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March 17, 2026

Director of Corruption Prosecution at Integrity Commission resigns

The Integrity Commission has announced the resignation of Roneiph Lawrence, director of corruption prosecution, effective March 31. In a news release, the commission says it is taking steps to…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding contributing to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
March 17, 2026

Economy not delivering for the people, says Golding

While noting that Jamaica’s public debt has declined and murders are down, Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the government has failed to translate those gains into meaningful economic growth.
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
March 17, 2026

‘Shameful deception’: Golding slams PM for accepting pay increase

Opposition leader Mark Golding has described as a “shameful deception” the recent announcement that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness will, in fact, be receiving his $28.6 million salary, after…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
March 17, 2026

Golding says tougher measures needed for good governance

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for stronger support for anti-corruption measures and institutions aimed at promoting good governance and moral values in Jamaica. Golding said the…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding making his contribution to the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 17, 2026.
March 17, 2026

Golding criticises gov’t's ‘lethargic’ legislative agenda

Mark Golding, Opposition leader, has castigated the Government over its lethargic and inefficient approach to passing strategic laws for the benefit of the country. In his contribution to the…
Police Superintendent Coleridge Minto addressing the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation’s monthly general meeting on March 12.
March 17, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

St Bess cops concerned as more than 400 students still out of school after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto, the commander for St Elizabeth, is raising concern about the fact that some 400 students from across the parish have not returned to school…
Hugh Wildman, attorney for Fritz Pinnock and Ruel Reid.
March 17, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Reid fraud trial pushed back again

The absence of several defence attorneys in the fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused forced an adjournment of the matter in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon.
March 17, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

MoBay mayor wants update from auditor general on street light restoration

WESTERN BUREAU: Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon wants the Auditor General’s Department to provide an update on the post-Hurricane Melissa arrangement between the Government and the Jamaica Public…
From left: Dr Jevonne McIntosh, medical officer in the Anesthesiology Department; Dr Amoy Ellis, medical officer in the A&E Department, Dr Natoya Hall-Okori, acting consultant in the A& E Department; Dr Andrea Johnson, A & E consultant and Dr O’Rane Thom
March 17, 2026

May Pen Hospital milestone

In a first for May Pen Hospital (MPH), a multidisciplinary team has saved the life of a patient who arrived with a stab wound to the heart – an achievement the hospital describes as a milestone in its…