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The house on the property lost its roof to Hurricane Melissa.
Updated 11 hours ago by Tanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

'I prefer to die' - 75-y-o man, wife, kids face eviction from family land after 41 years

An elderly St Elizabeth man is appealing for the intervention of Justice Minister Delroy Chuck after a court ordered him to vacate land he has lived on for 41 years by Sunday, insisting that he is not a squatter.

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Petrojam worker faces charges in alleged ammo-selling ring

An employee of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has been arrested and charged by the police arising from allegations that he was part of a ring that illegally sold bullets and gun parts for…
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JCA says two tonnes of cocaine, plus ganja seized at KFTL

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) said last week’s seizure of drugs at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was its largest drug seizure since the start of the year. More than two tonnes of…
From left: Garth Wilkinson, councillor for Falmouth Division; Lothan Cousins, opposition spokesperson on land; Isat Buchanan, opposition spokesperson on youth and human rights; and Mark Golding, opposition leader, in conversation during a tour of Cooper’
Updated 16 hours ago

Use law to halt demolitions, Cousins urges Gov’t

WESTERN BUREAU: Lothan Cousins, the opposition spokesman on land, is calling on the Government to invoke a decades-old law to halt any further demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, arguing…
Temporary tents erected amid ruin after squatter homes were demolished in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, earlier this week.
Updated 11 hours ago by Janet Silvera

Golding wants inquiry into enforcement of land rights

WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for a national inquiry into how land rights are enforced against vulnerable Jamaicans, arguing that the demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen,…
Hugh Smith (centre), chief plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining’s Apiculture Unit, looks through bottles of honey and honey-related products, during Thursday’s fourth annual staging of the St James Bee Farmers
Updated 16 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Bee farmers urged to rear queens to get over Melissa’s sting

WESTERN BUREAU: Beekeepers who still have working equipment after Hurricane Melissa are being encouraged to focus specifically on rearing queen bees in order to fast-track the restoration of Jamaica’s…
Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition.
Updated 16 hours ago by Sashana Small

CVC: Teach youth social media’s benefits, pitfalls

Ivan Cruickshank, executive director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), is calling for a wide-ranging educational campaign on social media use targeting young people as the…
Dave Creary.
August 13, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Tremor terror - Jamaican recounts tale of escaping devastating Colombia earthquake
A Jamaican man who found himself caught in the grip of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Colombia says chaos erupted in the stairwell of the 17-storey hotel where he was staying, as panicked guests rushed…
Tova Hamilton, member of parliament for Trelawny Northern.
August 13, 2026 by Adrian Frater

‘Cold ground was my bed last night’ …. Cooper’s Pen demolition victim sings the blues

Western Bureau: On Tuesday night, Shane ‘Biggs’ Ricketts, whose house was demolished in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, earlier that day, could not help but reflect on Bob Marley’s hit song, Talkin Blues, in…
Delroy Chuck, minister of justice and committee chairman.
August 13, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Chuck draws line on kids with guns - Justice minister scoffs at proposal to have children caught with firearms automatically sent to child diversion programme instead of facing charges in court
A recommendation by an opposition lawmaker that children found in possession of a firearm or ammunition should be referred to the child diversion programme rather than placed before the court on gun…