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February 21, 2026
Man charged for allegedly stealing $400,000 from cash pot machine in Spanish Town remanded
A man accused of stealing $400,000 from a cash pot machine at a business establishment in Spanish Town, St Catherine was on Friday remanded when he appeared before the parish court. Heron Coleman, a…
February 21, 2026
Man killed, two others injured after truck crashes into parked vehicle in Portland
A 22-year-old man died from injuries he sustained when the Isuzu motor truck he was travelling in slammed into the rear of a parked truck on the main road in Hope Bay, Portland on Saturday. The man,…
February 21, 2026
17-y-o St Mary boy charged in connection with murder of Boscobel businessman
A 17-year-old boy from Boscobel, St Mary, has been charged by police in connection with the shooting death of 59-year-old businessman Garfield Singh at his Boscobel home last Monday. The minor is…
February 21, 2026
Update | Kingston man charged over theft of gaming boxes from bar in St Catherine remanded
A man charged over the theft of gaming boxes from a bar in St Catherine was on Friday remanded when he appeared in the parish court. Omar Dennis, 35, of Denham Town in Kingston, is charged with shop…
February 21, 2026
CPFSA condemns ‘unconscionable and callous’ Denham Town attack
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it is expressing profound outrage and sorrow at the killing of a three-year-old boy and the injury of his eight-year-old brother and their…
February 21, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Mom of 3 battles cancer and impact of Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Nickeisha Black, a 34-year-old mother of three young children, who resides in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, has been fighting a hard battle with Stage-3 colorectal cancer since 2024, and…
February 21, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Babymother denies Allen, friends were gunmen, gangsters
The mother of Mark Allen’s daughter yesterday firmly denied that he and one of his friends, who were killed alongside him in January 2013, were gunmen, rejecting defence suggestions that they were…
February 21, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Opposition wants timeline for phasing out asset tax
Senators on both sides of the political divide yesterday locked horns over a timeline for eliminating the asset tax paid by financial institutions, which should have been phased out about a decade…
February 21, 2026
Common-law couples cautioned against duplicate hurricane claims within households
WESTERN BUREAU: Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security, is cautioning residents against submitting multiple hurricane relief applications from the same household, warning that the…