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June 11, 2026 by Lester Hinds

High ticket prices keep World Cup fans in Jamaican Diaspora at bay
When the FIFA World Cup kicks off later today in Mexico, many Jamaicans in the Diaspora will be seated in front of their television sets watching the games rather than attending matches. The main…
June 11, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Chuck pushes for revival of Republic talks 
A senior Government official has made an urgent appeal for a restart of the drawn out constitutional reform process that would remove the British Monarch as Jamaica’s head of state and urged lawmakers…
June 11, 2026

Tufton places spotlight on healthcare workers’ welfare
The Government is moving to improve the welfare of healthcare workers, says Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton, who yesterday contended that the well-being of medical staff is…
June 11, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Four killed in Retirement, cops accused of murder 
Residents of Retirement, in St James, wept openly yesterday morning as they angrily rubbished the police claim that four men who were shot and killed in an operation in the community had engaged them…
June 11, 2026 by Leon Jackson

Troy residents welcome return of vital bridge
Western Bureau: After several years of being cut off from neighbouring communities and being forced to use longer routes to reach markets, farmers in Troy and neighbouring districts in southern…
June 11, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

'The cries were loud and unkind' - MPs welcome reopened Troy Bridge after tension
WESTERN BUREAU: After years of criticism over delays in rebuilding the Troy Bridge, Trelawny Southern’s Member of Parliament (MP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert says she is satisfied that the government…
June 11, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Police flag rise in coordinated gun attacks
Senior law enforcement sources have described an alarming rise in coordinated gun attacks involving heavily armed groups moving with military-like precision across several parishes. The concern…
June 11, 2026

JHTA renews call for meeting on GCT increase
Jamaica’s tourism industry has renewed calls for talks with the government over a proposed increase in the General Consumption Tax (GCT), warning that the absence of consultation risks unsettling one…
June 11, 2026 by Neil Armstrong

Monica Lewis, entrepreneur at heart of Toronto’s Little Jamaica, dies
Monica Lewis’ industriousness and respect for others endeared her to many in Toronto’s Little Jamaica community — a neighbourhood the trailblazing entrepreneur helped build through her business,…