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Andrew Eubanks, vice-president of Flagaman Farmers Benevolent Society, planting cantaloupe in Flagaman, St Elizabeth, last week.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Tough going for Flagaman farmers

WESTERN BUREAU: A year after Hurricane Melissa devastated their farms, several farmers in Flagaman, St Elizabeth are still struggling to resume pre-storm cultivation levels, hampered by a lack of…
A section of the ruined Black River Market on Market Street in the St Elizabeth capital, after Hurricane Melissa’s destructive landfall.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Black River market vendors in limbo

WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa approached the island a year ago, Francis Bartlett and fellow vendors in the Black River Market in St Elizabeth purchased extra stock, in case fields were wiped…
The Thomas Manning Building lies in ruin post-Hurricane Melissa.
28 Oct, 2026 0

Western schools looking ahead with optimism

WESTERN BUREAU: A year ago, the educational sector in western Jamaica was paralysed by the force of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped off roofs, sent older buildings crumbling and did irreparable damage…
Keenan Falconer, economist.
27 Oct, 2026 0

FREEZE ORDER - Economist urges routine cost-cutting exercise as Gov’t tightens purse strings

An economist has suggested that the Government should make identifying cost-saving measures a routine exercise, regardless of how much revenue it collects. The suggestion follows a new set of…
Britain’s King Charles III smiles during his visit to the Forsinard Flows Visitor Centre in Forsinard, Highland, Scotland on July 31, 2024.
27 Oct, 2026 0

Eyes on reparations as King visits Caribbean

The CARICOM Reparations Commission has labelled November’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, as the “reparations CHOGM”, insisting that the issue must…
Dr Marcus Goffe (left) and Kesonord Gordon outside the St Catherine Parish Court following the ruling in the Rio Cobre pollution case on Monday.
27 Oct, 2026 0

Goffe: $100,000 fine does not fit Rio Cobre damage

Attorney-at-law Dr Marcus Goffe has welcomed Monday’s court ruling against bauxite company UC Rusal over a 2019 pollution incident in the Rio Cobre, while arguing that the $100,000 fine imposed falls…
27 Oct, 2026 0

JP defends role in Pathways defendant’s caution statement

A Justice of the Peace (JP) has rejected suggestions that he failed to adequately perform his duties while witnessing a caution statement and question-and-answer session involving murder accused Andre…
International swimmer Eva Buzo (foreground) shortly after completing a 30-kilometre swim from Trelawny to St James on Sunday. Also pictured is Dr Devon Taylor (left), president of the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement.
27 Oct, 2026 0

Int’l swimmer lends support to local beach rights campaign

WESTERN BUREAU: Internationally acclaimed marathon swimmer Eva Buzo completed a 30-kilometre swim along the coastline from Trelawny to St James on Sunday to highlight the ongoing movement surrounding…
Senator Allan Bernard.
27 Oct, 2026 0

$26b irrigation project exemption questioned

Opposition Senator Allan Bernard is questioning the Government’s decision to exempt the $26-billion Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project from public procurement rules by designating it a national…