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Shanoya Douglas powers to victory in the girls' Class One 100m final at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships, clocking a personal best 10.98 seconds, on March 25. (Ian Allen photo)
March 25, 2026

Champs 2026 | Day 2 Top Performer: Holland High's Shanoya Douglas

On a night of fast times and personal bests, Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas emerged as the standout performer, winning gold in the girls' Class One 100m final in 10.98 seconds, going sub-11 as…
Donovan Williams and Rosalie Hamilton.
March 25, 2026

PNP Patriots calls for investigation into allegations against JLP MP Donovan Williams

The PNP Patriots, an affiliate of the opposition People’s National Party, is urging the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency and Integrity Commission to probe disputed allegations by…
Kingston College’s Julius Itubo won the boys' Class Three 1500m final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on March 25, 2026. He set new record of 4:00.76. (Antoine Lodge photo)
March 25, 2026

Champs 2026|KC’s Julius Itubo breaks own record to win 1500m gold

Kingston College’s Julius Itubo broke his own record in the boys Class Three 1500 metres final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on Wednesday, finishing in 4:00.76. …
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, in discussion with Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, during his official visit to Jamaica on January 24, 2026. (Contributed photo)
March 25, 2026

Jamaica supports ‘gravest crime’ slavery resolution at UN; US, Israel oppose

Jamaica joined more than 120 countries Wednesday in supporting a United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity.” …
Police vehicles parked at a parking lot near Kingston Public Hospital, where officers are investigating a fatal shooting on March 25, 2026. 
March 25, 2026

Man shot dead in parking lot near Kingston Public Hospital

A man was shot dead in a parking lot near Kingston Public Hospital less than an hour ago, the police say. Crime scene investigators are now processing the area, which has been restricted. More…
File photo.
March 25, 2026

Motorists face another week of higher gas prices

Motorists are facing another week of increases in the prices of gas. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $4.25 to sell for $167.88 per litre and a litre of E-10 90…
A screenshot from a video in which a man was seen being assaulted by cops in Trelawny.
March 25, 2026

Lawyers calls for probe of police beating of Trelawny man caught on video

The attorney for a Trelawny man who claimed that he was kicked all over his body by cops during an incident captured by cell phone video, then set free without criminal charges, has signalled that he…
From Left: Lasco Chin Foundation CEO Rosalea Hamilton Dr Winsome Gordon, Dorette Rhoden Henry, Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester, and CEO of the Jamaica Teaching Council, Dr Winsome Gordon, at the 2025-2026
March 25, 2026

‘Teaching is a calling’: deCarteret’s Dorette Rhoden Henry named Teacher of the Year

Dorette Rhoden Henry, Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester, is the 2025-2026 LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/ Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of…
The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo)
March 25, 2026

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury found Meta and YouTube liable Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services,…