News
June 12, 2026
OUR establishes special team for JPS blackout investigation
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has established a special internal team to oversee the regulatory response to the recent islandwide blackout, following its review of a preliminary report…
June 12, 2026
Clarendon records 18 murders; police say crime reduction strategies being intensified
The Clarendon police are assuring residents that strategies are being intensified to keep crime under control and maintain public safety across the parish.
June 12, 2026
St Elizabeth MP Zuleika Jess and driver fined after pleading guilty to traffic offences
St Elizabeth North Eastern Member of Parliament Zuleika Jess and her driver, Derrick Facey, were today each fined thousands of dollars in the St Elizabeth Parish Court in Balaclava after pleading…
June 12, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Jury frees factory worker of sexual assault allegations
A 32-year-old factory worker wept as he freed of sexual assault charges in the Home Circuit Court on Friday after a jury returned unanimous not-guilty verdicts.
June 12, 2026
St James farmer charged after gun seized in Springfield Main Road operation
A St James farmer has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon following the seizure of a firearm during a police operation in the parish earlier this month.
June 12, 2026
Holness: ‘Downtown Kingston looks worse than it did 40 years ago, massive plan needed’
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says downtown Kingston, capital's commercial heart, looks worse today than it did more than four decades ago and requires a massive plan of intervention covering…
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…