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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development with responsibility for Land Titling and Settlements, Robert Montague (right, foreground), greets residents while touring sections of the Coopers Pen community in
21 Sep, 2026 0

Displaced Coopers Pen families receive relocation grants

Families displaced by last month’s demolition of homes at Coopers Pen in Trelawny have been provided with relocation grants by the Government, coinciding with the planned departure of the first group…
21 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica to get direct flights to Mexico

Jamaica is poised for the first time to get direct flights to Mexico. Jamaicans do not need a visa to visit Mexico. Aeroméxico, Mexico's flag carrier and one of Latin America's best-known…
Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Hugh Faulkner.
21 Sep, 2026 0

INDECOM undertaking review of handling of Seaford Town fatal police shooting scene

Commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Hugh Faulkner says a review has been ordered to determine whether any internal lapse of duty occurred by its investigators who…
21 Sep, 2026 0

Pathways Ministries Trial | Pastor Kevin Smith shot me and told me I was immortal, former church member testifies

A former Pathways International Church member broke down in court after testifying that he was shot in the back twice by the now-deceased church leader, Dr Kevin Smith. The witness, who was given a…
Minister with responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Robert Morgan.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Morgan dismisses Golding’s road criticism as ‘political exaggeration’

Minister with responsibility for Works in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development Robert Morgan has described as political exaggeration criticisms made by People’s National…
Haiti's former President Jovenel Moïse speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 7, 2020.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Ex-Haitian official, 17 others appear in US court involving 2021 plot to kill Haitian president

MIAMI (AP) — A former Haitian government official and more than a dozen other people appeared Monday in federal court in Miami on charges related to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel…
21 Sep, 2026 0

Man disarms cop, steals service pistol in St Andrew

The police are searching for a man who disarmed a policeman who responded to a break-in at a premises in St Andrew and reportedly stole the cop’s service pistol. It is reported that on Monday…
Angella Jones, farmer in Flagaman district, St Elizabeth, looks at crops that have been blighted in the field by an ongoing drought and extreme heat.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Harvest heartbreak

For Angella Jones, the hardest part of farming is not the work. It is putting everything she has into the ground, watching crops fail repeatedly, and then having to find the money to start all over…
Angella Jones, a farmer in Flagaman district, St Elizabeth, gives water to one of her goats.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Farmers facing price squeeze

A veteran farmer is pushing back against the perception that farmers are responsible for the high prices consumers pay for food. Angella Jones, a 53-year-old from Flagaman with more than 30 years…