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March 23, 2026
US jury finds Bill Cosby liable for 1972 sexual assault, awards nearly US$60 million
(AP) — A United States jury has found comedian and actor Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972, awarding her US$59.3 million in damages. The decision followed a…
March 23, 2026
Minister Grange commends Jamaica’s World Indoors performance
Culture and Sport Minister Olivia Grange has praised Jamaica’s performance at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, highlighting a historic medal in the men’s triple jump. The minister…
March 22, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Policing printers
Customs officials have implemented a new policy that mandates employees to detain all three-dimensional or 3D printers imported into Jamaica, pending an internal verification of the end-user, a leaked…
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…