Lead Stories

Supplies for the shipping container.
January 1, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

Stolen container of hurricane relief supplies found, shipped to Jamaica

The year is ending on a positive note for a group of volunteers who, in early December, was alarmed by the theft of a shipping container with relief supplies destined for Jamaica at a storage facility…
Kamar Samuels
January 1, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Jamaica College old boy ready for challenge of leading largest public school system in US

The New York City (NYC) public education system, the largest in the United States, is to be headed by Jamaica-born Kamar Samuels. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Samuels, a veteran educator in…
Reverend Dr Elaine McCarthy Nunes.
January 1, 2026 by Sashana Small

$75m in government assistance ‘a drop in the bucket’ for churches after crisis, says former JUGC chair

While commending the Government for allocating $75 million to assist churches’ recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Immediate Past Chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Groups of…
George William Gordon House in downtown Kingston.
December 31, 2025

REINSTATED

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of an officer who was suspended after raising concerns about procurement practices at the Houses of Parliament (HoP),…
Providence Baptist Church in Hodges Land, St Elizabeth, after Hurricane Melisa struck on October 28.
December 31, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Storm damage cancels watch night services

WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Godfrey Watson, chairman of the St Elizabeth Ministers’ Fraternal, says many churches across the parish will forgo their traditional watch night services to welcome the New…
Milbert Miller, principal of the Sydney Pagan STEM Academy in St Elizabeth, shows damage done to some of the school’s facilities by Hurricane Melissa.
December 31, 2025 by Sashana Small

Storm-hit Sydney Pagon Academy engages shifts

Students at the Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth will return to school on a shift system when classes resume on January 6 as the institution continues to recover from extensive damage caused…
The Wheeler’s Mount Basic School in St Catherine, which was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 31, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Crawford threatens court action over early childhood education

Opposition spokesman on education, Damion Crawford, says he is prepared to take the Government to court to defend what he describes as the constitutional right to early childhood education, citing…
JTA President Mark Malabver.
December 31, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Malabver wants mandatory programme for learning-challenged students

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling for the mandatory installation of a diversion programme in schools to assess children who may have learning…
TUI UK passengers on arrival into the arrivals hall just outside customs at the Sangster International Airport earlier this month. They were among the first UK passengers to arrive on a charter flight from the UK since the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 31, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Bartlett hails strong tourism rebound

WESTERN BUREAU: As 2025 draws to a close, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica’s tourism sector is staging a strong and confidence-boosting recovery just weeks after the island was battered…