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Surrounded by members of his team, Opposition Leader Mark Golding speaking at a press conference at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition on West Kings House Road in St Andrew on Tuesday.
April 15, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Storm victim baffled by ROOFS grant mix-up

Angella Allen was filled with excitement when she learnt during a ceremony in February that she was one of several persons selected for a $500,000 grant under a special Government-funded initiative,…
Jorn Bennett examines onions reaped from his farm in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine.
April 15, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Bernard Lodge onion glut leaves farmers with millions in losses

Onion farmers in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine are facing millions of dollars in losses as a glut in local production collides with continued imports, leaving acres of mature crops at risk of spoilage.…
Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation, addressing the corporation’s monthly meeting on April 9.
April 15, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

PNP councillor joins call for children’s hospital in west to be named after Simpson Miller

WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), has served notice on the corporation that he will be tabling a resolution to have…
Andrew Swaby, mayor of Kingston.
April 15, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Kingston mayor lashes ORA

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has criticised the Government’s One Road Authority (ORA) initiative, arguing that it does not address the problem of inadequate funding for road maintenance. Cabinet…
April 14, 2026 by Livern Barrett

13-Y-O CRITICAL

An eighth-grade student has been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries to his kidney and intestine after he was reportedly shot by a policeman during an incident his family claim was unprovoked.…
Vlogger Jhadee ‘Jaii Frais’ Richards, one of three people shot during the chaos.
April 14, 2026 by Andre Williams

Probe deepens after Carnival night erupts in gunfire

Investigators probing Sunday night’s shooting at the Big Wall Carnival after-party say it is still “very early days as it relates to charges”, even as eyewitness accounts, reported security gaps, and…
Megan Berry-Scott, principal of Savanna-la-Mar Primary School.
April 14, 2026 by Sashana Small

‘We’re just hoping for the best’

Still grappling with the physical and psychological toll of Hurricane Melissa, schools across the worst-affected parishes are racing to ready grade-six students for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP)…
Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels, the commanding officer for the St James Police Division, addresses the monthly meeting of the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday, April 9.
April 14, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Cops believe cross-border robbers targeting churches in St James

WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, police commander for St James, is appealing to churches and communities to help the police to apprehend thieves who are committing multiple…
Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison.
April 14, 2026

Gordon Harrison suggests Child Diversion Act clarifies ‘accepting responsibility’

Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison wants the Child Diversion Act to make it clear that the ‘accepting of responsibility’ by a child who commits an offence should not automatically be followed…