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The Junction Traffic Department is conducting a probe into the matter. - File photo.
04 Apr, 2026 0

Man shot dead in Lionel Town, Clarendon

The police in Clarendon are probing the shooting death of a man in Lionel Town on Friday. He has been identified as 57-year-old Orville Garriques, otherwise called ‘Bugle’, who lived in the area. …
04 Apr, 2026 0

INDECOM probing fatal police shooting of three men in Westmoreland

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of three men in Sheffield, Westmoreland by police on Friday afternoon. Two of the deceased have been identified…
Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, (centre), Jonay Guerra, Managing Director at Bahia Principe Hotels and Resorts (left); and Donovan White, Director of Tourism, shared ribbon-cutting duties at a property reopening ceremony on April 1, 2026.
04 Apr, 2026 0

800 back to work as Bahia Principe hotel reopens after Melissa damage

Some 800 workers are back on the job with the reopening of Bahia Principe in Runaway Bay, St Ann. The resumption of operations, following the property’s closure due to Hurricane Melissa last…
His court date is being finalised.
04 Apr, 2026 0

St Thomas man charged for allegedly stabbing spouse during domestic dispute

A St Thomas man has been charged after allegedly stabbing his spouse during a domestic dispute that left her hospitalised in serious condition. Twenty-eight-year-old Hadji Thompson, a taxi operator…
Monalee Campbell, of Roaring River in Steer Town, St Ann, is disappointed that several months have passed and no official assistance has been offered by the State to assist her with rebuilding.
04 Apr, 2026 0

Left in the lurch

Five months after Hurricane Melissa ripped apart homes and displaced families in St Ann, many are struggling to piece together their lives, clinging to the hope that long-promised government aid will…
Senator Lambert Brown, president of the University and Allied Workers Union, inspects documents with Dr Renee Badroe, president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association, during the JMDA’s closing submission last Wednesday in a matter currently befor
04 Apr, 2026 0

When doctors leave, what happens to the patients, Brown warns

Senior trade unionist Senator Lambert Brown this week cautioned that the Government’s move to scrap incentive and emergency duty allowances for doctors who are mandated to work overtime could have a…
From left: Odaine Williams, information technology manager; Marvin Richards, operations manager, and Stephen Richards, president of Reality Focus Limited.
04 Apr, 2026 0

New pilot links Clarendon farmers to corporate buyers

A new initiative aimed at tackling market-access challenges facing small farmers in Jamaica is set to roll out through a 90-day corporate farmers’ market pilot programme spearheaded by Reality Focus…
Roderick Rainford
04 Apr, 2026 0

Former BOJ Governor and CARICOM Secretary General Roderick Rainford has died

Roderick G. Rainford, OCC, a former Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, has died. Rainford passed away quietly at his home in St Andrew this…
Tamara McCaw.
04 Apr, 2026 0

Tamara McCaw breaks new ground in Brooklyn

Tamara McCaw has made history as the first Jamaica-born individual to lead one of New York City’s most iconic cultural institutions, following her appointment as president of the Brooklyn Academy of…