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Earth Today | New EFJ podcast unpacks climate challenge for Jamaicans
THE PUBLIC now has the benefit of a new a podcast, one intended to help them make sense of climate change impacts, while placing them at the centre of conversations about how readiness can be…
Published 7 hours ago
Education Ministry pushes back at claims about inappropriate behaviour at school shelters
The Ministry of Education has stated that it has received no official reports of inappropriate behaviour by individuals sheltering at schools, following allegations made by Jamaica Teachers’…
Published 6 hours ago
St Catherine man dies after crashing into concrete utility pole
A St Catherine man died today as a result of injuries he sustained after crashing into a concrete utility pole while driving in his community of White Waters Crescent in Spanish Town. The deceased…
Published 6 hours ago
Gas prices continue up
Motorists will pay more for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $4.50 to sell for $176.88 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $4.50 to…
Updated 4 hours ago
Update | Murder and robbery charges laid against two in death of inDriver/UTech engineering student
Murder and other charges have now been laid against the two people in custody in relation to the death of the man whose decomposing body was found in a canal in Hartlands, St Catherine in February. …
Published 4 hours ago
‘A traumatic experience’… Former West Indies Petroleum director and wife freed in larceny case involving motor vehicle
Former Director of West Indies Petroleum Limited (WIPL) John Levy and his wife, Donna May Levy, have been freed of criminal charges surrounding a motor vehicle, asserting that they were subjected to…
Published 3 hours ago
Police in the Bahamas arrest husband of US woman who vanished from boat
Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday they have arrested the husband of a United States woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom…
April 8, 2026
Beecher Town water woes draw diaspora intervention
Residents of Beecher Town in St Ann continue to struggle with irregular water supply, despite the availability of several water sources elsewhere in the parish. The community, which sits just over…
April 8, 2026
Titchfield High marks 240 years
The venerable Titchfield High School marked its 240th anniversary with a week-long programme of celebrations, culminating in a family fun day on the school’s grounds on Easter Monday. Festivities…