News
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine prisoner has case to answer in fellow inmate’s fatal stabbing, court rules
An inmate charged for the alleged fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last year has been told that he has a case to answer. Appolos Atkinson, an inmate at…
May 21, 2026
Morgan says One Road Authority not intended to displace workers
The Government is seeking to assure employees within agencies that are likely to be affected by the establishment of the One Road Authority that the move is not intended to displace workers.
May 21, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Anniona Jones elected as new JAPSS president
Haile Selassie High School Principal, Anniona Jones, is the new head of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPPS) following elections held at Church Teachers' College in…
May 21, 2026
by Andre Williams
Licensed firearm holder suspected to have committed suicide in St Andrew
A 62-year-old man is suspected to have died by suicide at his home in Kingston 8 on Thursday morning. He is David Burke of Bucknell Avenue, Kingston 8.
May 21, 2026
by Mickalia Kington
Teen dies after motorcycle hits cow
An 18 year old lost his life and another teenager was left nursing serious injuries following a crash involving a motorcycle and a cow along the Petersfield main road in Westmoreland late Wednesday…
May 21, 2026
by Andre Williams
INDECOM probing shooting of father and son by police, killing of man in downtown Kingston
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing two separate police shooting incidents on Wednesday in Kingston, one in the Craig Town community that left a father and son injured,…
May 21, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Construction worker accused of having sex with a 12-y-o girl freed
A 58-year-old construction worker was freed of sexual offence charges after a jury returned a not-guilty verdict in the St Catherine Circuit Court on Wednesday.
May 21, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
Japan's Mighty Crown undertakes Hurricane Melissa relief projects in Jamaica
Japan’s Mighty Crown sound system has undertaken a relief and recovery project to assist Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Melissa in October 2025.
May 21, 2026
Earth Today | Mounting scrutiny over global sand trade
THE GROWING debate over sand extraction is exposing deficiencies in how governments and private interests are managing one of the world’s most heavily consumed natural resources.
“Governments must…