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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
Melissa power restoration continues in earnest; 33,000 customers still in the dark, JPS CEO tells PAAC
Representatives of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) today appeared before Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), where they sought to assure that the power company is…
January 27, 2026
Charges dropped against two arrested with wanted man Courtney ‘Bloodstain’ Ashley
The two people who were held along with then wanted man Courtney ‘Bloodstain’ Ashley during a police operation in Phoenix Park, St Catherine have been freed after the prosecution conceded that it does…
January 27, 2026
'They were just screaming, telling me to help them,' US mother says after brothers, 6, 8 and 9, die in icy pond
Three siblings perished in an icy pond as officials in US states afflicted with severe cold reported at least 45 deaths on Tuesday. The brothers aged 6, 8 and 9 died Monday after falling through ice…
January 27, 2026
PNP Women’s Movement calls for party to probe allegations raised by Westmoreland councillor
The People’s National Party (PNP) Women’s Movement has expressed concern over allegations of sexual harassment raised by Councillor Julian Chang and has called for the party’s internal complaints…
January 27, 2026
Police: Handcart operator charged with buggery and robbery after allegedly luring man to abandoned building in Old Harbour
A 30-year-old handcart operator has been charged with gun possession, buggery and robbery after he allegedly attacked a man during an incident in New Habour Village in Old Harbour, St Catherine, the…
January 27, 2026
PIOJ launches handbook to support reintegration of deportees and ex-offenders
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has developed a handbook to help guide deportees or involuntarily returned migrants (IRMs) and formerly incarcerated persons seeking to reintegrate into the…
January 27, 2026
NWC to start water, sewer upgrades along Upper Munroe Road
Construction works to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure will start along Upper Munroe Road in St Andrew on February 2, with completion expected by March 6, the National Water Commission says. …
January 27, 2026
PM Holness to deliver major address at economic forum in Panama
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness will deliver a major address at Wednesday's inauguration of the Second International Economic Forum – Latin America and the Caribbean, in Panama. He will do so…