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Customers in the affected communities are encouraged to store sufficient water for use during the disruption period.
December 17, 2025

Eight-hour water disruption for Greater Portmore, Naggo Head and surrounding areas, says NWC

Water supply to multiple communities in Portmore, St Catherine will be interrupted for most of today as the National Water Commission (NWC) undertakes major repairs on the Goshen Pen transmission…
Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan.
December 17, 2025

Buchanan calls on Grange, police to act after alleged rape of CASE student

Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, has called on Gender Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to directly engage with students and the administration at the College of Agriculture,…
New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on June 12, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington.
December 17, 2025

New York governor reaches deal to legalise medically assisted suicide

(AP) — Governor of the US state of New York, Kathy Hochul, said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability…
December 17, 2025

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for theft of Digicel cables

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, at hard labour, after pleading guilty to the theft of batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel. Erick Robinson…
President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon (left), shares a handshake with Dr Norman Grant (second right), president of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, while Wayne Hunter (right), acting director general for the Jamaica Ag
December 17, 2025

JACRA hands over $35 million in fertiliser to coffee farmers

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has delivered 5,000 bags of fertiliser, valued at approximately $35 million, to support recovery in the coffee industry following…
December 17, 2025

St Mary fisherman charged over gun seizure

A 34-year-old fisherman of Paggee district, Port Maria, St Mary, has been charged in connection with the seizure of a gun in his community on Saturday. The accused, Donnadoni McDonald, was charged…
The exercise will be conducted under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System.
December 17, 2025

Agriculture Ministry to conduct animal-tagging blitz in Clarendon on Saturday

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has announced that an animal-tagging blitz will be carried out in Clarendon on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The exercise will be conducted under the…
Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.
December 17, 2025

Gas prices to drop

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $149.26 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $3.06…
Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Daryl Vaz, addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery activities at Jamaica House on December 10,2025.
December 17, 2025

Negotiations for new electricity licence under way - Vaz

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says negotiations to develop a new electricity licensing arrangement for Jamaica have started. He has further indicated that a consultant from overseas has been contracted…