Lead Stories
December 29, 2025
by Carl Gilchrist
Discovery Bay Bauxite vows no ease up on assistance to Melissa victims
Discovery Bay Bauxite is committing to continuing its collaborative efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Melissa in St Ann. Since the passage of the hurricane on October 28, the bauxite company has…
December 29, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Study raises alarm over sexual practices of Jamaican women, girls
A recent study has determined that a troubling percentage of Jamaican teenagers, including girls as young as 15, are engaging in sexual activity with multiple partners. At the same time, the research…
December 28, 2025
by Livern Barrett
MAJOR SSL TWIST
An attorney representing Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt has warned that it would be a “facade” to proceed with a trial solely against Jean-Ann Panton, the former wealth adviser at Stocks &…
December 28, 2025
Red flags
Clerk to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) Colleen Lowe instructed staff to proceed with two multimillion-dollar projects despite internal concerns about procurement compliance, according to…
December 28, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Literacy leap
Seventy per cent of the cohort of seventh graders at Holy Trinity High School last academic year who were part of the Grade 7 Academy – a radical literacy and numeracy programme for students…
December 27, 2025
by Corey Robinson
WHEN KIDS GET CAUGHT
A 62-year-old grandmother is wishing for a better 2026, and hopefully an end to the troubles she has been enduring since her 16-year-old grandson, an honour roll student and prefect at a St…
December 27, 2025
by Adrian Frater
We want a proper road not a skating rink, say fuming Moy Hall residents
Western Bureau: Residents of Moy Hall in St James are now hopping mad, saying infrastructure work to install a water pipeline system and additional work to replace the old asphalt road with concrete…
December 27, 2025
by Sashana Small
NRSC wary of road fatality U-turn
With road fatalities poised to break a three-year downward trend, Dr Lucien Jones, vice chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), is urging the introduction of protocols to test the blood…
December 27, 2025
St James Health Department to launch $60m rodent, mosquito control programme
WESTERN BUREAU: Amid the ongoing restoration work in St James in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the St James Health Department says it will be conducting an unprecedented $60-million rodent and…