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Accountant Jenelle Taylor is all smiles for the camera inside the Appleton Estate booth, wearing a burnt orange slip dress.
March 12, 2026

Something Extra | Thursday

If the promise of bold flavours drew in attendees, the stylish set certainly understood the assignment. Jamaica Food and Drink Festival’s Decade 2.0, held at Sabina Park in Kingston last Friday,…
Bishop Donald McFarlane, pastor at New Foundation Christian Ministries, hands over a house to the new homeowner, Nickeisha Lewis, who was accompanied by one of her children, Shantary Thomas, and her mother, Violet Bailey.
March 12, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Cornwall Mountain family get new house ‘blessing’ after hurricane

Western Bureau: A single mother, who resides in Cornwall Mountain, Westmoreland, is today celebrating a new beginning, having received a newly built house through a humanitarian initiative led by The…
A breakaway along the Spring Mount road in St James that was caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
March 12, 2026

Earth Today | Say ‘yes’ to Nature-based Solutions

JAMAICA’S TRANSPORT network is the backbone of the country’s economy and daily life. Roads connect farmers to markets, children to schools, and communities to healthcare and other essential services.
McDonald Gayle
March 12, 2026

Earth Today | Everyone gains with inclusive conservation

ASK ANY woman living along a coastline battered by last hurricane season’s storms what recovery looks like and she will likely describe not just rebuilding a physical home but holding together a…
Chef Scotley Innis (left) poses with reggae star Lila Iké.
March 12, 2026 by Nyoka Manning

Standout creations at Kuyah

If the goal of the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival’s Kuyah was to demonstrate the evolving possibilities of Jamaican cuisine, the chefs made a persuasive case that the island’s most familiar flavours…
Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby.
March 12, 2026 by Corey Robinson

KSAMC targets gov’t ministries, others over signage fees

Government ministries, led by their permanent secretaries, feature prominently among the top delinquent signage-fee defaulters, even as the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC)…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon (centre) looks on as Senator Charles Sinclair, councillor for the Montego Bay North West Division in the St James Municipal Corporation, presents the key to the renovated Flankers Postal Agency to Mytha Bahadur, regional
March 12, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Mayor: Post offices remain essential despite digital shift

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, says that despite the growing use of digital platforms as communication tools, post offices and postal agencies remain relevant – particularly for…
Letters
March 12, 2026

If you earn in Jamaica, you should pay taxes in Jamaica

THE EDITOR, Madam: The Government’s plan to apply General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services offered by overseas companies has generated predictable criticism. Yet, when stripped of the noise,…
Shauna Cummings in Tony Wilson’s ‘Sparrow’.
March 12, 2026 by Michael Reckord

CDT concert ‘Streams’ is a visual feast

The dance concert Streams by CDT Jamaica, a legacy company which honours Tony Wilson, who founded The Company Dance Theatre, at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive on Sunday evening, was a visual…