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Update | Bail denied for men charged for $2 million robbery at store in Angels in Spanish Town

The two men—one from Westmoreland and the other from Manchester—charged for stealing more than $2 million worth of items, including cell phones, from a store in Angels, Spanish Town, St Catherine were…
Gordon struts in Look 31, designed by Chanel’s artistic director Matthieu Blazy.
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Romae Gordon walks Chanel Haute Couture in Paris

Romae Gordon made her return to the runway in Paris for Chanel’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026 show on Tuesday at the Grand Palais, following her Milan appearance for Versace last September. The…
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Woman in Trinidad charged for allegedly using bad cheques to buy Carnival fete tickets

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Tuesday said that a woman has been granted TT$10,000 bail after she allegedly issued two bad cheques to purchase tickets for…
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Spanish Town Hospital seeing sharp decline in births, maternity ward offering other services

The Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine is reporting a steady decline in births as Jamaica’s decreasing fertility rate persists. So reduced are births at the hospital that it is using space in the…
Several Jamaica Public Service poles found on a property in Carawina, Westmoreland.
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Westmoreland man arrested for stealing JPS poles, another held while attempting to steal electricity

The police in Westmoreland have made arrests as law enforcement intensifies efforts to clamp down on the theft of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) property and illegal activities. In one incident, a man…
The St Catherine Parish Court in Spanish Town.
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Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Portmore man charged for setting home on fire

Another psychiatric evaluation is to be conducted on a 52-year-old Portmore, St Catherine man who set his home on fire. Albert Buchanan is charged with arson. Buchanan appeared before the St…
Janiel McEwan, economic consultant
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Janiel McEwan | The FID amendments: Independence won, but oversight lost in the shadows

Jamaica’s Parliament moved with unusual speed last week to amend the Financial Investigations Division Act, approving changes that the Government insists are essential to keeping the country in good…
This image from video provided by US South Command, shows a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean shortly before it was destroyed by the US military, killing two and injuring one, on January 23, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command via A
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Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people

WASHINGTON (AP) — The death toll from the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea, the US military…
Professor Augustine John, Human Rights campaigner and Honorary Fellow at the UCL Institute of Education, University of London.
27 Jan, 2026 0

Gus John | Caribbean in crisis…again!

Donald Trump is wreaking havoc in the Caribbean. The activities of the US military and the CIA across the region and especially in Venezuela, the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas…