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A record 27 million metric tons of sargassum has been detected across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico this July, according to the University of South Florida's Optical Oceanography Lab. The massive seaweed blooms are blanketing beaches and coast
31 Jul, 2026 0

A blanket of seaweed smothers coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico

PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP) – Swaths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking…
31 Jul, 2026 0

Cops face murder charges two years after Denham Town shooting

Two police officers and a former serving member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who was arrested last week at the Norman Manley International Airport, were on Thursday dragged before the…
31 Jul, 2026 0

Three freed in fiery double murder case after key witness cannot be found

Three men accused in a fiery double murder case in which the victims were found in a bathtub have been freed after the prosecution said its sole eyewitness could not be located. The men were freed in…
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Vanessa Llewellyn (left) pauses for a photo with Miss Anieta Bailey, community relations education officer for Region 5 of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information.
31 Jul, 2026 0

‘I had to be The Iron Lady’ - Llewellyn opens up on court challenge to tenure, urges educators to never play victim
WESTERN BUREAU: Drawing on the bruising constitutional challenge against her tenure as Jamaica’s chief prosecutor, Paula Llewellyn on Wednesday urged educators still bouncing back from Hurricane…
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, addressing the official opening ceremony for the Lucea Fish Sanctuary and its administrative office, on the grounds of the sanctuary on Wednesday.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Hope for Hanover fisherfolk as Lucea Fish Sanctuary opens

WESTERN BUREAU: Fisherfolk in the Lucea area of Hanover now have a better chance of promoting environmental sustainability with the official opening of The Lucea Fish Sanctuary, and an office from…
Sarah’s Children Chairman Janet Silvera and Odette Dyer, regional director of the Jamaica Tourist Board, share lens time with Festival at Sea representatives and students from.schools across western Jamaica during the donation of books at Historic Falmou
31 Jul, 2026 0

Cruise passengers donate 1,000 books to western schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Fifteen schools from across St James, Trelawny, and St Elizabeth have received a share of 1,000 reading books donated to their respective libraries on Wednesday, courtesy of the…
Health professionals examine a patient’s eyes during a Zion Care International medical outreach.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Medical mission delivers 3,100 treatments

Carl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer United States-based Zion Care International (ZCI) continued its nearly two-decade medical outreach in Jamaica earlier this month, delivering more than 3,100 medical…
Workers at the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant during a site tour on Wednesday.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Rio Cobre plant on target to deliver 15 million gallons daily by May 2027

Amid persistent drought conditions in Kingston, St Andrew and parts of St Catherine, the US$92-million ($14.5-billion) Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant, now 60 per cent complete, is on track to deliver…
Cover of ‘Presumption of Guilt’ authored by attorney-at-law David Wong Ken.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Attorney explores justice, power in new book

Attorney, entrepreneur and author David Wong Ken is inviting readers into a world where justice, power and history collide in his latest legal thriller, Presumption of Guilt. Rich in courtroom drama,…