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Clarendon student dies in crash
A 17-year-old student of Foga Road High School in Clarendon died in collision involving a bicycle and a motor car on Sunday. He has been identified as Ceejay Gordon, a resident of Pleasant Valley…
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Man charged with murder of JDF soldier
A 28-year-old man has been charged with the alleged murder of Jamaica Defence Force soldier Daniel Crawford, who was shot in the Waltham Park Road area of St Andrew on February 10, the police say. …
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Huge snowstorm in US forces millions to stay home, disrupts flights
(AP) — A massive snowstorm pummeled the northeastern United States from Maryland to Maine on Monday. It forced millions of people to stay home amid strong wind and blizzard warnings, transportation…
February 22, 2026
by Erica Virtue
‘Cuba not a threat to any country’
Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, had barely settled into Kingston when a new crisis erupted. Just weeks after her arrival on December 8 last year, United States President Donald…
February 22, 2026
Some flights cancelled due to winter storm in US
Some flights to and from the United States at both the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and the Sangster International Airport in St James have been cancelled due to a winter storm…
February 22, 2026
Chang condemns ‘senseless’ deadly Denham Town attack
Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, has strongly condemned Saturday’s gun attack in Denham Town, Kingston that left a three-year-old boy dead and his eight-year-old brother and…
February 22, 2026
Education Ministry intensifies search for 1,000 hurricane-displaced students in Region Four
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Region Four, is intensifying efforts to locate approximately 1,000 students who remain unaccounted for following disruptions to the education…
February 22, 2026
Men accused of involvement in car-stealing ring remanded
Two men accused of being involved in a motor vehicle stealing ring were remanded when they appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. Fabian Williams and Thyan Edwards are jointly charged…
February 22, 2026
Patterson agonising over Cuba crisis
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has expressed his “indescribable” personal torment over the deepening political and humanitarian crisis in Cuba – a crisis he says is made worse by the…