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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (centre, front), responds to questions during a meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives at Gordon House on March 6. He is joined by Minister of State
March 9, 2026

Streetlight programme to resume following hurricane disruption

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has assured citizens that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) will soon resume the installation and repair of streetlights across…
Senator Professor Floyd Morris, director of the Centre for Disability Studies, UWI, Mona, during his keynote address at the JAMLIN JSL training programme launch at The University of the West Indies, Mona, on March 2.
March 9, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Bridging the gap: one sign at a time

The Jamaica Libraries and Information Network (JAMLIN), an arm of the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), has launched a Jamaican Sign Language (JSL) training initiative aimed at strengthening…
Kimone Francis, the Press Association of Jamaica’s 2025 Journalist of the Year.
March 9, 2026

‘Not my North Star’, says 2026 top journalist

Senior Gleaner journalist Kimone Francis says being named the 2025 Journalist of the Year is a prestigious honour, but is not her “North Star”. “Knowing that a story helped a family find justice or…
Janet Silvera, journalist and entrepreneur.
March 9, 2026

Welfare fund established to assist journalists in need

Seeing colleague journalists struggle quietly with medical challenges and other personal crises is what moved veteran practitioner Janet Silvera to propose a welfare fund for Jamaican journalists.…
Uncollected garbage overflows onto the streets in Cave Valley, St Ann, earlier this year.
March 9, 2026

NSWMA to tackle garbage backlog

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is working to clear a backlog of garbage across the country,…
Wayne Wesley
March 9, 2026

CXC prepares for historic gathering of Caribbean education stakeholders in Jamaica

More than 300 education leaders, policymakers, and practitioners from across the Caribbean – including regional ministers of education – are set to converge in Jamaica next week to discuss the future…
Corporal Shernett Walker (left) and Constable Gavonn Lawerence from Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) on a patrol at a farm in Hill Run, St Catherine.
March 9, 2026

The silent threat

The perception that agricultural theft, commonly known in Jamaica as praedial larceny, is a “lesser” offence or a “survival tactic” is a dangerous fallacy that undermines the rule of law and national…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness
March 9, 2026

Holness to receive AFUWI Legacy Award

The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) is set to honour Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness with the Legacy Award, one of the organisation’s highest honours, at its 29th…
Kathryn Silvera, president of the JMEA.
March 9, 2026

Taxing manufacturers not a recovery strategy, says JMEA

The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) is expressing serious concern over the government’s decision to expand the Environmental Protection Levy to 100 per cent of manufacturers’…