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True connection - Community salutes Guanaboa Vale police sergeant for transformative outreach efforts

Residents, civic leaders, educators, clergy, and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) gathered at Wynter’s Park in Kitson Town, St Catherine, on Sunday to honour Head of the Guanaboa Vale Police, Sergeant Navelette Davis-Leachman, for her exceptional commitment to community outreach and people-centred policing.

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Union urges return to normalcy at NWA pending talks
The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has urged employees of the National Works Agency (NWA) to end their industrial action pending discussions with the agency's management and the…
Updated 2 hours ago

Economy contracts 5.9 per cent in March 2026 quarter
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy contracted by an estimated 5.9 per cent during the January to March 2026 quarter, compared with the corresponding period in 2025.
Updated 2 hours ago by Ashley Anguin

Montego Bay Sports Complex restoration efforts get $20M boost
The St James Municipal Corporation has announced it has allocated $20 million from an interim insurance payment towards restoration of the Montego Bay Sports Complex so that football can return to the…
Updated 5 hours ago by Gareth Davis Sr

St Mary police investigating suspected suicide

The St Mary police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a suspected case of suicide in the Highgate community of St Mary on Wednesday.
Updated 6 hours ago

Gas prices to go up $4.50 on Thursday
Gas prices are set to increase on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $4.50 to sell for $194.38 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $4.50 to sell…
Updated 6 hours ago

St James man charged with murder of American wife
The Police have charged Dane Watson with the murder of his wife, 35-year-old Melissa Kerry Samnath. Watson had surrendered to the St Mary police on Friday.
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Met Service urges Jamaicans to prepare for drier, warmer summer amid developing El Niño phenomenon
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is warning of a developing El Niño phenomenon which is expected to result in reduced rainfall and increased temperatures across Jamaica and other parts of the…
Updated 8 hours ago

Jamaican man who fled custody twice and wanted for murder in St Lucia jailed in US

Orville Andrew Pernell, the Jamaican man who fled custody in St Lucia, where he was wanted for murder, and who also escaped custody while in Jamaica, has been sentenced to federal prison in the United…
Updated 9 hours ago

US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the…