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Court of Appeal frees two men of murder because of trial judge's errors

March 28, 2026 | News
The Court of Appeal has freed two men convicted of murder, ruling that errors by the trial judge rendered their 2017 retrial a “miscarriage of justice” and breached their constitutional right to a fair hearing. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the court quashed the convictions of Lennox Alvaranga and Francis Davis and barred a retrial, bringing an end to a case that began in Westmoreland in 2012.
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Champs 2026 | Holland High's Shanoya Douglas smashes national junior 200m record

Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas delivered a dominant performance at Champs, smashing the girls’ Class One 200m record and the national junior mark with a gold medal-winning time of 22.36 seconds on Saturday. Edwin Allen’s Alexxe Henry finished second in 23.63, while teammate Shanique Cassanova took bronze in 24.17. Douglas erased the previous Champs record of 23.53 set by Brianna Lyston in 2022. She also broke Briana Williams’ national junior record of 22.50 set in 2018. Her time moves her joint 10th on the all-time World under-20 list over the distance.
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Heavy rains flood key roads in eastern Portland, motorists urged to exercise caution

Heavy rains Friday night into Saturday morning flooded several roadways in eastern Portland. The main thoroughfare from Boundbrook to Bryan’s Bay, in the vicinity of the old Jamaica Public Service building and the Coronation Bakery, is inundated following the downpour. Police are advising motorists to proceed with caution when travelling along the corridor. They are also urging drivers to use an alternative route if conditions worsen, via Boundbrook Crossing down to Boundbrook Road near Boundbrook Primary School, exiting at Bryan’s Bay.
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Bail hearing to continue April 24 for trio accused in St Catherine Probox theft case

The St Catherine Parish Court is to continue hearing a bail application on behalf of two of three men charged in connection with the alleged theft of a Toyota Probox motor car. The accused are 34-year-old Glendon Walker, 26-year-old Reshaun Peters, and 18-year-old Magabi Allen. The court started hearing a bail application on Peter's behalf on Friday. The lawyer told the court that the evidence against Peters was not overwhelming, and that he was not inside the stolen vehicle but was only having a conversation.

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Tesha Miller eyes Privy Council

Tesha Miller’s legal team is weighing the possibility of taking his case to the Privy Council, after the Court of Appeal quashed his convictions for accessory to murder but ordered a retrial. The appellate court, in a judgment delivered yesterday, found that a fundamental error in jury selection rendered Miller’s original trial a nullity. The panel of judges, Justices Jennifer Straw, Nicole Foster-Pusey, and David Fraser, ruled that the trial judge erred in limiting Miller to two peremptory challenges during jury empanelling, when the law entitled him to four.

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Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young who delivered a record-breaking performance in the girls’ Class Two discus. Young produced a personal best mark of 48.40 metres to win the event, breaking the old mark of 47.04m set by former Holmwood Technical throwe
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Field events, hurdles steal spotlight at Champs

Field events stole the spotlight on yesterday’s fourth day of competition at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, on a day which saw three records broken in the sprint hurdles events and another equalled. After 19 of 42 events Jamaica College had extended their lead from the previous day. They had 176 points, 65 ahead of Kingston College on 111. Calabar High were third with 80.5.

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In addition to performing at Immortals J’ouvert and being on the road with Gen XS on Carnival Sunday, Lil Kerry’s bucket list for his first time on the island includes exploring the food and visiting the Bob Marley Museum.
March 27, 2026

5 Questions With Lil Kerry

Grenadian soca artiste Keron ‘Lil Kerry’ Noel has spent over a decade steadily making his mark across the Caribbean. His musical journey began in 2004 with experiments in rap, but it was soca–fuelled by Grenada’s vibrant carnival energy and the raw expression of Jab Jab culture – that became his true calling.

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A commitment to environmental advocacy defines Shannon Andrade-Bucknor’s role as Jamaica’s Miss Eco International representative.
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GoodHeart | Ja’s first Miss Eco International drives environmental advocacy

Shannon Andrade-Bucknor, Miss Eco International Jamaica, will be the first person to tell you that conversations around the environment are not always seen as the most exciting, but that does not stop her from advocating. She feels that a pageant centred on sustainability shifts the focus from beauty to how best you can use your platform to make your environment a better place. Speaking with GoodHeart, she shared her journey, aspirations, and vision for a cleaner, more sustainable Jamaica.

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Gleaner editorial writes: The island has been ranked close to the 49th position in the World Happiness Report, though, according to this index, Jamaica may not be among the world’s happiest countries, but it is also not among the lowest.
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Editorial | Are Jamaicans a happy people?

Well … maybe. And it depends whom you compare them with, and how you define happiness. Using the yardstick of the World Happiness Report 2026, Jamaicans are the 49th happiest people in the world, from among 149 countries surveyed in 2025. Though, according to this index, Jamaica might not be among the world’s happiest countries, but it is also not among the lowest. But this is not a measure of how often people laugh, the number of wisecracks they make or how hard or often they party. Nor is it a popularity contest.

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