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02 Sep, 2026 0

Daenia Ashpole appointed CEO of JBDC

Daenia Ashpole has been appointed chief executive officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), assuming leadership of the agency charged with supporting the growth and development…
02 Sep, 2026 0

Westmoreland woman charged for allegedly fabricating kidnapping

A 36-year-old Westmoreland woman has been charged for allegedly fabricating a story that she was kidnapped. Alecia Watkins, otherwise called ‘Renae’, of Petersfield, is charged with creating public…
02 Sep, 2026 0

Update | eFitness services restored at examination depots

The Island Traffic Authority is advising the public that all its examination depots are now able to process Electronic Certificates of Fitness (eFitness), following disruptions caused by damage to…
In this photo demolished structures are seen strewn on the ground in Coopers Pen, Trelawny
02 Sep, 2026 0

Rights group calls for support for displaced Coopers Pen children ahead of new school term

Children’s rights group, Fi We Children Foundation, is calling for the Government to ensure that children affected by the recent demolition of homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny, are able to attend school…
A court date is being finalised.
02 Sep, 2026 0

Guys Hill, St Catherine 18-y-o charged with burglary and assault with intent to rape

Eighteen-year-old Kenardo Morgan, otherwise known as ‘Kenny’, of Benbow, Guys Hill, St Catherine, has been charged by the police with breaking into a woman’s house and attempting to rape her. …
02 Sep, 2026 0

Dunstan Bryan resumes role as Health Ministry Permanent Secretary after study leave

The Ministry of Health & Wellness has welcomed the return of Dunstan Bryan as Permanent Secretary, following his two-year study leave. The Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, said Bryan…
02 Sep, 2026 0

Severe thunderstorm pelts Ontario, Toronto

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Canada, home to over 200,000 Jamaicans, is being pelted with torrential rain as a severe thunderstorm, featuring lightning, strong winds and tennis-ball-sized hail,…
Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, providing an update on visitor arrivals and tourism earnings during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank in St Andrew on Wednesday, September 2.
02 Sep, 2026 0

Jamaica welcomes 2.34 million visitors, earns US$2.5 billion despite challenges – Bartlett

Jamaica’s tourism sector continues to demonstrate resilience, recording 2.34 million visitor arrivals and generating US$2.5 billion in earnings as at August 31, despite operating with a reduced room…

Ammunition seized by the police in Montego Bay, St James.
02 Sep, 2026 0

Over 1,200 rounds of ammunition found at premises in St James

Lawmen assigned to the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSAD) are probing the seizure of more than 1,200 rounds of ammunition in Montego Bay, St James, between Monday, August 31, and Tuesday,…