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The St Elizabeth Parish Court was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025.
March 19, 2026

Holness tables bill to create NaRRA for post-Melissa recovery

Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has tabled legislation to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), a special-purpose body aimed at fast-tracking Jamaica’s…
March 19, 2026

NHT to cut interest rates for teachers, members of security forces, Holness says

Starting July 1, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will offer reduced mortgage rates for teachers, nurses, firefighters, and security forces, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced Thursday. He…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness making his contribution to the National Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 26, 2026. (Ian Allen photo)
March 19, 2026

Holness defends decision to end Jamaica's medical cooperation with Cuba

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has defended his administration’s decision to end Jamaica’s 50-year-old medical cooperation with Cuba, reiterating concerns that certain aspects of the programme…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness making his contribution to the Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19, 2026.
March 19, 2026

Holness hits back at Opposition on salary

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Thursday hit back at Opposition Leader Mark Golding over criticism of a recently announced salary increase that will see the prime minister earning $28.6 million a…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness making his contribution to the Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 19, 2o26.
March 19, 2026

Holness: Jamaica’s foreign policy strong, values on gender ‘will not change’

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaica continues to maintain a strong and strategic foreign policy, while holding firm to what he described as core national values, including his position that…
Caution tape erected along a section of the main road in Belmont, Westmoreland due to a breakaway.
March 19, 2026

Section of main road in Belmont, Westmoreland breaks away, extreme caution urged

A section of the main road in Belmont, Westmoreland has broken away following heavy rainfall and rough sea conditions, forcing vehicular traffic to be reduced to a single lane. The incident, which…
File photo.
March 19, 2026

Assault rifle and ammunition seized in Grants Pen police operation, man arrested

A man was arrested this morning following the seizure of an assault rifle and a magazine containing ammunition during a police operation at a house in Grants Pen, St Andrew. The operation was part…
This photo provided by the New York State Department of Correction and Community Supervision shows contraband and the drone that was used to deliver them displayed at Marcy Correctional Facility, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Marcy, N.Y.
March 19, 2026

Drone drops knives, bandannas and hair clippers into a New York prison

MARCY, N.Y. (AP) — A drone flew over the grounds of an upstate New York prison after midnight and released a package containing knives, a cellphone, bandannas, hair clippers and a green leafy…
Rapper Mystikal poses for a portrait in Baton Rouge, La., January 22, 2021.
March 19, 2026

Rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to third-degree rape in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping a woman at his Louisiana home nearly four years ago,…