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Sir Kenneth Hall (left) in conversation with other past students of Rusea’s High at the recent launch of the Hanover-based school’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
03 Nov, 2026 0

Rusea’s readies to celebrate 250-year legacy

WESTERN BUREAU: Rusea’s High is gearing up to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year and several past students of the Lucea, Hanover-based school are determined on making it a memorable affair…
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03 Nov, 2026 0

Crash footage obtained as police probe deadly Ocho Rios crash

Police investigators have obtained video footage of the three-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on the weekend as they work to establish responsibility…
Twenty-two-year-old bartender Shaquille Borris Sproul.
02 Nov, 2026 0

PARTY TRAGEDY - Bartender’s death at Halloween festival leaves family, friends seeking answers

The family of 22-year-old bartender Shaquille Borris Sproul said it is considering taking legal action against the organisers of the SCREAM Halloween Festival following his death while working at the…
Head of the St Ann Police Division, Senior Superintendent Carlos Russell.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Police: Ocho Rios crash cars reportedly had dealer plates

The St Ann police have received reports that the two Mercedes-Benz motor cars that were “racing” in Ocho Rios, St Ann, before a weekend crash that resulted in the deaths of four teenagers were fitted…
Senator Keith Duncan.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Duncan: Productivity key to breaking Ja’s low-growth cycle

Government Senator Keith Duncan has signalled that the only way for Jamaica to make a meaningful breakthrough to break the low-growth cycle dogging the economy for several years is to increase…
Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Gov’t says no parliamentary instructions defied in Cuba vote abstention

Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has rejected an assertion by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson that the Government flouted the authority of Parliament when Jamaica abstained from…
Valda Gayle, mother of Glenmuir High School head boy Melteno Lopez, sells handmade jewellery on the streets of May Pen in Clarendon to send her son to school.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Beyond the badge

At 18, Melteno Lopez has already learnt that leadership comes with scrutiny. His appointment as head boy of Glenmuir High School drew criticism from some members of the student body, who believed…
Kenneth Anglin, president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the Project GetStart launch.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Discovery gives St Ann entrepreneurs a shot in the arm

Discovery Bauxite and the Discovery Bauxite Community Council last Wednesday launched a programme to stimulate economic and income-generation opportunities for residents in the bauxite company’s…
May Pen North Division’s Councillor Tanyalee Williams during October’s sitting of the Public Health Committee.
02 Nov, 2026 0

Councillor sounds alarm on Bushy Park Mews sewage crisis

Residents of Bushy Park Mews in Clarendon have endured nearly two years of sewage spilling onto a public roadway whenever it rains, exposing schoolchildren, pedestrians and other road users to…