Lead Stories

An airplane at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston in 2023.
February 16, 2026

JCAA pushes back on general aviation ‘collapse’ claims

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) has pushed back against claims that Jamaica’s general aviation sector is in collapse, outlining legislative reforms, licensing growth and…
People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba, on February 6. The Jamaican students say transport costs have ballooned since the imposition of tighter sanctions on Cuba by the United States.
February 15, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Students in limbo

Caught between failing infrastructure in Cuba and what they described as a wall of diplomatic silence at home, Jamaican medical students are urging the Government to establish a formal bridge to local…
The crumbling sidewalk in front of the National Works Agency office along Barracks Road in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, forces this student to walk on the road surface.
February 15, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

WALKING GAMBLE

WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar is not a town you stroll through for leisure. You move because you must. The capital of Westmoreland, home to an estimated 13,930 people across 3,980 households, has…
A man stands between his car and a wrecker to avoid the towing of his car in downtown Kingston in 2011. He was allegedly caught after being chased by the police and Transport Authority inspectors.
February 15, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Stalled!

John Brown* was trying to pick up passengers in downtown Kingston on a busy Thursday afternoon last month when inspectors from the Transport Authority (TA) blocked his Toyota Probox motor car with red…
A construction workers mixes cement on February 5 to repair a section of the Lacovia Primary School in St Elizabeth that was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.
February 15, 2026 by Corey Robinson

STORM RECOVERY SQUEEZE

A shortage of labourers, building materials, and shrinking cash flow is slowing repairs to public institutions hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. Suppliers and contractors are scrambling to prioritise…
Patrick Beckford
February 14, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora direction debate

The continuing oversight of the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) by the Government has sparked fierce pushback from some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States, with a former…
JPA President Nashá Patterson.
February 14, 2026

‘We need to find the students’

Jamaica Prefects’ Association (JPA) President Nashá Patterson is calling for urgent, coordinated action to locate and re-engage students who have stopped attending school following the passage of…
Andria Dehaney-Grant, deputy mayor of Lucea.
February 14, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Twenty ‘Melissa’ victims still in Hanover shelters

Western Bureau: It has been more than three months since Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, but the impact is still being felt in the region with some families in Hanover, whose homes were…
Councillor Michael Allen, the councillor for the St James Municipal Corporation’s (StJMC) Somerton division, at the municipal corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday.
February 14, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

StJMC passes resolution for a Jimmy Cliff statue and museum

WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Thursday passed a resolution during its monthly meeting to erect a statue of the late reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers at the…