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Updated 17 hours ago Corey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

HIDDEN VICTIMS

Children apprehended for gang-related activities are not typically screened for signs of human trafficking, raising concerns that youngsters exploited by criminal networks could be punished for crimes they were forced to commit, according to the United States Department of State.

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Tamika Harris, president of the Advocates' Association of Jamaica.
12 Oct, 2026 0

Harris wants early guilty pleas to count in more cases

President of the Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ), Tamika Harris, is calling for greater recognition of early guilty pleas in Jamaica’s criminal justice system, arguing that they can spare…
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton
12 Oct, 2026 0

Tufton: Government ensuring hospitals can stand up to disasters

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is moving to ensure that all future public health facilities are engineered to withstand natural disasters. Speaking to the…
Matthew Samuda, Minister of Water, Environment & Climate Change and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern
12 Oct, 2026 0

Samuda targets end to shift system in St Ann North East schools

Minister of Water, Environment & Climate Change and Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ann North Eastern, Matthew Samuda, is on a mission to have the shift system removed from schools in that…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding (right) and St Andrew South West Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke on a tour of Kidd Lane off Spanish Town Road, St Andrew, on Monday.
12 Oct, 2026 0

Golding, Brown Burke call for CCTV, streetlights after triple murder in Kidd Lane

Opposition Leader Mark Golding and St Andrew South West Member of Parliament Dr Angela Brown Burke are calling for improved infrastructure, including functional streetlights and CCTV cameras, to help…
12 Oct, 2026 0

UPDATE | Police hunting killers in Balcombe Drive double murder

Assistant Commissioner of Police Damion Manderson, the commanding officer for the St Andrew South Division, says investigators are working to unravel the deadly gun attack on Balcombe Drive in Olympic…
12 Oct, 2026 0

First US third-country nationals flight to Jamaica expected shortly

The Government says the first flight transporting third-country nationals (TCNs) to Jamaica under an agreement with the United States is expected to arrive shortly, following the International…
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (centre) cuts the ribbon to open the Child and Adolescent Health Centre at the Junction Health Centre in St Elizabeth on Thursday. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are Sean Brissett, parish manager for
12 Oct, 2026 0

Tufton: Stop punishing, start understanding struggling children

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says today’s children are growing up in a far more challenging environment than previous generations as smartphones, social media and…
12 Oct, 2026 0

Appeal court slashes trespass award in Manchester land row

THE COURT of Appeal has slashed a $400,000 damages award to $150,000 while upholding a finding of trespass against the Simmonds family in a long-standing Manchester land dispute between neighbouring…
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (right, seated) and Guyana’s Minister of Tourism Susan Rodrigues (left, seated) beam as they sign a special MOU last Friday.
12 Oct, 2026 0

Jamaica, Guyana forge tourism partnership

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Jamaica and Guyana have signed a tourism cooperation agreement that could open new opportunities for investment, air connectivity and multi-destination travel, as the South…