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16 May, 2026 0

Twenty persons still in Hanover shelters as new hurricane season looms

Western Bureau: With some 20 persons still being housed in the four shelters that are still open in Hanover, there are now concerns over whether they will be properly settled ahead of the 2026…
16 May, 2026 0

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…
16 May, 2026 0

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.
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16 May, 2026 0

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…
16 May, 2026 0

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.
16 May, 2026 0

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…
16 May, 2026 0

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.
16 May, 2026 0

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.
16 May, 2026 0

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…