Lead Stories

Eighty-five-year-old Myrtle Coke, who died on November 9, days after being airlifted by JDF relief team from her home in Springfield, St Elizabeth, where she was injured during Hurricane Melissa.
December 13, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Senior siblings triple tragedy

WESTERN BUREAU: She could not run when Hurricane Melissa tore apart the tiny house in Springfield, St Elizabeth. The disabled daughter survived, but her mother and two uncles, inseparable siblings who…
Professor Michael Taylor (right), dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is greeted by Courtney Campbell, CEO of the VM Group, at the UWI MONA/VM GROUP Distinguished Lecture held on Thursday at the UW
December 13, 2025 by Karen Madden

Climate shock warning

One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and…
Government Senator, Dr Elon Thompson.
December 13, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Shoreline shift

The future, long-term viability and resilience of government-operated facilities situated near the shoreline in Jamaica are now under scrutiny following severe devastation inflicted on several as a…
December 13, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Attorney urges ‘humble forgiveness’ as judge prepares to sentence murder convict

The man who was found guilty for the 2018 murder of businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone, after he went missing, is to know his fate on Monday. Twenty-six-year-old Shamar Clarke, a former employee of Rhone,…
December 13, 2025

Female vendor, in custody since 2020, gets almost 6 more years for robbing cab passengers

A female vendor who, along with two men, robbed three persons including a police constable, while posing as a taxi driver and passenger, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison following a…
A woman walks past the Junction Public Sanitary Convenience that remains closed to the public after it was opened by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie in August.
December 13, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Councillors, transport operators frustrated with continued closure of Junction’s new sanitary facility

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in St Elizabeth are experiencing growing frustration over the continued non-use of a newly built public sanitary convenience in…
Richard Vernon, mayor of Montego Bay.
December 13, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Waste management needs a radical shift, says MoBay mayor

WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent complaints from residents over the lengthy delays in garbage collection in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon, who is also chairman…
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the JSPCA.
December 12, 2025 by Corey Robinson

CANINE CRISIS

Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many…
Councillor Devon ‘Don Don’ Thomas.
December 12, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

OUSTER HICCUP

WESTERN BUREAU: Tension erupted inside the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) yesterday as Councillor Lidden Lewis launched a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to oust his People’s…