Lead Stories

Aerflo
28 Nov, 2025 0

‘Tis the season for giving

There are gifts, and then there are gifts – the ones inventive enough to surprise and delight the recipient. Some are fun; others, practical. They all aim to improve how we do or enjoy things.…
Tamar McKenzie, president of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association.
27 Nov, 2025 0

PRIVATE SCHOOLS LEFT IN THE DARK

The Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) is raising concerns over what it describes as “insufficient engagement” from the Ministry of Education as private institutions struggle to recover…
National epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr.
27 Nov, 2025 0

Leptospirosis deaths CLIMB to 14

A Chinese hospital ship carrying medical personnel is expected to dock on Jamaica’s north coast this weekend to support the country’s strained health sector following the severe damage caused by…
Renae Tuckett Palmer, manager of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home.
27 Nov, 2025 0

Handwritten hope

The adage ‘A child shall lead them’ took on powerful meaning in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa when the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in St Andrew – an institution more accustomed to receiving…
Beth Robertson explaining the functionality of the filters, urging recipients to follow the instructions clearly.
27 Nov, 2025 0

Safe water push intensifies amid lepto outbreak

WESTERN BUREAU: As Westmoreland grapples with contaminated water sources and a leptospirosis outbreak, more than 270 households in and around Frome received urgently needed water-filtration units on…
News
27 Nov, 2025 0

Accused in security guard’s fatal stabbing offered bail; case reopens

A Trelawny swim instructor accused of killing a security guard three years ago was on Thursday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 in the St James Parish Court, following a Full Court ruling that…
Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Commander Alvin Gayle. - File photo.
26 Nov, 2025 0

NONE SPENT

The Government has confirmed that US$1.68 million and J$635 million have been donated to Hurricane Melissa relief accounts controlled by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management…
The vehicle which Bijorn Ellis drove, showing bullet holes.
26 Nov, 2025 0

W’land man killed at police checkpoint

A birthday viist to a friend ended in terror for 30-year-old Bijorn ‘Cody’ Ellis of Bath district, Burnt Savannah, who was fatally shot by police along the Llandilo main road late Sunday. A close…
Finance Minister Fayval Williams.
26 Nov, 2025 0

Finance minister to speak on economy Tuesday

Finance Minister Fayval Williams will next Tuesday table the third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure and update the nation on the various sources of financing to help Jamaica recover from the…