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Updated 14 hours ago

REPORT CLASH - Untabled IC probe findings on FLA spark heated parliamentary standoff

Arguing that the Integrity Commission’s report into allegations of corruption and impropriety at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) is being suppressed by the Parliament, Opposition Leader Mark…
Updated 13 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

Liberty Business to establish headquarters in Montego Bay

WESTERN BUREAU: Telecommunications company Liberty Business is “doubling down on Montego Bay” with plans afoot to establish headquarters in the western city. “We are doubling down on Montego Bay,…
Updated 12 hours ago by Sashana Small

Family of missing British man offers $500,000 reward 

Nearly three years after British citizen Cedric Mitchell disappeared in Jamaica, his family is offering a $500,000 reward for information that could finally bring them desperately needed answers and…
Updated 12 hours ago

Reggae Jammin math marathon delivers confidence boost before exams

Calculators clicked. Questions flew across classrooms. And somewhere between a quadratic equation and a problem set, something shifted.  For more than 90 high school students gathered at the…
Updated 12 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

St Elizabeth cops wearing body cameras in commercial centres

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent Coleridge Minto, the commanding officer for the St Elizabeth Police Division, has confirmed that police personnel operating in key commercial districts in that parish…
Updated 12 hours ago

Buff Bay Primary tops 30 Portland schools in math competition

Buff Bay Primary School has emerged as the winner of the 2026 Portland Maths Quiz Competition, topping a field of 30 schools. The competition, which opened on February 6, recorded its highest number…
Updated 12 hours ago

CXC introduces ‘bite-sized’ math certification

Dinthill Technical High is among a handful of regional schools piloting a new Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) qualification. The Caribbean Targeted Education Certificate (CTEC) breaks subjects…
Updated 12 hours ago

New intellectual property training institute proposed for Jamaica

Jamaica has moved closer to establishing a national intellectual property training institute after signing a letter of intent with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The institute…