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Jamaica exported over US$50 million worth of yams in 2023, with approximately 70 per cent of that production coming from South Trelawny.
March 20, 2026

Police launch patrols in Trelawny to combat yam theft

Police are stepping up patrols in southern Trelawny to curb a surge in yam thefts, following reports from farmers that thieves are targeting their yam heads and selling them in Manchester markets. …
March 20, 2026

Driver cites medical issue in crash that killed woman in Spanish Town

A lawyer representing a taxi operator told a court on Friday that a medical episode was behind a crash that left a pedestrian dead in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Saturday. The disclosure was made…
A woman rides an electric scooter past a factory displaying an image depicting the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, bearing the words "Socialism or Death", in Havana, Cuba on March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
March 20, 2026

Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generators

(AP) — The Cuban government has refused a request by the United States Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness in dialogue with Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, during Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s (not pictured) 2026-2027 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
March 19, 2026

Holness in the hot seat

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness comes to the proverbial wicket today to make his 11th contribution to the yearly Budget Debate at a time when the country is said to be transitioning from recovery to…
March 19, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Fraud accused’s true identity uncovered in $352m mortgage loan scam

Dwayne Pitter, a resident of Bay Farm Villa in St Andrew, is the person who allegedly used a fictitious name to get mortgage loans totalling $352 million from four commercial banks over a one-month…
Head of the Applied Meteorology Division at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service), Mr. Ronald Moody.
March 19, 2026

Met Service projects below normal rainfall for early wet season

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) is projecting that the early months of the upcoming wet season (April and May) will produce below normal rainfall across the island. This was…
Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collen Gager, speaks during the Trelawny Municipal Corporation’s meeting, held on March 12 at the Artisan Village in Falmouth.
March 19, 2026

Four of six containers that will house infirmary in Trelawny in place

Four of the six prefabricated containers designated for the new Falmouth Infirmary have now arrived on site, marking a significant step in efforts to rehouse residents who were displaced following the…
Small boats may be adversely affected by wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots or by high wave heights.
March 19, 2026

Maritime Authority of Jamaica urges extreme caution amid unstable offshore weather

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is advising all boaters, fisherfolk, and mariners to exercise extreme caution amid the unstable weather conditions currently affecting offshore areas of the…
File photo.
March 19, 2026

Assault rifle and ammunition seized in Grants Pen police operation, man arrested

A man was arrested this morning following the seizure of an assault rifle and a magazine containing ammunition during a police operation at a house in Grants Pen, St Andrew. The operation was part…