• Tue, 11 August 2026

CDB to Pay Tribute to William Demas

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will tomorrow (May 17) pay tribute to late former President and one of the region’s most distinguished sons, William Gilbert Demas. At a lecture in his honour, during the staging of the 46th annual meeting of the CDB’s Board of Governors, now underway in Montego Bay, Mr. Demas’ role in […]

Comfortable Win for Usain Bolt in 100 Meters at Cayman Invitational

Usain Bolt Named Male Athlete 2015

Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt began his 2016 racing season at the Cayman Invitational where he scored a comfortable win in the men’s 100-meter competition. Bolt’s time of 10.05 defeated Dentarus Locke of the United States who ran the distance in 10.12. Kemar Bailey-Cole of Jamaica was third with a time of 10.18. This […]

Minister McKenzie Expects Full Report on Royalton Project This Week

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he expects to receive a full report this week from the technical team investigating the collapse of a section of a building at the Royalton Negril Hotel construction site in Hanover. He said that the team has received all reports, notices and other correspondence […]

Labour Day Activities Will Engender Renewed Commitment – GG

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, says activities to mark National Workers’ Week and Labour Day will engender renewed national commitment to promoting health and wellness. In his message read by Acting Custos for St. Andrew, Lt. Commander John McFarlane, at a Thanksgiving Service on May 15 at the Olson Memorial Church […]

Finance Minister Urges Greater Cooperation for Border Control

Minister of Finance and Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging greater regional cooperation to address common border security challenges. Mr. Shaw said given the global economy, the international nature of trade and travel and transnational criminal organisations, sovereign states must not continue to work in isolation to defend their borders. “This is a task […]

Jamaica Tops List of Countries with Most Female Managers

Jamaican Female Managers

According to a study of 108 countries conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO), Jamaica has more women managers than any other country in the world. The study found that 59.3 percent of company managers in Jamaica are women. Henriette Kolb, head of the Gender Secretariat at the International Financial Corporation, said the report shows […]

Jamaicans Urged to Support Labour Day Projects

Jamaicans are being urged to lend their support to the national project and other activities to be undertaken at the parish and community levels on Labour Day, May 23. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the call in her address at the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day thanksgiving service […]

How do we block sister from leaking mom’s funds

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, Hello and thank you for reading this request for support. I will try to keep this initial contact succinct and as brief as possible. Through circumstance my mother who is a Jamaican over 80 years old, and resides in England as I do, unfortunately had need for surgery and has subsequently […]