‘Dig deep for 2026’ As Jamaica rings in the new year, the nation’s leaders are calling for citizens to face the future with determination, unity, and clarity of purpose, drawing confidence from a shared experience grounded in faith in God and one another. Governor...
SSL investors hopeful after arrests At least two investors impacted by a multibillion-dollar fraud uncovered at investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) are viewing last weekend’s arrests of three of the entities former senior officials as positive progress in the ongoing...
Alma Mock Yen mourned as role model for generations of journalists Pioneering Jamaican broadcaster, educator, dancer and actress Alma Mock Yen is being hailed for profoundly shaping the Jamaican and Caribbean media landscape and the careers of generations of broadcast journalists. Mock Yen passed away at home on...
$75m in government assistance ‘a drop in the bucket’ for churches after crisis, says former JUGC chair While commending the Government for allocating $75 million to assist churches’ recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Immediate Past Chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches, Dr Elaine McCarthy Nunes, said the sum is a “...
Jamaica College old boy ready for challenge of leading largest public school system in US The New York City (NYC) public education system, the largest in the United States, is to be headed by Jamaica-born Kamar Samuels. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Samuels, a veteran educator in the New York public school system, to be the...
Stolen container of hurricane relief supplies found, shipped to Jamaica The year is ending on a positive note for a group of volunteers who, in early December, was alarmed by the theft of a shipping container with relief supplies destined for Jamaica at a storage facility in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Isaac Laird...
REINSTATED The Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered the immediate reinstatement of an officer who was suspended after raising concerns about procurement practices at the Houses of Parliament (HoP), according to the officer’s attorney. The officer was...
Storm damage cancels watch night services across St Elizabeth WESTERN BUREAU: Reverend Godfrey Watson, chairman of the St Elizabeth Ministers’ Fraternal, says many churches across the parish will forgo their traditional watch night services to welcome the New Year as they continue to grapple with the effects...
Storm-hit Sydney Pagon Academy engages shifts Students at the Sydney Pagon STEM Academy in St Elizabeth will return to school on a shift system when classes resume on January 6 as the institution continues to recover from extensive damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. Principal Milbert Miller...
Crawford threatens court action over early childhood education Opposition spokesman on education, Damion Crawford, says he is prepared to take the Government to court to defend what he describes as the constitutional right to early childhood education, citing Section 13(k) of the Jamaican Constitution, which...