Kimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter

May 6, 2026 by Kimone Francis - Senior Staff Reporter

Critical condition – UHWI review committee lists finances, governance structure among slew of woes crippling hospital

Prolonged governance failures at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) have left the type A teaching institution in an “intensive care unit” state, the Institutional Review Committee tasked to assess its decades-long operations has concluded.

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NSWMA Executive Director Audley Gordon defended the appointments, asserting that the NSWMA has consistently ensured that its managers and directors possess the “requisite skills and competence”.
April 26, 2026 by Kimone Francis

No qualifications, no problem at NSWMA

An internal audit has uncovered irregular human resource practices at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), including the appointment of four senior directors who did not meet the…
National Solid Waste Management Authority’s head offices on Half Way Tree Road in St Andrew.
April 26, 2026 by Kimone Francis

NSWMA hiring row sparks two-year tension between senior officials

An “irregular” recruitment exercise at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has triggered a two-year impasse between the entity’s executive director and its internal audit manager,…
National Housing Trust offices at Park Boulevard, Kingston.
April 5, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Banks to pocket billions from NHT mortgage outsourcing

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has funnelled $1.1 billion to private banks to subsidise its External Financing Mortgage Programme (EFMP), a move that effectively outsources its mortgage book to…
William Squier Gonzalez, UNOPS portfolio development adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaking with The Sunday Gleaner at the newspaper’s North Street offices last Thursday.
March 29, 2026 by Kimone Francis

No solo rebuild

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is warning that Jamaica’s recovery from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa will rise or fall on a single factor: Government, private interests,…
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz pours rum on one of the buses procured for the rural school bus programme during a blessing ceremony at Jamaica House in St Andrew in August 2025.
February 22, 2026 by Kimone Francis

WARNING LIGHTS

The watchdog signed off — but not before it barked. Access to Information documents obtained by The Sunday Gleaner reveal that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) warned the transport ministry…
People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba.
February 15, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Students in limbo

Caught between failing infrastructure in Cuba and what they described as a wall of diplomatic silence at home, Jamaican medical students are urging the Government to establish a formal bridge to local…
Neurosurgeon Dr Roger Hunter.
December 21, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Hunter takes aim at Tufton

Neurosurgeon Dr Roger Hunter has filed an application in the Supreme Court for an emergency judicial review, accusing Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton of dereliction of duty. At the…
Reconstruction work under way at Anthony Davis’ home at Edmund Ridge Estates in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Edmund Ridge fury

Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely…
The Edmund Ridge housing scheme in Montego Bay, St James, where most of the roofs were seriously damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Dream homes turned nightmares

A chorus of fury has erupted among homeowners of Edmund Ridge Estates in St James after Hurricane Melissa tore through the three-year-old housing scheme, ripping off roofs and flattening structures,…