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INDECOM Commissioner Hugh Faulkner.
August 9, 2026 by Andre Williams

TRIGGER TROUBLE - INDECOM probes 26 accidental firearm discharges in seven months; eight cops injured as FLA warns against negligence
Just 22 minutes apart on July 28, two police officers in different parishes accidentally shot themselves with licensed firearms. A few days later, a policewoman was injured after her Glock pistol was…
Plastic bottles and other waste from other countries washed ashore in Holland Bay, St Thomas.
August 9, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Plastic tide

A heavy influx of foreign plastic waste bearing Spanish and French labels is piling up along Jamaica’s eastern coastline, creating a severe environmental hazard that threatens marine life and the food…
August 9, 2026 by Janet Silvera

The cop who finally listened - Two women recount years of fear after ending abusive relationships; grateful to corporal for standing with them
WESTERN BUREAU: They are two Kingston women with different lives and different histories of alleged abuse, but when Karen P.* and Janice Q.* speak about the policeman they say finally listened, the…
August 9, 2026 by Andre Williams

Aftershocks rattle KFTL after cocaine sting

Heightened security and growing unease gripped Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) on Saturday, a day after a major cocaine bust led to the arrest of eight people and intensified an…
Father Gerard Paul, who hails from Grenada, can no longer officiate masses, funerals, weddings or baptisms after repeatedly criticising the Church and clergy.
August 9, 2026

Suspended priest in Grenada turns to calypso to preach about sexual abuse and Gaza

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church. Father…
AP Hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store, in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
August 9, 2026

US job market stalled in July as employers cut 23,000 jobs, delivering political blow to Trump

The US job market stalled unexpectedly last month, delivering a political blow to President Donald Trump three months ahead of midterm elections and complicating decision-making for the inflation…
Health workers at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak protest over unpaid wages at the provincial governor’s office in Ituri, eastern Congo, on Thursday.
August 9, 2026

He’s doing it unpaid

BUNIA, Congo (AP): Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. At an Ebola treatment hospital in the eastern…
People sleep on the Malecón seawall to escape the heat of their homes during a power outage in Havana, Cuba.
August 9, 2026

Life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity

HAVANA (AP): A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays – a miracle that sometimes comes at 3 a.m. That’s when 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez frantically cooked beans after…
St Catherine Parish Court
August 9, 2026

Haitian woman charged with overstaying granted bail after infant daughter injured in State care

A Haitian woman who was among persons arrested at a house in Green Acres, St Catherine, and charged with overstaying was on Friday granted bail on humanitarian grounds in the St Catherine Parish Court…