Latest News

Attorney-at-law Tamika Harris.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Review law governing bench trials, urges advocates association

The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is accusing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of using its authority to block judge-alone trials in a way that undermines justice and…
They are to go back to court.
December 9, 2025

Three police officers in Trinidad charged with corruption

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Three police officers in Trinidad and Tobago were granted bail in the sum of TT$60,000 each when they appeared before a Master of the High Court charged with corruption.…
Chef Hilda Baci
December 9, 2025

Nigerian chef breaks world record for cooking the largest jollof rice dish

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP): A Nigerian chef has broken the world record for cooking the largest ever pot of jollof rice. Guinness World Records confirmed the achievement on Monday for the largest jollof…
Tajay Gayle shows off the silver medal he mined from the World Athletics Championships long jump yesterday with his leap of 8.34 metres.
December 9, 2025

TaylorMade

Tajay Gayle had one hand on his second World Championship title, but there is no disappointment for a man who has battled multiple injuries over the last few years. Just memories. Memories…
Business
December 9, 2025

Morant Bay Urban Centre not yet in business

Four months after its official opening, the Morant Bay Urban Centre, MBUC, confirmed tenants are retrofitting their allotted spaces but are yet to start doing business there. The 365,000-square-foot…
Sports
December 9, 2025

World Champs Schedule

Evening Session (Friday September 19) 3:33 am: Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles Heptathlon 4:20 am: Women’s High Jump Heptathlon 5:30 am: Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A 6:00 am: Men’s 5000…
The grounds of the construction site for the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Mt Salem, St James. The Chinese workers who have been contracted for the construction of the hospital took strike action on Wednesday, apparently over the lack of pay.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘No money no work’

Western Bureau: In a surprise move, Chinese workers on the new Western Child and Adolescent Hospital project in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday withdrew their services, claiming payment concerns,…
Olga Samuels (at podium), pastor of the Fresh Bread Ministries International [FBMI] nondenominational church in Montego Bay, St James, addresses the media launch of the Bishop Philemon Samuels Scholarship Fund, named in honour of the church’s late founde
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Fresh Bread Ministries International unveil scholarship fund to honour late founder

WESTERN BUREAU: THE MONTEGO Bay-based Fresh Bread Ministries International [FBMI], a nondenominational church, has formally launched a new scholarship fund to assist a selected ward of the state in St…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
December 9, 2025

Missing witness leads to trial delay

The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland is scheduled to resume today in the Home Circuit Court, following an unexpected adjournment caused by the failure of witnesses to appear. The primary…