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May 21, 2026
Gov’t honours former State Minister and MP Leslie Campbell with official funeral
Former State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and former Member of Parliament, Leslie Roy Campbell, has been accorded an official funeral by the Government.
May 21, 2026
Road death toll passes 100 amid sharp decline in fatal crashes
The number of people killed on Jamaica’s roadways this year has surpassed 100 amid a significant decline in road fatalities.
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine prisoner has case to answer in fellow inmate’s fatal stabbing, court rules
An inmate charged for the alleged fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last year has been told that he has a case to answer. Appolos Atkinson, an inmate at…
May 21, 2026
Morgan says One Road Authority not intended to displace workers
The Government is seeking to assure employees within agencies that are likely to be affected by the establishment of the One Road Authority that the move is not intended to displace workers.
May 21, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Anniona Jones elected as new JAPSS president
Haile Selassie High School Principal, Anniona Jones, is the new head of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPPS) following elections held at Church Teachers' College in…
May 21, 2026
by Andre Williams
Licensed firearm holder suspected to have committed suicide in St Andrew
A 62-year-old man is suspected to have died by suicide at his home in Kingston 8 on Thursday morning. He is David Burke of Bucknell Avenue, Kingston 8.
May 21, 2026
by Mickalia Kington
Teen dies after motorcycle hits cow
An 18 year old lost his life and another teenager was left nursing serious injuries following a crash involving a motorcycle and a cow along the Petersfield main road in Westmoreland late Wednesday…
May 21, 2026
by Andre Williams
INDECOM probing shooting of father and son by police, killing of man in downtown Kingston
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing two separate police shooting incidents on Wednesday in Kingston, one in the Craig Town community that left a father and son injured,…
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Construction worker accused of having sex with a 12-y-o girl freed
A 58-year-old construction worker was freed of sexual offence charges after a jury returned a not-guilty verdict in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday.