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December 17, 2025
Man gets 18 months in prison for robbing St Catherine schoolboy of phone
A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to robbing a schoolboy of a cellular phone valued at $10,000 was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in the parish court on Tuesday. The accused, 18-year-old…
December 17, 2025
Negotiations for new electricity licence under way - Vaz
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says negotiations to develop a new electricity licensing arrangement for Jamaica have started. He has further indicated that a consultant from overseas has been contracted…
December 17, 2025
Gas prices to drop
Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $149.26 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $3.06…
December 17, 2025
Agriculture Ministry to conduct animal-tagging blitz in Clarendon on Saturday
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has announced that an animal-tagging blitz will be carried out in Clarendon on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The exercise will be conducted under the…
December 17, 2025
St Mary fisherman charged over gun seizure
A 34-year-old fisherman of Paggee district, Port Maria, St Mary, has been charged in connection with the seizure of a gun in his community on Saturday. The accused, Donnadoni McDonald, was charged…
December 17, 2025
JACRA hands over $35 million in fertiliser to coffee farmers
The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has delivered 5,000 bags of fertiliser, valued at approximately $35 million, to support recovery in the coffee industry following…
December 17, 2025
Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for theft of Digicel cables
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, at hard labour, after pleading guilty to the theft of batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel. Erick Robinson…
December 18, 2025
by THE EDITOR
Madam:
Strongly object to decriminalising consensual sex between minors
THE EDITOR, Madam: I wish to register my strong objection to the suggestion that consensual sex between minors should not be treated as a criminal matter in Jamaica. Whatever the legal intention…
December 17, 2025
Peter Polack | Caribbean vows: In sickness and health
The truth is often like a wife who abandons her husband in hospital, a friend who does not return your calls for help, bankers who refuse you after the 243rd mortgage payment and governments who…