Daryl Vaz publishes Portland school-bus crash CCTV as Kingston mayor flags unapproved Rude Boy billboard

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has circulated closed-circuit video of Monday’s road smash in Portland involving a rural school bus run by the state and a taxi the ministry treats as operating outside the law. In material shared on Instagram, Mr. Vaz said the recording, together with driver logs, would be passed to the police, and he underscored that fifteen people were endangered in the impact.

Kingston’s mayor, Andrew Swaby, told councillors on Tuesday that the high-profile “Rude Boy” billboard recently taken down in Rockford never secured the paperwork the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation demands. He also reminded members that KSAMC does not vet the creative message or artwork on outdoor signs; its remit stops short of regulating advertising content in that way.

Veteran broadcaster and cultural commentator Fae Ellington has taken issue with some artistes for what she calls coarse, slack reworkings of the revived Hiling and Goolie riddim, arguing the trend chips away at Jamaica’s heritage. “Changing the lyrics of Hiling and Goolie ride to vulgarity, it pains,” she said.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett contends the island should lift the share of visitor dollars that remains locally from roughly forty per cent today to between fifty and sixty per cent by deepening domestic supply chains and local ownership. He maintains Jamaica already outperforms many neighbours on that yardstick.

At Harbour View Football Club, chairman Carvel Stewart signalled a pivot toward the academy pipeline as the organisation plots a route back to the Jamaica Premier League after dropping out of the top tier.

Midday trading saw the United States dollar quoted at one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and nine cents, sterling at two hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-four cents, and the Canadian unit at one hundred and nineteen dollars and twelve cents.

Wednesday’s outlook calls for a bright start to the morning, with skies turning partly cloudy later in the day.