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Hydel’s Junior Gallimore at Champs 2026.
March 27, 2026

Champs 2026 | Top names miss out on boys 200m finals

Several of the top names expected to advance to the finals of the boys 200m missed out on qualification from the semifinal round held earlier this afternoon at the National Stadium. In Class One,…
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March 27, 2026

Westmoreland police probing death of man who fell from balcony

The police in Westmoreland have launched an investigation into the death of a foreign national who died after reportedly falling from a balcony on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as…
March 27, 2026

Non-custodial sentence for property manage convicted in major drug bust

A property manager who pleaded guilty to several charges related to a US$500,000 or approximately J$76 million drug bust in St Andrew last year has dodged a prison sentence. Instead, Allen Patrick…
Leroy Fearon, lecturer, multi-disciplinary researcher, author, geography specialist, and columnist
March 27, 2026

Leroy Fearon | Stage over screen: Reclaiming the intellectual soul of storytelling

On this World Theatre Day, we are invited not merely to celebrate theatre, but to interrogate the evolving landscape of storytelling itself. In an era dominated by high-budget cinema and…
A total of 1, 174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between January 2018 and January this year remained outstanding up to March 25 this year, Court Administration Division (CAD) confirmed.
March 27, 2026

Value of outstanding traffic tickets hits $4.5B

Motorists owe a total of $4.5 billion for outstanding traffic tickets issued over the last eight year, authorities disclosed on Friday. A total of 1,174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between…
Tesha Miller.
March 27, 2026

Court of Appeal overturns Tesha Miller's conviction in killing of former JUTC head, orders retrial

The Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of alleged gang leader Tesha Miller in relation to the 2008 murder of former Jamaica Urban Transit Company chairman Douglas Chambers and ordered a…
Chief Executive Officer of the St Thomas Municipal Corporation, Kevin McIndoe.
March 27, 2026

St Thomas Municipal Corporation offers three-month building amnesty

Residents of St Thomas are being urged to take advantage of a three-month building amnesty being offered by the municipal corporation to regularise their structures to avoid legal action. Chief…
JUTC buses
March 27, 2026

Five more JUTC drivers charged for allegedly pocketing bus fares

Five more Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers have been arrested and charged for allegedly pocketing bus fares collected from passengers. The men were apprehended by detectives assigned to…
March 27, 2026

Employee at trading company among two men charged in alleged $29 million fraud

Two men have been charged after allegedly defrauding a trading company of millions in a scheme that investigators say spanned nearly two years. The accused are 30-year-old Shemar Dawson, an…