South camp Traffic alarm School administrators in the immediate environs where a new 5,000-square-foot PriceSmart location is earmarked for opening by the end of this calendar year, are viewing with some concern how the development will impact the area. PriceSmart, the...
UNDP EYES CHANGES FOR THE FUTURE As it marks 50 years of partnership in Jamaica today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is citing its work in climate resilience and justice reform as pillars of its local legacy. However, with less than five years to go to the...
Tufton: Remedy now under way to ease A&E beds crisis at CRH WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has acknowledged that severe overcrowding in the Accident and Emergency (A...
Sanctuary sorrow Shock and deep grief have engulfed the Church of God of Prophecy and the wider Airy Castle Road, Stony Hill community following the sudden death of a prayer warrior and long-standing church sister, Valerie Dubidad, who collapsed and died inside the...
Don’t ‘water down’ the IC With billions of dollars flowing into the country to carry out rehabilitation works post Hurricane Melissa, Craig Beresford, the recently installed executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC) said the legislative framework for the anti-...
Beresford: Premature court intervention undermines anti-corruption probes The executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), Craig Beresford, says the anti-corruption agency is “very concerned” about the growing practice of state entities taking the commission to court to halt its investigations. In an interview...
Fake IDs, stolen titles Five financial institutions have been fleeced of more than $600 million through an elaborate and complex fraudulent scheme allegedly involving an upper St Andrew medical doctor and two accomplices, using a litany of fictitious documents, law...
Quietly preparing for greatness Jonathan Grant High School’s stunning upset of Campion College in the opening round of Television Jamaica’s Schools’ Challenge Quiz last week played out like a modern-day David versus Goliath – an unheralded contender toppling one of the...
Severely damaged, sparsely enrolled At least nine primary schools are now under review for possible consolidation, with decisions pending on the future placement of their students, after extensive hurricane-related damage further weakened already struggling rural institutions with...
Estuary on edge Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a section of their community, which caved in...