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Liston Morrison (right), president of the International Community of Churches, who is visually impaired, holds his two-year-old son Mathias Morrison at the Ministry of Justice, Legal Aid Council’s Justice Fair for Persons with Disabilities in Spanish Tow
February 11, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Blindness threatens former Guantanamo Bay chef’s livelihood

For 21 years, Liston Morrison has been living in a world that has slowly faded into darkness. The 60-year-old Spanish Town resident, once a proud and hard-working chef who spent years preparing meals…
Dr Gavin Myers, principal director of National Integrity Action.
February 11, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

NIA chief: Without UWO, whistleblower protection, corruption fight will stall

National Integrity Action (NIA) Principal Director Dr Gavin Myers wants the Government to urgently roll out critical anti-corruption legislative reforms such as the long-proposed unexplained wealth…
Lorraine Dobson.
February 11, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Tensions flare at KSAMC as JLP protests election of deputy mayor

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors staged a walkout from Tuesday’s meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) after Councillor Lorraine Dobson of the Springfield Division…
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February 11, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Mother, daughter killed in Clarendon shooting

Residents of the fishing village of Rocky Point, Clarendon, are reeling from the shooting deaths of a mother and daughter, a tragedy that has shattered their sense of security, and left many fearful…
Michelle Tulloch-Reid.
February 11, 2026 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora elections under way amid low registration, data‑protection fears

Jamaicans across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have begun voting in elections for the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC), amid concerns from some leaders about what they…
Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, addresses the House of Representatives yesterday.
February 11, 2026 by Karen Madden

House OKs income tax relief for companies that helped workers after Melissa

As the country continues to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last October, the Government is moving to provide tax relief to companies that offered financial assistance to…
Jennifer Williamson.
February 10, 2026 by Olivia Brown

MAY PEN HORROR

A resident of the usually quiet Glenmuir Drive in May Pen, Clarendon, is still shaken after recalling the horrifying moment a terrified 12-year-old boy came tearing through the streets late Sunday…
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February 10, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Witness: Sergeant, corporal denied firing weapons at Acadia scene

Two of the six policemen on trial in the Home Circuit Court in connection with the January 2013 fatal shooting of three men along Acadia Drive, St Andrew, had reported that they did not fire their…
From left: Arnaldo Allen, principal of New Forest High School; Dontae Daley, grade-nine student, and Dontae’s mom Tricia Carter.
February 10, 2026 by Antoine Lodge

From Pathways to promise

Fourteen-year-old Dontae Daley has defied the odds, moving from reading at grade-one level to becoming one of the top performers in his third-form class at New Forest High School – a transformation…