News
24 Oct, 2026
0
Rains to continue until tomorrow -- Met Service
The Meteorological Service (Met Service) has upgraded the flash-flood watch issued for low-lying and flood-prone areas in five parishes to a flash-flood warning. The five parishes are Kingston, St…
24 Oct, 2026
0
54 homes flooded in St Thomas, 13 people now in shelter -- Labour Ministry
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says 54 homes in Bath, St Thomas, were flooded on Friday amid the heavy rains across most of the island. A statement from the labour ministry on Saturday…
24 Oct, 2026
0
JPS denies four-day outage notice
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has dismissed as false a graphic circulating on social media and WhatsApp claiming that a four-day system outage would affect Kingston and Portmore, St…
23 Oct, 2026
0
SHAKE-UP FOR SCHOOL BOARDS - Independent directors to get pay in new pilot; ministry to target skills, performance
In a push to strengthen governance across Jamaica’s school system, the Ministry of Education is moving to recruit board members based on schools’ specific needs and introduce payment for independent…
23 Oct, 2026
0
Government halts public-sector overseas travel until March 2027 amid Hurricane Melissa recovery
The Jamaican Government has halted all official overseas travel across the public sector until March next year, as it reportedly directs resources to post-hurricane Melissa reconstruction. The…
23 Oct, 2026
0
Western businesses urged to get aboard NaRRA train
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s business community is being urged to position itself for what could become the largest infrastructure spending programme in the country’s history, with NCB Capital…
23 Oct, 2026
0
Dominican police to send samples to Jamaica for DNA testing
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominican Commissioner of Police Lincoln Corbett says Jamaica has given the green light for samples to be sent to a lab there to determine whether the remains of a decomposed…
23 Oct, 2026
0
Woman charged in $110-million loan fraud scheme to appear in court
A 58-year-old woman charged in connection with an alleged $110-million loan fraud scheme is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today, while five other accused in the case…
23 Oct, 2026
0
JETS Limited reports data breach but says core payment networks unaffected
JETS Limited, the operator of Jamaica’s MultiLink and Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment systems, has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed historical debit card numbers and customer names…