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April 30, 2026
Education Ministry says PEP exams successfully held despite Melissa disruptions
The Ministry of Education is reporting that the 2026 Grade 6 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations have been successful administrated despite significant disruptions caused by Hurricane Melissa. …
April 30, 2026
St Catherine fisherman ordered to pay $360,000 in restitution, gets suspended sentence for machete attack
A fisherman from Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, was today given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay $360,000 in restitution for chopping a man with a machete during a dispute. Omeally…
April 30, 2026
Former St Catherine call centre employee pleads guilty to using co-worker’s bank card, gets probation
A former employee at a St Catherine call centre who pleaded guilty to using a co-worker’s bank card to make online purchases was today given two years’ probation in the circuit court. Le Andrew…
April 30, 2026
Decomposing body of man found in Rio Cobre
Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Police Division are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Rio Cobre in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday. The police report…
April 30, 2026
Brown-Burke’s acceptance of wrongdoing in Parliament incomplete; apology required, says JLP
The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is maintaining that South West St Andrew Member of Parliament, Dr Angela Brown-Burke, has not gone far enough in taking responsibility for her conduct in…
April 30, 2026
Government to resume annual performance-based salary increments for public sector workers
Public sector employees are set to earn more, as the Government is to resume annual performance-based salary increments for workers. The Ministry of Finance, in a media release on Thursday,…
April 30, 2026
Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air early Thursday morning as they were responding to a call of a man…
April 30, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Pressure mounts on executors after court blocks audit in Stewart estate dispute
WESTERN BUREAU: Attorneys representing Adam Stewart have welcomed last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking out an application by executors of the estate of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, arguing that the…
April 30, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
A blessing for Anna-Olivia
The family of seven-month-old Anna-Olivia Gardener has expressed relief and joy after the child, who is affected by Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), was given a new start date of May 11 to begin early…