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May 16, 2026
Ottawa, Canada gets a ‘Taste of Jamaica’
From left: Margaret Baird, JAMPRO North America; Oral Chambers, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB); Marsha Coore Lobban, high commissioner-designate to Canada; Shawn Hamilton, Rideau Club board president and…
May 16, 2026
Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
Five residents of Salt Spring have been recognised by Project STAR as community champions, honoured for their consistent volunteerism, leadership and commitment to community development.
May 16, 2026
by Andre Williams
Chairloads of guns - Countree Hype facing decade in US prison for firearms smuggling
A Jamaican music producer has pleaded guilty in the United States (US) to smuggling dozens of firearms and ammunition to Jamaica by concealing the weapons inside furniture shipments, according to the…
May 16, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Person of interest in killing of American woman surrenders to police
Thirty-one-year-old Dane Watson, who was named a person of interest in the murder of a United States citizen in St James, Jamaica, voluntarily surrendered to the St Mary police on Friday.
May 16, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Jamaican cops hailed for helping to drive down murders in Turks and Caicos
Jamaican police officers currently posted to the Turks and Caicos Islands are being credited with helping to drive down murders and major crimes in the British overseas territory which has had no…
May 16, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
St Catherine man charged with double murder committed 12 years ago
St Catherine engineer, 63-year-old Solomon Powell, has been charged with the murder of two men in the parish 12 years ago.
May 16, 2026
Westmoreland health authorities heighten hantavirus surveillance
Health authorities in Westmoreland are maintaining heightened surveillance amid regional concerns about hantavirus, even though Jamaica has not recorded any confirmed cases of the disease.
May 16, 2026
St James Municipal Corporation reports 380 per cent market fee revenue increase
The St James Municipal Corporation has reported a 380 per cent increase in revenue from market fees, attributed to a rise in the number of vendors operating at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego…
May 15, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Shelter crisis - Mayor sounds alarm as more than half of facilities in St Elizabeth not ready for hurricane season
WESTERN BUREAU:
Black River Mayor Richard Solomon says St Elizabeth remains dangerously unprepared for the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins in another two weeks, with more than half of its…