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Heroy Clarke, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and member of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee.
March 3, 2026

Opposition members chastise Clarke cover ‘intemperate’ outburst at PAAC

Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Heroy Clarke received a sharp rebuke from his colleagues last Wednesday for disrupting the proceedings of…
Dr Delroy Fray, clinical coordinator at the Western Regional Health Authority.
March 3, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Base ready, but CRH’s medical dome yet to arrive

Western Bureau: A 10,000-foot medical dome, which was slated to be installed on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, last month, creating space for…
Sasha-Marie Ashley, the late senior parish court judge for Hanover.
March 3, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Cornwall Bar joins chief justice in paying tribute to late Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley

WESTERN BUREAU: The Cornwall Bar Association (CBA) is in mourning after it lost one of its stalwarts yesterday with the death of Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley, the senior parish judge for Hanover. Ashley…
Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar Danree Delancy.
March 3, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Melissa halts Petersfield by-election plans

WESTERN BUREAU: The Petersfield Division in Westmoreland Central will remain without elected representation for now, as Hurricane Melissa’s Category 5 winds have forced a delay in naming a date for…
Hotelier Christopher Issa, owner and operator of S Hotels Jamaica, poses with a plaque he was honoured with by media members of the Western Jamaica Media Association (WJMA) on Sunday at Hotel 39 in Montego Bay. He is flanked by WJMA members. 
March 3, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Issa defends traditional media, recalls why journalism mattered after hurricane

WESTERN BUREAU: In an age when news breaks first on social media and credibility is often the casualty, Jamaican hotelier Christopher Issa delivered an unexpected but forceful defence of traditional…
March 3, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I did not see him attacking any of the officers’

A key prosecution witness in the trial of six policemen charged in the 2013 Acadia Drive triple killing testified yesterday that she saw police personnel firing at a man who ran from a vehicle and…
RJRGLEANER Communications Group Building
March 3, 2026

RJRGLEANER moves to accelerate corporate integration

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group is streamlining several of its subsidiaries in a move to improve corporate efficiencies. In a statement, the group noted that the Supreme Court on February 19…
Deveta Dowling, St Ann Festival Queen.
March 3, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

St Ann Festival Queen launches reading project

Something positive is happening in Parry Town, St Ann – a community long regarded as a hotspot on the police radar – and it is already drawing applause. St Ann Festival Queen 2025, Deveta Dowling,…
US President Donald Trump, left, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer look at each other as they shake hands during a press conference at Chequers near Aylesbury, England on September 18, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
March 3, 2026

War with Iran strains the US-UK relationship

United States President Donald Trump has lambasted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his reluctance to join the US-Israeli war against Iran. The dispute is roiling a relationship that Starmer…