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Deputy Superintendent of Police Adrian Flemming, head of operations in the St Elizabeth Police Division.
September 16, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

St Bess police tackle vehicle shortage, rise in fatal domestic disputes

WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent Adrian Flemming, the head of operations in the St Elizabeth Police Division, has said that an inadequate number of police vehicles remain a challenge to cops in…
September 16, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Bird shooters accused of setting bushfires

WESTERN BUREAU: Bird shooters in St Elizabeth are said to be using bushfires to force birds to leave their habitats and go into open spaces, where rice is scattered to lure them into shooting range.…
Kyra McCreath enjoys her meal on Tuesday as the Dream Big for Youth Foundation launched a breakfast programme at the Elite Basic School in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew. See story on Page A2.
September 16, 2026 by Sashana Small

Dream Big Foundation serves up ‘Breakfast for Bright Futures’

The Elite Basic School in Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, provided Antoine Lodge with refuge, friends, and filial love when he was a student there more than 20 years ago. Describing the school as a “safe…
Pearnel Charles Jr., Minister of Labour and Social Security
September 16, 2026

Technical issue delays NIS pension payments for some direct-deposit recipients

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says a technical issue has delayed National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pension payments to some pensioners who receive their benefits by direct deposit. In…
A section of the exhibition hall at the Jamaica Product Exchange at Moon Palace Jamaica on Tuesday.
September 16, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Closed hotels sell their comeback at JAPEX

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Melissa knocked thousands of hotel rooms out of Jamaica’s tourism inventory, some of the properties that remain closed or only partially reopened are…
Staff at Royalton Blue Waters Trelawny pose for the camera as the resort accepts its first guests after 11 months of closure.
September 16, 2026 by Janet Silvera

1,200 back on the job as Royalton reopens Trelawny resorts

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly 11 months after Hurricane Melissa forced their closure, Royalton’s two Trelawny resorts reopened their doors Tuesday morning, welcoming their first set of guests and putting…
Abel
September 16, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Abel calls for better suicide-response training

WESTERN BUREAU: Consultant psychiatrist Dr Wendel Abel is calling for better training for Jamaica’s first responders, emergency-service workers and emergency-room staff in dealing with people…
Executive Chairman Sandals Resorts and President Sandals Foundation, Adam Stewart reads to students of Culloden Infant inside newly constructed school library provided and resourced by the Sandals Foundation.
September 16, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Sandals spends $214m rebuilding schools after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: The Sandals Foundation has invested more than $214 million in restoring schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa, with two institutions in Westmoreland accounting for nearly $192 million…
Cordel Green, Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
September 16, 2026

Cordel Green to participate in Silicon Valley AI conference

Cordel Green, executive director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ), will present a Caribbean framework for human‑centred artificial intelligence governance at the Silicon Valley Peace…