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March 22, 2026
Three arrested as JDF seizes massive cocaine shipment offshore Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is reporting that the Coast Guard on Saturday intercepted a go-fast boat offshore Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth and seized more than 2,500 kilogrammes of cocaine and…
March 22, 2026
Teen boy in St Mary arrested over fatal incident
A teen boy has been taken into police custody for the alleged killing of a man in Belfield, St Mary on Friday. The police report that the teen and the man were involved in an argument, which later…
March 22, 2026
Alleged fraud case involving medical doctor and co-accused moved from St Catherine to Supreme Court
The multimillion-dollar fraud case involving medical doctor Chloe Douett and her co-accused has been transferred from the St Catherine Parish Court to the Supreme Court by the Office of the Director…
March 22, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Decades of distress
Courtney Anderson would have been relieved when an assault case against him was dismissed in 1996, but little did he know that 30 years later he would still be experiencing the recurring nightmare of…
March 22, 2026
by Karen Madden
Importer blames storage gap for leaving onion farmers in tears
Onion importers are pushing back against suggestions that their business is killing local farmers, now experiencing a glut. Since the first round of reaping began following the devastation wrought by…
March 22, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Another Jamaican history maker in US
WESTERN BUREAU: From the quiet hills of Adelphi in St James to the corridors of power at the Pentagon, Jamaica-born Mark Denton is poised to make history as the first Black man to lead the Cadet Corps…
March 22, 2026
Digging into Government, Opposition responses to local, global crises
The 2026-2027 Budget Debate comes to an end on Tuesday with Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams expected to respond to the Opposition’s alternative to the administration’s…
March 22, 2026
The expungement process
The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act, 2026 was passed in the Senate in January and signed by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen on February 20. In addition to the reform…
March 22, 2026
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin | Two freedoms, and what Passover means in Jamaica
Every year when April arrives, lines from two different songs find their way back into my head, and I find myself thinking about how much they have in common. The first is from Paul Robeson: “when…