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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — A fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and about 100 more injured, most seriously, police said....
Residents across St Elizabeth, still reeling from Hurricane Melissa’s destruction, are finding a brief respite in the New Year’s fireworks show being staged in Black River by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). Dalarene Morgan of Fyffes Pen...
(AP) - The United States military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. US Southern Command, which oversees South America,...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is looking to adapt the KOBAN-Brazil community policing as a model for strengthening police-citizen relations in the fight against crime in Jamaica. Practised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Japanese-style community...
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Clerk to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) Colleen Lowe from dismissing a senior legislative counsel whose employment was due to end on December 31. The court has also permitted Tiffany Stewart to pursue a...
A Kingston higgler who surrendered to the police has been charged with murder in connection with a May killing in the capital, investigators said. The accused, 37-year-old Antroy Edwards, otherwise called 'Mosquito', of Wild Street in Kingston is...
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has announced a two-week extension for the relief from import duties and General Consumption Tax (GCT) on selected items donated in response to Hurricane Melissa. The new deadline is January 15, 2026...
Alma Mock Yen, a pioneering Jamaican journalist, broadcaster, and author, died on Wednesday after a period of illness. She was 97. "Mock Yen was not only as an accomplished broadcaster, but also a trailblazer whose legacy will continue to...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) will begin accepting applications for refunds of contributions made in 2018 starting January 1, 2026, the agency announced on Wednesday. The opening of the 2026 refund period allows qualified contributors to apply...
Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) have charged a 34-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman after she became intoxicated and fell asleep at a house on...
AIC (Barbados) Limited has formally confirmed its obligation to make principal and interest payments totalling US$94.09 million to Portland bondholders, following weeks of tension and a public ultimatum issued by investors in early December. “[We...
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says there is no truth to reports that the Government is moving to evict Hurricane Melissa evacuees from the shelter at Petersfield High in Westmoreland today. McKenzie described the claims as misleading...
Jamaica’s remittance inflows, a lifeline for households across the island, fell sharply in October, registering an 8.3 per cent decline compared with the same month last year. It reflects one of the steepest declines since the start of the 2020...
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says it does not condone unlawful, reckless, or irresponsible behaviour by any of its members, whether on or off duty. The JDF made the declaration in a statement today amid the arrest and charging of a soldier in...
The St Elizabeth police are advising the public of temporary road closures and traffic changes to facilitate the safe staging of today’s New Year fireworks show in Black River. The following intersections will be closed at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday...
The year is ending on a positive note for a group of volunteers in Canada, as a shipping container stocked with hurricane relief supplies for Jamaica that was stolen in early December has since been found, restocked, and shipped to the island....
The police are advising motorists that they will be prosecuted if they park along Palisadoes Road in Kingston for the purpose of viewing the annual New Year fireworks show. In an advisory today, the police noted that such action is illegal. They...
The Central Village police in St Catherine are probing the suspected drowning of a six-year-old boy at the Caymanas Mineral Spa on Tuesday. He has been identified as Josia Lewis of Tivoli Gardens in Kingston. Lewis was a student at Alpha Primary...
A man was gunned down in the Bowers district of Old Harbour, St Catherine, early this morning. He has been identified by police as 56-year-old taxi operator Rudolph 'Rusty' Francis, who lived in the area. The police reported that explosions were...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Auckland was the first major city to ring in 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, followed by a defiant celebration in Australia in the aftermath of its worst...
Jamaica-born, New York-based veteran educator Kamar Samuels has been appointed Chancellor of New York Public Schools by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, placing him at the helm of the largest public school system in the United States. Samuels,...
