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May 26, 2026

PNP hails gov’t’s decision to honour Portia Simpson Miller with hospital naming
The People’s National Party (PNP) has welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, will be named in honour…
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May 26, 2026

Dean Jones | Hurricane season returns to the forefront as Jamaica expands financial protection
With the official Atlantic hurricane forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration out, governments, insurers and property owners across the Caribbean are again confronting a…
May 26, 2026

Gun Court frees man accused of firing at police in Tivoli Gardens

A businessman who was accused of engaging police in a shoot-out in Tivoli Gardens in Kingston in 2023 was freed in the Gun Court on Tuesday after a Gun Court judge upheld a no-case submission made by…
May 26, 2026

Opposition leader in Trinidad wants Police Complaints Authority reforms modelled after Jamaica’s INDECOM
Leader of the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) in Trinidad and Tobago, Pennelope Beckles, on Tuesday called for the government to “immediately” amend legislation to improve the powers…
May 26, 2026

Cedar Valley to get new post office
There will be a new post office to serve Cedar Valley, St. Thomas, following a Labour Day project in the community on May 25.
May 26, 2026

Not guilty verdict entered in Denham Town robbery and gun case against Kingston woman
A Kingston woman was freed of robbery and gun charges in the Supreme Court today after the Crown conceded that it could not mount a viable prosecution in the matter.
May 26, 2026

Police in Belize investigating disappearance of money held as evidence
The police in Belize have confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the disappearance of more than BDZ$21,000 from the Crimes Investigation Branch (CIB) evidence room.
May 26, 2026

Cottages at Denham Town Golden Age Home renovated by Local Government Ministry

Six of the thirty-one self-contained cottages at the Denham Town Golden Age Home in Kingston were renovated in a project led by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on Labour…
May 26, 2026

Train collides with minibus of children in Belgium and four people are dead
BUGGENHOUT, Belgium (AP) — A train travelling at high speed hit a minibus crossing a railway in Belgium on Tuesday, killing four people, including two children, and badly injuring five other children…