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Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda (centre), along with Member of Parliament for St Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita-Garvey (left), and Project Manager with Vinci Construction, Thomas Savary (right), tour the Rio Cobre
February 1, 2026

Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant project on track

The Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant project is on track, and is slated for completion by May of 2027, says Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda. The Minister who, along…
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February 1, 2026

Manchester man who was in custody since 2024 freed after judge upholds no-case submission

A 30-year-old Manchester man who was accused of breaking into an establishment and stealing items in 2024 was on Friday freed in the parish court after the judge upheld a no-case submission. Garnet…
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February 1, 2026

Woman shot dead in early-morning gun attack in Shelter Rock, Spanish Town

A woman was gunned down in Shelter Rock, Spanish Town, St Catherine, early this morning. She has been identified by the police as 42-year-old hairdresser Camille Kerr of Jones Pen in Beacon Hill,…
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February 1, 2026

Probe launched into suspected drowning of teen boy in Rio Cobre

An investigation is under way into the suspected drowning of a 14-year-old boy in the Rio Cobre in his community of Gordon Pen, St Catherine on Saturday. The teen has been identified by the police as…
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February 1, 2026

St Elizabeth man found dead, suicide suspected

The police in St Elizabeth are probing the death of a man whose body was found in his yard on Saturday. He has been identified by the police as 44-year-old carpenter Oneil Malcolm, otherwise called…
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February 1, 2026

Shelter Rock in Spanish Town under curfew

The police in Spanish Town, St Catherine have imposed a curfew in the Shelter Rock community. The measure follows the murder of a woman who was gunned down early this morning in the community. The…
Duhaney Simmonds
February 1, 2026 by Paul H. Williams

Of love and Pentecostal fire

I recently chanced upon Pastor Duhaney Simmonds at a spot along Great George Street in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. He was immaculately dressed, standing straight in his sartorial spendour. He…
February 1, 2026

Hello mi neighbour | Face difficulties with a positive attitude

Wishing you peace, joy and happiness all your days! Already enjoying these? Been a while since you experienced such luxuries? If so, it’s my sincere wish that that will change sooner than later. Maybe…
February 1, 2026

Sean Major-Campbell | War maker or peacemaker

On this fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, the appointed Old Testament lesson is set in Micah Chapter 6:1-8. However, verses 9 to 16 are such an important reminder of who the wicked are. The wicked,…