Lead Stories

Dr Delroy Fray, clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority.
February 10, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

CRH back to pre-Melissa functionality, says Fray

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, says some sections of the facility have been restored to pre-Hurricane…
February 9, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Tivoli claim tossed

Two joint owners of several businesses in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, have been denied compensation for losses allegedly suffered during the 2010 security forces operation, including cash said to total…
Judah One CEO Everett Aaron.
February 9, 2026 by Janet Silvera

100-bed medical dome aimed at easing pressure on CRH

WESTERN BUREAU: A 10,000-square-foot medical dome capable of housing up to 100 hospital beds is to be installed at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, providing critical…
Superintendent Oberlene Smith-Whyte giving an address.
February 9, 2026 by Karen Madden

Woman of steel

At the young age of 23, Oberlene Smith-Whyte’s world as she knew it shattered. Her husband, Errol Whyte, was shot and killed along with then member of Parliament Roy McGann, to whom he was assigned…
Opposition Spokesman on Housing and Sustainable Living Senator Professor Floyd Morris.
February 9, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

Morris bats for end to ‘raiding’ of NHT

Senator Professor Floyd Morris, opposition spokesman on housing and sustainable living, has given notice that he plans to move a motion to effect changes to how the National Housing Trust (NHT) is…
Kemps HIll High School football team
February 9, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Kemps Hill High stands tall

After 52 years, Kemps Hill High School in Clarendon is not merely commemorating longevity; it is celebrating survival, growth, and a quiet, but determined rise. This year’s anniversary is being…
February 8, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Four banks, $352m hit

A man, allegedly using a fictitious identity, got a total of $352 million in mortgage loans from four financial institutions over a one-month period in 2024, the proprietors of a privately owned firm…

Armando Elenes, secretary-treasurer of the United Farm Workers Labor Union.
February 8, 2026 by Sashana Small

HIGHER WAGES, LOWER PAY?

A Jamaican farmworker has joined a legal challenge to New York’s Farm Labourers’ Fair Labour Practices Act (FLFLPA), raising concerns that unionisation – while promising higher wage rates – could…

Brian Anderson, president of the National Secondary Students’ Council.
February 8, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Empty desks, shattered routines

WESTERN BUREAU: In classrooms across western Jamaica, empty desks still tell the unfinished story of a hurricane whose most lasting damage may not be measured in roofs lost, but in children still…