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22 Jul, 2026 0

Collapsed Clarendon road reopens after emergency repairs, motorists urged to use caution - NWA

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that emergency works have been carried out to fix a section of the Mineral Heights to Lionel Town main road in Clarendon that collapsed on Tuesday.
22 Jul, 2026 0

Update | June 1, 2027 trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in his US drug trafficking case

A June 1 trial date was set Wednesday for Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges along with his wife as his lawyers continue to object to the United States military action that snatched the…
22 Jul, 2026 0

CPFSA horrified by rape and murder of 10-y-o girl in Trelawny

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it is horrified and deeply saddened by the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in Troy, Trelawny, on Tuesday.
22 Jul, 2026 0

PNP: Cuthbert-Flynn must tell public if she is under Integrity Commission investigation

The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) wants Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security and Peace and Member of Parliament for St Andrew West Rural, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, to…
22 Jul, 2026 0

Trelawny father devastated after rape and murder of 10-y-o daughter

Ashton Coke, the father of 10-year-old Shani Coke, who was raped and murdered in Tyre district near Troy, Trelawny on Tuesday, has been left devastated and heartbroken by the death of his daughter.
22 Jul, 2026 0

Gas prices up

Motorists will pay more for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $3.06 to sell for $204.40 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $4.50 to…
21 Jul, 2026 0

GRAD HEARTBREAK - Trelawny school snubs top student over missed grade nine exam

While many of her classmates celebrated receiving graduation diplomas last month, 16-year-old Khadedra Worrell spent what should have been her graduation day in tears. The Holland High School…
21 Jul, 2026 0

Fire leaves 20 homeless in Old Harbour, probes ongoing

An early-morning fire last Friday left 20 members of a close-knit family homeless in an informal settlement along Burke Road in Old Harbour, St Catherine. The fire, which was first detected some time…
21 Jul, 2026 0

Agricultural Protection Branch more than triples arrests in first year

The Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has more than tripled the number of arrests for agricultural-related crimes in its first year of operation.