Lead Stories
January 14, 2026
Documents missing for $521m in contracts, UHWI admits tax-exempt import abuse
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) failed to provide procurement documentation for 51 contracts valued at more than $521 million to auditors from the Auditor General’s Department,…
January 14, 2026
by Ruddy Mathison
Holness: Cutting-edge investment key to GDP growth
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged Jamaican manufacturers to capitalise on government policies favouring investors and to step up their role in driving economic growth. Speaking during…
January 14, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Black River Fire Station relocation suggested after Melissa crippled operations
WESTERN BUREAU: Mark Edwards, the assistant superintendent at the St Elizabeth branch of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is raising concerns about the location of the Black River Fire Station after it…
January 14, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
‘I did not kill Donna-Lee’
In an unsworn statement from the dock on Tuesday, Constable Noel Maitland told the Home Circuit Court that a “tiny spot of blood” found in his Chelsea Manor, St Andrew, apartment resulted from his…
January 14, 2026
by Karen Madden
Parliament weighs tripled juror stipend amid backlog crisis
Nearly two years after Justice Minister Delroy Chuck announced a 200 per cent increase in the stipend paid to Jamaicans who report for jury duty, the long-promised change has been formally brought to…
January 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Audit reveals procurement failures at UHWI
Exposing a glaring practice by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), of utilising a retrospective process to validate procurements, Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says this action by…
January 14, 2026
by Andre Williams
INDECOM recommends charges for 26 state agents during 6 months in 2025
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has revealed that 26 recommendations for criminal charges and 23 for disciplinary actions, were made against state agents for the six-month…
January 13, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Bullets bonanza
More than 4,000 bullets were allegedly found inside a St James home that was searched by the security forces last month as part of coordinated operations to arrest key figures in the alleged…
January 13, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘Tide shift’
The bloodiest week of 2025 came just days into the new year. Between January 4 and January 11, at least 29 people were murdered across Jamaica, a violent upsurge that reignited fears that the country…