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May 6, 2026 by Kimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter

Critical condition – UHWI review committee lists finances, governance structure among slew of woes crippling hospital

Prolonged governance failures at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) have left the type A teaching institution in an “intensive care unit” state, the Institutional Review Committee tasked to assess its decades-long operations has concluded.

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Daniel Thompson
May 1, 2026 by Erica Virtue

DT: the perfect ship’s captain

Tributes flooded the airwaves on Thursday as stunned colleagues, listeners, and relatives saluted broadcaster Daniel ‘DT’ Thompson, who passed away after falling ill earlier this week. For 28 years,…
FLOW Vice-President Stephen Price.
May 1, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

FLOW’s Price backs NaRRA push to cut telecoms rollout delays

WESTERN BUREAU: Stephen Price, vice-president and general manager of FLOW Jamaica, is endorsing the proposed establishment of the National Regulatory Reform Authority (NaRRA), arguing that Jamaica…
From left: Shantia Cummings, Jada Blackwood, Haiden Williams, Paris Martin, Brandon Burrowes, and Keneilia Morgan, from Red Hills Primary School, all think they did well in their PEP examinations.
May 1, 2026 by Karen Madden

Confidence high as grade six students wrap up PEP

After two intense days, more than 30,000 grade six students across the island are breathing a collective sigh of relief after completing the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP), the outcome of which will…
A section of the Puerto Bueno Mountain, also called the Dry Harbour Mountains, in St Ann.
May 1, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle and Jovan Johnson

PERMIT VOIDED

In a landmark decision on Thursday, Jamaica’s Constitutional Court ruled that a government minister cannot override the decision of an environmental regulator without clear, evidence-based…
Theresa Cherian, principal of Mt Alvernia Preparatory School in St James.
April 30, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

No panic over PEP

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite still feeling the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica last October, the 2026 sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations started smoothly across…
The then new House marshal, Kevin Williams, carries the mace during the opening of the new session of Parliament in 2012. The current House marshal is Captain Wayne Blake.
April 30, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Messing with the mace

When Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Western Dr Angela Brown Burke hoisted the mace from “under the table” while the committee of the whole House examined the controversial National…
The late Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.
April 30, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Pressure mounts on executors after court blocks audit in Stewart estate dispute

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorneys representing Adam Stewart have welcomed last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking out an application by executors of the estate of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, arguing that the…
Anna-Olivia Gardener, who has been diagnosed with Patau syndrome, or Trisomy 13.
April 30, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

A blessing for Anna-Olivia

The family of seven-month-old Anna-Olivia Gardener has expressed relief and joy after the child, who is affected by Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), was given a new start date of May 11 to begin early…
Williams-Singh and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Lt Col Garfield S. Green at New Forest High School’s 5K Run/Walk.
April 30, 2026 by Antoine Lodge

New Forest High runs for staff welfare

Before the sun broke through the morning mist last Sunday, the roadway flanked by farmlands in New Forest was already alive. More than 120 runners and walkers – students, teachers, and corporate teams…