Corey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Jeremy Taylor.
January 7, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Full confidence

The appointment of King’s Counsel Jeremy Taylor as director of public prosecutions (DPP) for the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), alongside Fitz Bailey, former deputy commissioner of police in Jamaica…
Yanique Taylor Wellington, deputy commissioner at INDECOM.
January 7, 2026 by Corey Robinson

UPDATED: 4-y-o among 14 killed in police shooting incidents in first days of 2026

A four-year-old child is among 14 persons shot and killed in incidents involving the police during the first six days of the new year, sparking concerns from the Independent Commission of…
Eugene Kelly, councillor for the Whitfield Town Division in St Andrew.
January 5, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Government urged to set up disaster fund for small businesses

Eugene Kelly, councillor for the Whitfield Town Division in St Andrew South West, is calling for the establishment of a small-business disaster fund, noting the devastating impact of 15 fires over two…
Paul Bourne, researcher
December 29, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Study raises alarm over sexual practices of Jamaican women, girls

A recent study has determined that a troubling percentage of Jamaican teenagers, including girls as young as 15, are engaging in sexual activity with multiple partners. At the same time, the research…
December 27, 2025 by Corey Robinson

WHEN KIDS GET CAUGHT

A 62-year-old grandmother is wishing for a better 2026, and hopefully an end to the troubles she has been enduring since her 16-year-old grandson, an honour roll student and prefect at a St…
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz.
December 17, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Post-Melissa electricity grid restoration at 84%

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to…
Mickel Jackson, executive director of JFJ
December 16, 2025 by Corey Robinson

JFJ: Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime

Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children…
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the JSPCA.
December 12, 2025 by Corey Robinson

CANINE CRISIS

Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 10, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Embrace ‘One Health’

Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear…