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Attorney-at-law Tamika Harris
January 22, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence lawyers still concerned over laptop barriers

Defence attorneys have renewed complaints about access to correctional facilities after notices posted by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) appeared to limit the use of electronic devices…
Denvor Green working as a teacher at Manchester High School.
January 21, 2026 by Sashana Small

Jumping for joy

Very few people from the rural community of Epping Forest, Old England, in Manchester matriculate to university, and even fewer complete their journey, says Denvor Green. So when he walked across the…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health & wellness, speaks with Oshean Noble (left) and her daughter, Tiffany Campbell, during a tour of Ward 1 at the launch of the Family Caregivers Pilot Programme at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Arthur Wint
January 21, 2026

Bustamante Hospital giving family caregivers a trial run

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced his intention to make the Family Caregivers Programme a permanent nationwide initiative, pending the success of the policy pilot…
Noel Maitland.
January 21, 2026 by Livern Barrett

‘Don’t let anybody tek you fi a fool’

The attorney for the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality and entrepreneur Donna-Lee Donaldson argued yesterday that several pieces of evidence in the case were “unreliable”…
Thompson Palmer.
January 21, 2026 by Sashana Small

Grief visits Harbour View amid suspected murder-suicide

Shock rippled through Dorado Drive in Harbour View, East Kingston, yesterday after the suspected murder-suicide of a well-regarded couple in the area. The bodies of 53-year-old Morvine Thompson…
Henrietta A. Williams (third left), popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, celebrated her 100th birthday with her children (from left) George Williams, Paulette Williams, Janet Williams, Laurice Haye, and Melbourne Williams at her 100th birthday celebration
January 21, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

‘The years just pass on and I just take it easy’

If Henrietta Adina Williams, popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, divulges her age to those who do not know her personally, the disclosure could be met with gasps of denial as her physical appearance…
From left: Fathers from Mary Gate Church of Heaven, Brother Ricky Ferrer and Father Maxwell KlugIn; Councilor Julian Chang; Rosa Young, owner WAVZ Events; Alyssa Levy, I AM Foundation Intl team member; Jessica Davidson, educator at Manning’s School; C Ca
January 21, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Westmoreland women get a day of HERS empowerment

WESTERN BUREAU: More than 300 women from across western Jamaica were given a rare opportunity to pause, breathe, and be nurtured during A Day of HERS, a women’s empowerment event hosted in…
The court heard that Durant had posted a video on social media falsely claiming that the candidate had sent him cash in an election envelope. He later claimed the post was a joke.
January 21, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘SHOTS RANG OUT’

A senior politician took the stand in the murder trial of six policemen yesterday testifying that he saw a police officer shoot at one of the now-deceased men after the man exited a vehicle with his…
One of the totally destroyed homes in Cambridge, St James, as seen in November 2025.
January 20, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Baptism by fire

The first test of leadership for Cornwall’s five new members of parliament (MPs) came sooner and harder than expected. Barely weeks after being sworn in, with little opportunity for orientation or the…