, some…
January 21, 2026
UPDATED: ‘Compromised transparency’
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining awarded almost $870 million in contracts without its procurement committee’s review, an action that “compromised transparency”, the Auditor General’s…
January 19, 2026
by Kimone Francis
Mom in fight of her life to stay on feet for son
Faced with excruciating pain brought on by avascular necrosis (AVN), Mishcah Hamilton has found herself in a race against permanent immobility, requiring emergency hip-replacement surgery after…
January 19, 2026
Court blocks competitor from using ‘King’ in branding dispute with KingAlarm
KingAlarm Services Limited has secured an injunction blocking competitor KingGuard Security Services Limited from using the word ‘King’ in its branding in an intellectual property dispute between the…
January 19, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
McKenzie to convene high-level meeting to expand AMANDA system after Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie will convene a high-level executive meeting this week with municipal chief executive officers, directors of…