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December 11, 2025
IDT launches online library of decisions as part of 50th anniversary
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has launched a new official webpage, giving the public, social partners and the legal fraternity easier access to its awards and resources as part of its…
December 11, 2025
Auditor General calls out $29m credit card 'error' at Parliament
The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has raised concerns about the monitoring of a Government credit card issued to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) after a $29 million transaction appeared to have…
December 11, 2025
Police charge taxi operator in theft of telecoms cable wire
A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged after police allegedly caught him stealing cable wires from a manhole belonging to a telecoms firm in Moneague, St Ann, last Friday. The accused, Omar…
December 11, 2025
20 left homeless after three houses destroyed by fire on Mountain View Avenue
At least 20 persons, including eight children, have been left displaced after a fire destroyed three houses on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston this morning. No injuries were reported. The blaze,…
December 11, 2025
Clash at Westmoreland Municipal Corporation meeting as councillor moves to oust Deputy Mayor
A heated exchange erupted at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation after Frome Councillor Lidden Lewis attempted to table a notice of motion seeking the removal of…
December 11, 2025
Gun seized and music selector arrested; ammo recovered in 100 Lane in operations by St Andrew North police
A man who is a dancehall music selector was arrested today in relation to the seizure of a gun during an operation in the St Andrew North Police Division. The police say the black .380 pistol was…
December 11, 2025
Fiscal commission validates suspension of fiscal rules by gov’t after Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica’s Independent Fiscal Commission has validated the Government’s decision to suspend the fiscal rules in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Legislated fiscal targets,…
December 11, 2025
Councillor Scean Barnswell heaped with praise at municipal meeting for heroic rescue of missing child
Mayor of May Pen, Joel Williams, today praised the Councillor for the Hayes division, Scean Barnswell, for what he described as a tremendous act of goodwill in rescuing a six-year-old girl who was…
December 11, 2025
St Catherine public health official warns residents amid leptospirosis cases
Deputy Public Health Inspector for St. Catherine, Denese Douglas, says public health personnel have heightened surveillance against leptospirosis and are urging residents to exercise caution. Douglas…