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Agriculture Minster Floyd Green ... Defence attorney Hugh Wildman launched repeated attacks on Green’s credibility yesterday as he challenged the minister’s account of what he claimed to have witnessed.
January 27, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

COURTROOM SHOWDOWN

Defence attorney Hugh Wildman yesterday branded Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green a “stranger to the truth” and a “consummate liar” during a heated cross-examination in the Home Circuit Court murder…
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January 27, 2026 by Livern Barrett

DPP fast-tracks SSL case to Home Circuit Court

The attorney for one of the founders of Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL), the investment firm that collapsed amid allegations of a $4-billion fraud, has cautioned that the criminal charges laid…
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission.
January 27, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Pay not attractive, IC staff wants parity with counterparts – Beresford

Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says the anti-corruption body has challenges retaining highly skilled staff and attracting new talent due to the level of…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, speak with Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (left), minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Ghana, and his Ghana Deputy Minister/ Ministry of De
January 27, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Three months later, Darliston sees the light

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly three months after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in partnership with the Government, commissioned an emergency mobile…
The container house being lowered into place in Pell River, Hanover.
January 27, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Homeless Hanover family happy with new container home

Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on October 28 last year, 44-year-old Theresa Diana Wedderburn of Pell River, Hanover, and her husband and five children, were among the scores…
Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels (left), commanding officer in charge of the St James Police Division, and Dervon McKellop, national drone soccer coach and Drones in Schools programme director, in conversation during the launch of a three-day d
January 27, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

JCF trains drone pilots in MoBay to boost crime-fighting

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) recently rolled out a three-day drone pilot training programme in Montego Bay, St James, to expand surveillance operations and boost its…
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January 27, 2026 by Sashana Small

Ghanaian specialist nurses to fill gaps in health sector

The deployment of Ghanaian health workers and teachers to Jamaica topped the agenda during the first official visit of the Republic of Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto, as he…
The construction site on South Camp Road in Kingston where the membership-based warehouse club PriceSmart will host its newest location.
January 26, 2026 by Karen Madden

South Camp traffic alarm

School administrators in the immediate environs where a new 5,000-square-foot PriceSmart location is earmarked for opening by the end of this calendar year, are viewing with some concern how the…
Dr Kishan Khoday, UNDP resident representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos, speaking in an interview with The Gleaner’s Sashana Small last Friday.
January 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

UNDP eyes changes for the future

As it marks 50 years of partnership in Jamaica today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is citing its work in climate resilience and justice reform as pillars of its local legacy. …