Lead Stories

February 13, 2026

JUTC losses balloon

The financial haemorrhaging at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is expected to continue in the new fiscal year with the beleaguered state body projected to rack up a hefty $18 billion…
The trophy cabinet, which housed pictures and trophies won over several decades, is now in ruin.
February 13, 2026 by Adrian Frater

MoBay Boys and Girls’ Club reels from Melissa’s blow

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Boys and Girls Club (MBB&GC), which has a rich history of positively impacting the lives of young people in St James over several decades, is still reeling after…
February 12, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Reasonable force

The Supreme Court has ruled that police personnel acted lawfully in self-defence during an armed confrontation
Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service.
February 12, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

BRACE FOR New taxes

Economist Keenan Falconer says he was not expecting the administration to introduce new tax measures at this time, arguing that the conventional approach in the aftermath of a crisis is to either…
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen inspects the Guard of Honour mounted by members of the Jamaica Defence Force during the ceremonial opening of Parliament on Duke Street in downtown Kingston in 2023.
February 12, 2026

New parliamentary year begins

The 2026-2027 parliamentary year will begin today with Governor General Sir Patrick Allen delivering the Throne Speech at George William Gordon House, the seat of Jamaica’s bi-cameral legislature. In…
The 500-kilowatt emergency mobile power-generation unit that was commissioned in the community of Darliston, Westmoreland, on Sunday.
February 12, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Darliston misery mounting

Western Bureau: More than three months after Hurricane Melissa battered western Jamaica, life in sections of Darliston in Westmoreland remains defined by darkness, uncertainty, and mounting…
Dr Carolin Thomas Boyd.
February 12, 2026 by Karen Madden

Beware of the cold

At least two medical professionals are cautioning parents and caregivers to pay extra attention to their children when the country experiences colder-than-usual temperatures. Two recent cold fronts…
Paula Kerr-Jarrett Wegman and her brother Peter Bovell carry the urn with their father Christopher Bovell's ashes during the funeral.
February 12, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Bovell laid to rest

WESTERN BUREAU: Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator Christopher Bovell, a distinguished attorney-at-law whose steady counsel shaped both national governance and corporate Jamaica, was laid to…
Jeanette Calder, executive director, Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal.
February 12, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Civil society groups demand accountability from public bodies, ministries in breach

The Government is expected today to table in Parliament the Estimates of Expenditure along with several Budget-related documents, detailing how more than a trillion dollars of taxpayers’ money will be…