Lead Stories

Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
January 31, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Johnson Smith touts Jamaica as ‘place to be’ for int’l investors

PANAMA CITY, Panama: Jamaica’s foreign minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has issued a clarion call to international investors to partner in the strategic redevelopment of the island’s western…
Patrick Hylton, the new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), addressing a press briefing and official introduction at the PSOJ’s head office in St Andrew on Thursday.
January 31, 2026

Former banker Patrick Hylton to bat for small business as PSOJ head

Having spent years at the helm of Jamaica’s largest financial institution, new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Patrick Hylton says he will use his experience to pave the…
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck (left) and St James Custos Bishop Conrad Pitkin (right) present the commissioning documents and seal of justice of the peace (JP) to The Gleaner’s Albert Ferguson during a commissioning ceremony fo
January 31, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

‘Don’t witness signatures you don’t know’

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is warning justices of the peace (JPs) not to witness signatures being made by people they do not know, or they might land…
Customs Officer Earl Rayson (right) presents an undisclosed financial donation to Reverend Michael Hammond for the ministries of the First Church of the Open Bible.
January 31, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Wint urges church to pray for Customs officers’ integrity under pressure

WESTERN BUREAU: Howard Wint, the senior director of operations in the western section of the Jamaica Customs Agency, has called for the church to pray for customs officers, particularly for integrity,…
January 31, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Darliston Post Office closure leaves residents distressed

Residents of Darliston, Westmoreland are expressing deep concern over the closure of the local post office, saying that the move has placed a dreaded financial and physical strain on pensioners, PATH…
Agape Hope Foundation President Stephen Simpson, and Vice President Paulton McCarthy-Walker.
January 31, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Young men build foundation to support education, communities

At 21, Stephen Simpson and Zakari Messam have turned a shared impulse into something more durable. What began during the COVID-19 pandemic as informal conversations about giving back – initially…
Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Mark Malabver.
January 30, 2026 by Bryan Miller

CRY FOR DEANS

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has reiterated his call for every school in the island to have a dean of discipline, expressing disappointment that both the…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
January 30, 2026 by Kimone Francis

GEOPOLITICAL TIGHTROPE

Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica’s economic independence is dependent on its ability to balance competing global interests amid mounting geopolitical tensions.…
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green.
January 30, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I wasn’t preparing for a case’

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green told the Home Circuit Court on Thursday that he was not anticipating giving evidence when he wrote an anonymous letter to the Independent Commission of…