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WESTERN BUREAU: Stewart Jacobs, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), says strong support from the nation’s parent-teacher associations (PTAs) is crucial in assisting the principals of schools to provide...

Raine Cooper’s journey is one of faith, discipline, resilience, and unwavering family support. At 16 years old, the Glenmuir High School valedictorian has distinguished herself among Jamaica’s brightest young scholars. She posits that, with prayer...

The process to formally introduce job descriptions for Jamaica’s lawmakers will be “advanced” during this new five-year term of the Parliament, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has said. All 84 lawmakers – 63 members of parliament and 21 senators...

Government Senator Keith Duncan has declared that he is a “free thinker” who is “not bound by any one political organisation”. Further, Duncan said the policies of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are aligned with his “dreams and...

By Presidential Decree No. 1039 on July 10, 2025, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez awarded Jamaica’s former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller the Medal of Friendship, one of Cuba’s highest honours for foreign leaders who have supported...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness yesterday announced a 19-member Cabinet, the composition of which he said is aimed at building on the momentum and experience of the previous administration, while creating room for renewal. Speaking to the newly...

The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is accusing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of using its authority to block judge-alone trials in a way that undermines justice and delays the legal process. Amid these concerns,...

The murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland is scheduled to resume today in the Home Circuit Court, following an unexpected adjournment caused by the failure of witnesses to appear. The primary witness, a second employee from the Kingston car wash...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday set the agenda for his administration’s next term, emphasising the urgent need for innovative policies to accelerate Jamaica’s slow-growing economy and ensure inclusive, sustainable growth. In a speech...

A car wash worker, who previously claimed to have seen a suspicious red substance seeping from a sofa brought in by Constable Noel Maitland, testified in the Home Circuit Court on Monday that she was never informed by police whether tests confirmed...

MIAMI, Florida: Jamaica’s association with drug trafficking in the United States has earned it a prominent – and troubling – spot in the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) museum at the Miami port, notoriously dubbed the ‘House of Pain’. The...

WESTERN BUREAU: The murder trial of music producer Linval ‘Shab Don’ Thompson and his co-defendant Tajay Clarke failed to get going on Tuesday, as Thompson was not taken to the St James Circuit Court. Presiding High Court Justice Andrea Pettigrew-...