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From left: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness; Floyd Green, member of parliament, St Elizabeth South West; Dr Sheriff Imoru, senior medical officer, Black River Hospital; Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness; and Sean Brissett, parish manag
29 Oct, 2026 0

Holness takes aim at red tape

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is placing a spotlight on Jamaica’s public-sector bureaucracy, accusing elements of the administrative system of frustrating hurricane recovery…
Britain’s King Charles III is escorted by students as he leaves The Future Bahamas Youth Rally and Exhibition at Clifford Park in Nassau, Bahamas, on Tuesday.
29 Oct, 2026 0

British public backs talks on reparations

A significant proportion of the British public believes their government should meet Caribbean nations to discuss reparatory justice, according to a new poll released ahead of next week’s Commonwealth…
Opposition Spokesperson on Finance, Julian Robinson.
29 Oct, 2026 0

Fiscal reset under scrutiny

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson says the Government’s proposal to extend the suspension of the fiscal rules comes as no surprise and signals that Jamaica’s economic recovery from…
Dr Fritz Pinnock
29 Oct, 2026 0

Millions for meals - Documents show former CMU president authorised payments totalling over $7m for meals under programme for at-risk youth

Prosecutors yesterday introduced nearly two dozen documents detailing how former Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, authorised more than $7 million in payments to…
From left: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness; Floyd Green, member of parliament, St Elizabeth South West; Dr Sheriff Imoru, senior medical officer, Black River Hospital; Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and welness; and Sean Brissett, parish manage
29 Oct, 2026 0

Black River Hospital reborn

WESTERN BUREAU: One year after Hurricane Melissa left Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth in ruins, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the facility has emerged as a larger,…
The Reverend Paul Lewis at the courthouse in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland during his trial in Jamaica in 2010.
29 Oct, 2026 0

Jamaica-born televangelist Paul Lewis sentenced to 14 years in prison

Western Bureau: In 2009, popular televangelist Paul Lewis walked free from the Savanna-la-Mar courthouse in Westmoreland after being found not guilty of carnal abuse. Today, he is languishing in…
Angela Brown-Burke, deputy leader of Opposition business in the House of Representatives.
29 Oct, 2026 0

Cuba’s economic, humanitarian crisis ‘deeply troubling’ – Terrelonge

One day after the Government declared its opposition to the 66-year-old economic embargo imposed by the United States (US) on Cuba, Jamaican officials at the United Nations (UN) yesterday abstained…
C. Maxwell Holness, chairman of the Westgreen CDC.
28 Oct, 2026 0

SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN - Westgreen, Catherine Hall haunted by memories of Melissa as vulnerability remains

WESTERN BUREAU: At 62, Herman Jackson no longer goes to bed expecting a peaceful night’s sleep. When rain begins falling in Westgreen, he reaches for his water boots, checks the weather on his phone,…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness
28 Oct, 2026 0

Civil service boss hits back at PM’s sabotage claims

Accusations by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that unnamed public sector workers are trying to sabotage government policies and programmes have drawn the ire of the president of the Jamaica Civil…