Lead Stories

One of the two Wingo Airlines mystery flights from Colombia arriving in Montego Bay on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Wingo’s mystery flight from Colombia touches down in MoBay

WESTERN BUREAU: Cheers erupted inside the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday morning as more than 370 Colombians disembarked from a “mystery flight” only to discover…
Lady Mariéme Jamme, founder & CEO of the iamtheCODE Foundation.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Coding for change

Jamaica has officially become the 89th country to launch iamtheCODE, a global initiative aimed at empowering young girls and women through digital literacy and coding. The programme, which seeks to…
JTA President Mark Malabver.
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

JTA urges teachers to tap into counselling services to combat stress

WESTERN BUREAU: With several cases of suspected suicides hitting the headlines in recent weeks, Jamaica Teachers’ Association [JTA] President Mark Malabver is urging teachers to make use of the…
Judge Ruth Lawrence in 2008.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Judicial anguish

Western Bureau: As members of the legal fraternity grieved the shocking death of Trelawny Parish Judge Ruth Lawrence, police yesterday outlined how her spouse’s detailing of the 14 hours leading up…
Minister of Tourism for Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Ian Gooding-Edghill (right), and Andrea Franklin, chairman of the board of directors of the CTO, at the opening ceremony of the SOTIC 2025 now on at the Hilton Barba
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Tourism bubble

Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Ian Gooding-Edghill yesterday told attendees at the opening of the 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), in Bridgetown, that the…
Portland coffee farmer Dian Ellis
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Coffee farmer bats for price increase

Buff Bay Valley, West Portland: For coffee farmer Dian Ellis of Hart Hill, Portland, whose five acres of fully grown berries are now ready for harvesting, insurmountable challenges continue to impact…
Paul Garnes addressing delegates at SOTIC 2025 in Barbados.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Caribbean tourism shows resilience amid mixed markets

Bridgetown, Barbados: Caribbean tourism recorded 18.5 million arrivals in the first half of 2025, up nearly two per cent on last year and six per cent above pre-pandemic levels, according to new data…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Recalled witness frustrated with legal process

A Kingston delivery man hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his apartment expressed frustration yesterday after being recalled to the witness stand. “A hope mi naa fi come back yah,…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Health officials in Westmoreland raise leptospirosis concerns after flood rains

Western Bureau: With sections of Westmoreland swamped by floodwaters over the weekend, the health authorities in the parish are once again warning residents to take precautions against leptospirosis,…