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Updated 11 hours ago by Sashana Small/Staff Reporter

DEMERIT DELAY DANGER - Road safety advocate says holding off on points sanctions for rogue drivers puts lives at risk

The Government’s announcement that it will delay the implementation of the demerit point system has been met with disappointment from Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council Dr Lucien Jones. Jones, who has for years campaigned for the application of demerit points as a means to improve road safety and curb dangerous driving, said this latest delay is not only disheartening, but dangerous.

Published 12 hours ago by Lester Hinds

Hunter bids farewell to NWA

After 14 years as head of the National Works Agency (NWA), Chief Executive Officer E.G. Hunter bid farewell to the staff yesterday, his final day of employment at the agency. In a letter to the Public…

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, interacts with participants in the INSPORTS Summer Youth Camp 2026, Allan Parkes (left) and Alliandrea Morris, during the camp's recent Closing and Awards Ceremony at Eltham High School i

Published 3 hours ago

INSPORTS hosts Summer Youth Camp at Eltham High School

Young people in St Catherine benefitted from the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) Summer Youth Camp 2026, held recently at Eltham High School. Speaking at the closing and awards ceremony, Minister of…

Published 2 hours ago

Jamaica-born Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell charged in domestic battery case

Jamaica-born Richard Campbell, the Vice Mayor of Lauderhill, Florida, is expected to appear in court on Tuesday after spending Monday night in the Broward County Jail. Campbell, 70, has been charged…

Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s National Director for Government Relations

Published 1 hour ago

Amnesty International calls for end to US ‘murderous’ air strikes in Caribbean Sea

NEW YORK, CMC – The international human rights group Amnesty International is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of air strikes against suspected…

Published 18 minutes ago

UPDATE | Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell offered US$7,500 bail bond

Jamaica-born Lauderhill Vice Mayor Richard Campbell was offered US$7,500 bond when he appeared in the Broward County bail bond court on Tuesday morning. During his appearance, the judge found…

The audience listens to one fo the tributes to Pearnel Charles Sr.

Updated 12 hours ago by Erica Virtue

Pearnel Charles Sr shares nine decades of life-defining memories

At 90, Pearnel Charles Sr still has his hair half-black, half-white. The trademark style that has travelled with him through decades of Jamaican politics, trade union battles, parliamentary debates,…

Rhoda Crawford, Mminister of state in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information.

Published 12 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

Rhoda Crawford salutes western teachers

WESTERN BUREAU: Educators in western Jamaica are being hailed for their courage as defenders of the nation’s children in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, as their determination to keep students…

From left: Kyle Mais, second vice-president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA); Nadine Spence, the JHTA’s fourth vice-president; O’Brian Heron, the JHTA’s current president; Evelyn Smith, past president of the JHTA; Lindsay McFarlane

Published 12 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

JHTA: J’cans should have access to beaches

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President O’Brian Heron is supporting the call for Jamaicans to have unencumbered access to the island’s beaches and coastline. In a brief…

Published 12 hours ago by Bryan Miller

Pinnock calls on western teachers to remain resilient

WESTERN BUREAU: Amid concerns about the state of readiness of schools in western Jamaica ahead of the new school year, Dr Michelle Pinnock, director of the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, is…