News
May 16, 2026
We are more than caregivers, says Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins
There was a quiet authority in the way Fione Collins addressed the room — less a ceremonial overview, more a reflection shaped by lived experience at the frontlines of care. As the 2025-2026…
May 16, 2026
Detour for deadbeats
Jamaicans with United States (US) citizenship who owe outstanding child support payments are being encouraged to urgently rectify their status or risk having their US passports cancelled, leaving them…
May 16, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
St James Health Department gets hantavirus cautious
WESTERN BUREAU:
Dr Francine Phillips-Kelly, the medical officer of health for St James, says the parish’s health department is paying keen attention to the cruise ship piers in both Montego Bay and…
May 16, 2026
by Bryan Miller
Twenty persons still in Hanover shelters as new hurricane season looms
Western Bureau:
With some 20 persons still being housed in the four shelters that are still open in Hanover, there are now concerns over whether they will be properly settled ahead of the 2026…
May 16, 2026
Ottawa, Canada gets a ‘Taste of Jamaica’
From left: Margaret Baird, JAMPRO North America; Oral Chambers, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB); Marsha Coore Lobban, high commissioner-designate to Canada; Shawn Hamilton, Rideau Club board president and…
May 16, 2026
Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
Five residents of Salt Spring have been recognised by Project STAR as community champions, honoured for their consistent volunteerism, leadership and commitment to community development.
May 16, 2026
by Andre Williams
Chairloads of guns - Countree Hype facing decade in US prison for firearms smuggling
A Jamaican music producer has pleaded guilty in the United States (US) to smuggling dozens of firearms and ammunition to Jamaica by concealing the weapons inside furniture shipments, according to the…
May 16, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Person of interest in killing of American woman surrenders to police
Thirty-one-year-old Dane Watson, who was named a person of interest in the murder of a United States citizen in St James, Jamaica, voluntarily surrendered to the St Mary police on Friday.
May 16, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Jamaican cops hailed for helping to drive down murders in Turks and Caicos
Jamaican police officers currently posted to the Turks and Caicos Islands are being credited with helping to drive down murders and major crimes in the British overseas territory which has had no…