Lead Stories
February 9, 2026
by Janet Silvera
100-bed medical dome aimed at easing pressure on CRH
WESTERN BUREAU: A 10,000-square-foot medical dome capable of housing up to 100 hospital beds is to be installed at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, providing critical…
February 9, 2026
by Karen Madden
Woman of steel
At the young age of 23, Oberlene Smith-Whyte’s world as she knew it shattered. Her husband, Errol Whyte, was shot and killed along with then member of Parliament Roy McGann, to whom he was assigned…
February 9, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Morris bats for end to ‘raiding’ of NHT
Senator Professor Floyd Morris, opposition spokesman on housing and sustainable living, has given notice that he plans to move a motion to effect changes to how the National Housing Trust (NHT) is…
February 9, 2026
by Olivia Brown
Kemps Hill High stands tall
After 52 years, Kemps Hill High School in Clarendon is not merely commemorating longevity; it is celebrating survival, growth, and a quiet, but determined rise. This year’s anniversary is being…
February 8, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Four banks, $352m hit
A man, allegedly using a fictitious identity, got a total of $352 million in mortgage loans from four financial institutions over a one-month period in 2024, the proprietors of a privately owned firm…
February 8, 2026
by Sashana Small
HIGHER WAGES, LOWER PAY?
A Jamaican farmworker has joined a legal challenge to New York’s Farm Labourers’ Fair Labour Practices Act (FLFLPA), raising concerns that unionisation – while promising higher wage rates – could…
February 8, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Empty desks, shattered routines
WESTERN BUREAU: In classrooms across western Jamaica, empty desks still tell the unfinished story of a hurricane whose most lasting damage may not be measured in roofs lost, but in children still…
February 8, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Dangerous precedent
Accountability advocates are warning that accepting good intentions as justification for breaching procurement laws could undermine Jamaica’s system of public administration, following an auditor…
February 7, 2026
by Corey Robinson
US Army vet booted to Ja
Godfrey Wade, the 65-year-old United States (US) Army veteran who was detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months, has been deported to Jamaica. Wade arrived in the…