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Veteran radio personality, Walter 'Bob' Clarke passed away early this morning.
January 28, 2026

Veteran broadcaster Bob Clarke dead at 75

The local media fraternity is mourning the passing of veteran broadcaster Walter Charles 'Bob' Clarke, who died early Tuesday at the Port Maria Hospital in St Mary. He was 75. Clarke had…
The case is to go back to court on April 14.
January 27, 2026

One of three charged by MOCA over alleged $600 million fraud granted $1 million bail

One of the three people recently charged by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) for allegedly defrauding several financial institutions of more than $600 million was today…
January 27, 2026

Update | Bail denied for men charged for $2 million robbery at store in Angels in Spanish Town

The two men—one from Westmoreland and the other from Manchester—charged for stealing more than $2 million worth of items, including cell phones, from a store in Angels, Spanish Town, St Catherine were…
Gordon struts in Look 31, designed by Chanel’s artistic director Matthieu Blazy.
January 28, 2026

Romae Gordon walks Chanel Haute Couture in Paris

Romae Gordon made her return to the runway in Paris for Chanel’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026 show on Tuesday at the Grand Palais, following her Milan appearance for Versace last September. The…
The teen is to go to court on March 18.
January 27, 2026

Woman in Trinidad charged for allegedly using bad cheques to buy Carnival fete tickets

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Tuesday said that a woman has been granted TT$10,000 bail after she allegedly issued two bad cheques to purchase tickets for…
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January 27, 2026

Spanish Town Hospital seeing sharp decline in births, maternity ward offering other services

The Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine is reporting a steady decline in births as Jamaica’s decreasing fertility rate persists. So reduced are births at the hospital that it is using space in the…
Several Jamaica Public Service poles found on a property in Carawina, Westmoreland.
January 27, 2026

Westmoreland man arrested for stealing JPS poles, another held while attempting to steal electricity

The police in Westmoreland have made arrests as law enforcement intensifies efforts to clamp down on the theft of Jamaica Public Service (JPS) property and illegal activities. In one incident, a man…
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January 27, 2026

Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Portmore man charged for setting home on fire

Another psychiatric evaluation is to be conducted on a 52-year-old Portmore, St Catherine man who set his home on fire. Albert Buchanan is charged with arson. Buchanan appeared before the St…
Janiel McEwan, economic consultant
January 27, 2026

Janiel McEwan | The FID amendments: Independence won, but oversight lost in the shadows

Jamaica’s Parliament moved with unusual speed last week to amend the Financial Investigations Division Act, approving changes that the Government insists are essential to keeping the country in good…