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February 20, 2026
Holness starts collecting full prime ministerial salary
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is now receiving a salary package in line with the public sector compensation review that put the annual basic salary for the officeholder at $28.6 million as of April…
February 20, 2026
St Catherine jury frees man of sex charges involving stepdaughter
A 63-year-old mechanic from St Catherine was acquitted on Friday of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter. The man was tried before the St Catherine Circuit Court on charges of grievous sexual…
February 20, 2026
Holness starts collecting full prime ministerial salary
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is now receiving a salary package in line with the public sector compensation review that put the annual basic salary for the officeholder at $28.6 million as of April…
February 20, 2026
Family appeals for help after woman set ablaze at Westmoreland gas station
Relatives of 40-year-old Dacia Forrester are making an urgent appeal for help after she was allegedly doused with gasolene and set ablaze during a dispute at a gas station in Whithorn, Westmoreland,…
February 19, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Mediation muddle
At the completion of a court-ordered mediation in May last year, a judge at the Trelawny Parish Court dismissed four criminal charges laid against a businessman by two policemen who claimed he…
February 19, 2026
by Kimone Francis
UWI doors open to med students in Cuba
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says there has been no official communication or request to accept anxious Jamaican medical students in Cuba, but it has indicated that it can…
February 19, 2026
Opposition stands by NHT drawdown criticism, calls for gov’t to provide affordable housing
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is standing by its criticism of the Government over the continued drawdown of funds from the National Housing Trust (NHT), arguing that the administration…
February 19, 2026
Two men shot in gun attack in Portmore
The police in Portmore, St Catherine are probing the shooting of two men along Port Henderson Road in the municipality on Wednesday night. It is reported that about 11:30 p.m., both men — one of whom…