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The house on the property lost its roof to Hurricane Melissa.
Updated 17 hours ago by Tanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter

'I prefer to die' - 75-y-o man, wife, kids face eviction from family land after 41 years

An elderly St Elizabeth man is appealing for the intervention of Justice Minister Delroy Chuck after a court ordered him to vacate land he has lived on for 41 years by Sunday, insisting that he is not a squatter.

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Published 22 hours ago by Livern Barrett

Petrojam worker faces charges in alleged ammo-selling ring

An employee of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has been arrested and charged by the police arising from allegations that he was part of a ring that illegally sold bullets and gun parts for…
Published 6 hours ago

Prosecution: Teen’s injury in Zimi Seh Beach brawl could be permanent

One of the injuries sustained by one of the teenage brothers during the wild caught-on-tape altercation at the ‘Zimi Seh Beach Party’ last weekend could be permanent, prosecutors have revealed. The…
Justice Winston Anderson, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice
Published 5 hours ago

CCJ President Anderson rejects allegations of panel manipulation, internal tensions

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, has responded to reports of allegations of internal tensions and judicial panel manipulation at the regional court,…
Dr Lambert Innis, Senior Instructor at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, demonstrates the proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Published 4 hours ago

Heart Foundation urges quick action during cardiac emergencies

Senior Instructor at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Dr Lambert Innis, is urging members of the public to respond swiftly when they encounter someone experiencing a cardiac emergency. Speaking…
Nashan Miller, Director of the Male Empowerment Unit in the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
Published 4 hours ago

Male victims of gender-based violence encouraged to speak up

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) is reminding male victims of gender-based violence (GBV) that they can report incidents of abuse to both the bureau and the police. Director of the Male Empowerment…
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Updated 17 hours ago

JCA says two tonnes of cocaine, plus ganja seized at KFTL

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) said last week’s seizure of drugs at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was its largest drug seizure since the start of the year. More than two tonnes of…
From left: Garth Wilkinson, councillor for Falmouth Division; Lothan Cousins, opposition spokesperson on land; Isat Buchanan, opposition spokesperson on youth and human rights; and Mark Golding, opposition leader, in conversation during a tour of Cooper’
Updated 22 hours ago

Use law to halt demolitions, Cousins urges Gov’t

WESTERN BUREAU: Lothan Cousins, the opposition spokesman on land, is calling on the Government to invoke a decades-old law to halt any further demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, arguing…
Temporary tents erected amid ruin after squatter homes were demolished in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, earlier this week.
Updated 17 hours ago by Janet Silvera

Golding wants inquiry into enforcement of land rights

WESTERN BUREAU: Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling for a national inquiry into how land rights are enforced against vulnerable Jamaicans, arguing that the demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen,…
Hugh Smith (centre), chief plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining’s Apiculture Unit, looks through bottles of honey and honey-related products, during Thursday’s fourth annual staging of the St James Bee Farmers
Updated 22 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Bee farmers urged to rear queens to get over Melissa’s sting

WESTERN BUREAU: Beekeepers who still have working equipment after Hurricane Melissa are being encouraged to focus specifically on rearing queen bees in order to fast-track the restoration of Jamaica’s…