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Jamaica does not approach rental housing from a lightly regulated position. The Rent Restriction Act already limits rents and evictions for certain categories of older residential properties, tying permitted rent to assessed values and requiring official a
January 12, 2026

Landlords at a crossroads as England reforms rental law and Jamaica maintains rent controls

Proposed and enacted reforms to rental housing laws overseas are renewing debate in Jamaica about how far governments should go in regulating private property, as England prepares to implement…
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January 12, 2026

Update | Soldier charged as part of probe into major Kingston guns and ammunition bust

A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged by the police after illegal ammunition was allegedly found in his car after he reportedly fled from cops probing the case in which a large…
He is to go to court on March 23.
January 12, 2026

Update | C-TOC senior policeman held allegedly with cocaine charged

The police have charged a senior policeman attached to the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) in relation to the seizure of just over 5.8 kilogrammes of cocaine in…
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (right), along with St James Health Department Parish Manager, Lennox Wallace; and Medical Officer of Health, Dr Tanique Bailey-Small, participate in the recent St James Health Department Vector Control Progr
January 12, 2026

$50m vector control programme launched in St James

The St James Health Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has officially launched a $50 million Integrated Vector Control Programme aimed at reducing vector-borne…
The Cuban flag flies at half-mast at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, January 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by
January 12, 2026

Cuba’s president says no current talks with US following Trump’s threats

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Monday that his administration is currently not in talks with the United States government, a day after President Donald Trump threatened the…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 12, 2026

Jamaicans among criminal illegal Caribbean immigrants nabbed by ICE

WASHINGTON, CMC – Jamaican nationals were among criminal migrants deemed the “worst of the worst” who were detained in recent days by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of the United…
The teen is to go to court on March 18.
January 12, 2026

St Ann builder charged with fraud over alleged misuse of funds to buy construction material

A 54-year-old Browns Town, St Ann construction worker has been charged by the police for allegedly pocketing money given to him to buy material to undertake construction works on a property in Drax…
Ambassador Curtis Ward
January 12, 2026

Ambassador Curtis Ward has died

Ambassador Curtis Ward, Jamaica’s former representative at the United Nations, has died. Ward passed away late last night at his home in Maryland in the United States. Ward, who was born in Treasure…
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, January 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
January 12, 2026

Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes. …