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27 Oct, 2026 0

JP defends role in Pathways defendant’s caution statement

A Justice of the Peace (JP) has rejected suggestions that he failed to adequately perform his duties while witnessing a caution statement and question-and-answer session involving murder accused Andre…
International swimmer Eva Buzo (foreground) shortly after completing a 30-kilometre swim from Trelawny to St James on Sunday. Also pictured is Dr Devon Taylor (left), president of the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement.
27 Oct, 2026 0

Int’l swimmer lends support to local beach rights campaign

WESTERN BUREAU: Internationally acclaimed marathon swimmer Eva Buzo completed a 30-kilometre swim along the coastline from Trelawny to St James on Sunday to highlight the ongoing movement surrounding…
Senator Allan Bernard.
27 Oct, 2026 0

$26b irrigation project exemption questioned

Opposition Senator Allan Bernard is questioning the Government’s decision to exempt the $26-billion Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project from public procurement rules by designating it a national…
Barrington Dobson (centre), a beneficiary of the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), accepts the contract and keys to his new three-bedroom house from Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (second from left) during a handover ceremony last Frida
27 Oct, 2026 0

Gov’t to pump another $2b into ROOFS programme

WESTERN BUREAU: More households are set to benefit from the Government’s ROOFS (Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters) programme as $2 billion has been added to the original allocation amid…
Mickel Jackson, executive director of Jamaicans for Justice.
26 Oct, 2026 0

Jamaica faces UN scrutiny - Advocates say proposed gun sentence hike a step in wrong direction as country faces human rights test

The Advocates’ Association of Jamaica (AAJ) is raising concern over the announcement of a proposed increase in the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession to 20 years. The revelation…
26 Oct, 2026 0

J’can rape convict fights deportation from UK

A Jamaican man serving a 14-year prison sentence in the United Kingdom (UK) for rape could potentially be returned to the island, but a legal battle over whether he would be adequately protected from…
Inside the Mount Hermon United in Westmoreland after Melissa’s blow.
26 Oct, 2026 0

MELISSA 365 | 'We want to build back lives'

WESTERN BUREAU: A year after Hurricane Melissa damaged 54 United Church congregations, destroying eight of their sanctuaries, the denomination is stressing that rebuilding church buildings is its last…
Reggae artiste JahDore, whose real name is Sean McDonald.
26 Oct, 2026 0

JahDore walks free in police assault case

Reggae artiste JahDore, who was accused of assaulting a policeman and tearing his shirt during an incident at a police station in 2019, after his children and their mother were detained, was on Friday…
Audley Gordon, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority.
26 Oct, 2026 0

Derelict car crackdown runs into roadblocks

More than 1,500 abandoned cars have been removed from the nation’s streets since the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) launched its clean-up drive two years ago, reducing eyesores but…