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Updated 10 hours ago by Andre Williams/Staff Reporter

First phase of 16% public transport fare increase takes effect today

Public transport fares begin rising today, with the first eight per cent of a planned 16 per cent increase in public passenger vehicle (PPV) fares taking effect under a phased implementation, says Transport Minister Daryl Vaz.

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June 1, 2026 by Andre Williams

Police probe death of three-year-old girl in St James
The St James police have launched an investigation following the death of a three-year-old girl who was taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital last night with multiple injuries.
June 1, 2026 by Andre Williams

Businessman and suspected robber found dead in St Elizabeth
The bodies of a businessman and a suspected robber were discovered in the Glencoe Housing Scheme in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, on Sunday evening, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances…
May 28, 2026 by Andre Williams

Baby Ramontay laid to rest as mother demands justice and answers
The tiny casket lowered into the earth last Friday brought an end to weeks of agonising uncertainty for western Jamaica mother Shandale Ballentine, but not the grief that has consumed her since she…
May 27, 2026 by Andre Williams

‘It was always the intent’

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday confirmed that the Western Children’s Hospital in Montego Bay, St James, wouldill be named in honour of former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who…
May 23, 2026 by Andre Williams

Murder in the market - Papine killing leads to shootout between gunman and cop on Old Hope Road
May 22, 2026 by Andre Williams

Contractor sought in domestic stabbing probe found hanging
The St Mary police are investigating the suspected suicide of a contractor who was being sought in connection with a stabbing incident involving the mother of his children. Dead is Oneero Roberts,…
May 21, 2026 by Andre Williams

Licensed firearm holder suspected to have committed suicide in St Andrew

A 62-year-old man is suspected to have died by suicide at his home in Kingston 8 on Thursday morning. He is David Burke of Bucknell Avenue, Kingston 8.
May 21, 2026 by Andre Williams

INDECOM probing shooting of father and son by police, killing of man in downtown Kingston
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing two separate police shooting incidents on Wednesday in Kingston, one in the Craig Town community that left a father and son injured,…
May 19, 2026 by Andre Williams

‘Goat man’ charged for round robin shooting in St Andrew
A 38-year-old livestock farmer has been arrested and charged in connection with a firearm-related assault and unlawful wounding incident that occurred in the Penfield district of Gordon Town, St…