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April 30, 2026

Former St Catherine call centre employee pleads guilty to using co-worker’s bank card, gets probation

A former employee at a St Catherine call centre who pleaded guilty to using a co-worker’s bank card to make online purchases was today given two years’ probation in the circuit court. Le Andrew…
Divers at the scene where the body of a man who found floating in the Rio Cobre in a section of Spanish Town, St Catherine on April 30.
April 30, 2026

Decomposing body of man found in Rio Cobre

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Police Division are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Rio Cobre in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday. The police report…
Jamaica Labour Party Communication Chairman, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley. - File photo.
April 30, 2026

Brown-Burke’s acceptance of wrongdoing in Parliament incomplete; apology required, says JLP

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is maintaining that South West St Andrew Member of Parliament, Dr Angela Brown-Burke, has not gone far enough in taking responsibility for her conduct in…
Ministry of Finance. - File photo.
April 30, 2026

Government to resume annual performance-based salary increments for public sector workers

Public sector employees are set to earn more, as the Government is to resume annual performance-based salary increments for workers. The Ministry of Finance, in a media release on Thursday,…
This image made from New York Police Department body camera video shows an officer after an explosion at a house while responding to a call of an armed man Thursday, April 30, 2026, in the Queens borough of New York.
April 30, 2026

Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying

NEW YORK (AP) — A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air early Thursday morning as they were responding to a call of a man…
The late Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.
April 30, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Pressure mounts on executors after court blocks audit in Stewart estate dispute

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorneys representing Adam Stewart have welcomed last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking out an application by executors of the estate of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, arguing that the…
Anna-Olivia Gardener, who has been diagnosed with Patau syndrome, or Trisomy 13.
April 30, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

A blessing for Anna-Olivia

The family of seven-month-old Anna-Olivia Gardener has expressed relief and joy after the child, who is affected by Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome), was given a new start date of May 11 to begin early…
Williams-Singh and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Lt Col Garfield S. Green at New Forest High School’s 5K Run/Walk.
April 30, 2026 by Antoine Lodge

New Forest High runs for staff welfare

Before the sun broke through the morning mist last Sunday, the roadway flanked by farmlands in New Forest was already alive. More than 120 runners and walkers – students, teachers, and corporate teams…
Mangrove restoration in Haiti.
April 30, 2026

Earth Today | Business case for biodiversity

CONSIDER THE view from Champers Restaurant in Barbados, the Kingston Harbour at dusk from Gloria’s in Port Royal, Jamaica, or the sweep of Shirley Heights in Antigua. It’s easy to mistake what you are…