News
May 31, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Police: Man charged with sexual offences involving 12-year-old girl in Portmore
A 59-year-old man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Portmore, St Catherine last week.
May 30, 2026
by Livern Barrett
CLOSING THE SCRUTINY GAP
Public officials in Jamaica do not “instinctively” embrace oversight and monitoring, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has asserted.
Golding, who served as prime minister between 2007 and 2011,…
May 30, 2026
FLA misses first shot at getting unpublished - IC report disclosed Court gives regulator permission to appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) seeking disclosure of an unpublished Integrity Commission (IC) report into alleged corruption and irregularities…
May 30, 2026
What we know and don't know about the possible deal to end the Iran war
CAIRO (AP): The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.
US and Iranian negotiators on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to extend…
May 30, 2026
Buchanan cleared of misconduct charge - Court says GLC disciplinary committee breached natural justice
The Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of professional misconduct against attorney-at-law and Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan, which arose from comments he made about the…
May 30, 2026
American jailed for selling lead sheets to Jamaican scammers
A court in the United States has sentenced an American man to more than 10 years in prison for selling personal information or lead sheets of more than seven million elderly US citizens to Jamaican…
May 30, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
JPs urged to become child diversion mentors
Tiffany Case, a child diversion officer assigned to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, is urging justices of the peace (JPs) to volunteer as mentors in the National Child Diversion…
May 31, 2026
Jamaican institutions gain slice of $200m slavery-research fund
Jamaican institutions and scholars are among beneficiaries in the Caribbean and West Africa of £450,000 (J$91 million) from the UK-based Lloyd's Register Foundation, part of a wider £1 million…
May 30, 2026
Female farmer busy managing three locations
Twenty-seven years ago, Julie Bryson-Hing walked out of a restaurant job after one dispute too many with her boss. She first considered opening a restaurant of her own but balked at the overheads and…