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From left: People’s National Party (PNP) councillors Carla Watt, Anthony O’Connor and Scean Barnswell welcome Tanyalee Williams (second right) following her announcement that she has severed ties with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and crossed the floo
09 Oct, 2026 0

May Pen mayor puts brakes on move to hand PNP majority

An announcement by May Pen North division Councillor Tanyalee Williams that she would be crossing the floor to join the opposition People’s National Party caucus triggered an abrupt end to the monthly…
Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman.
09 Oct, 2026 0

Wildman seeks Sykes’ intervention over clash of court dates

Attorney Hugh Wildman has called for Chief Justice Bryan Sykes to intervene in conflicting court commitments that he says are making it difficult for him to attend the multimillion-dollar fraud trial…
Racheal Daley, Jamaica’s first master teacher at the early childhood level, who works at the Waterford Infant School in Portmore, St Catherine.
09 Oct, 2026 0

More than A-B-C, 1-2-3

Racheal Daley gently led her four-year-old students at the Waterford Infant School in Portmore, St Catherine, to identify and pronounce words beginning with the letter ‘T’ on Wednesday afternoon. As…
Live Soil technology.
09 Oct, 2026 0

Hope for drought-stricken farms

WESTERN BUREAU: FarmLinkr CEO Shelly Heaven is confident that a locally developed soil technology can help to address the worsening water challenges in agriculture as it allows farmers to grow crops…
Carol Narcisse, civil society advocate.
08 Oct, 2026 0

‘Cushy office’ scale down - Civil society advocates question Gov’t decision-making as backlash leads to pull back on NaRRA office space . PM warns adjustment will slow roll-out of projects, impact delivery

The Government’s decision to scale down the office space that will house the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) and cut rental costs, though welcomed, is raising questions about…
Guyana President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali (right) accepts a gift from new Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism, Charles Fernandez, while Secretary General and CEO of the CTO, Dona Regis-Prosper shares in
08 Oct, 2026 0

Ali warns Caribbean to scale up or risk being left behind

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has warned Caribbean tourism leaders to “scale up” or risk being left behind as destinations in the Middle East and Latin America pour…
Heroy Clarke
08 Oct, 2026 0

MPs raise doubts over trucked water

At least two members of parliament (MPs) on Tuesday suggested that some consumers are receiving water from trucks that is not sourced from potable National Water Commission (NWC) supplies. The current…
Annique Dawkins (right), head of country at CIBC Caribbean, presents a symbolic transfer of $11 million to Roshane Reid-Koomson, executive director of theJamaica Cancer Society. The sum was the proceeds of the bank’s 2025 Walk For The Cure 5k Walk and Ru
08 Oct, 2026 0

Walk for the Cure returns amid mammography crisis

Jamaicans are being urged to turn cancer awareness into action by participating in the 15th staging of CIBC Caribbean’s Walk for the Cure at Hope Botanical Gardens on Sunday. The event, being held in…
Fritz Pinnock
08 Oct, 2026 0

Judge: No more delays in CMU trial

Former Caribbean Maritime University President, Professor Fritz Pinnock, was yesterday told that he will have to conduct his own cross-examination of witnesses if his attorney, Hugh Wildman, remains…