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Olympian Veronica Campbell Brown (right) hands over a VCB Foundation gift to a student at last year’s Back-to-School Health and Wellness Fair at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon.
Published 7 hours ago

VCB Foundation returns to Vere Tech with health fair

The Veronica Campbell Brown (VCB) Foundation will return to Vere Technical High School in Clarendon on Saturday, August 15, for the third staging of its Back-to-School Health and Wellness Fair. The…
The house on the property lost its roof to Hurricane Melissa.
August 14, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

'I prefer to die' - 75-y-o man, wife, kids face eviction from family land after 41 years

An elderly St Elizabeth man is appealing for the intervention of Justice Minister Delroy Chuck after a court ordered him to vacate land he has lived on for 41 years by Sunday, insisting that he is not…
August 14, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Petrojam worker faces charges in alleged ammo-selling ring

An employee of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has been arrested and charged by the police arising from allegations that he was part of a ring that illegally sold bullets and gun parts for…
Published 16 hours ago

Prosecution: Teen’s injury in Zimi Seh Beach brawl could be permanent

One of the injuries sustained by one of the teenage brothers during the wild caught-on-tape altercation at the ‘Zimi Seh Beach Party’ last weekend could be permanent, prosecutors have revealed. The…
Justice Winston Anderson, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice
Updated 3 hours ago

CCJ President Anderson rejects allegations of panel manipulation, internal tensions

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, has responded to reports of allegations of internal tensions and judicial panel manipulation at the regional court,…
Dr Lambert Innis, Senior Instructor at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, demonstrates the proper use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
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Heart Foundation urges quick action during cardiac emergencies

Senior Instructor at the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Dr Lambert Innis, is urging members of the public to respond swiftly when they encounter someone experiencing a cardiac emergency. Speaking…
Nashan Miller, Director of the Male Empowerment Unit in the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
Published 13 hours ago

Male victims of gender-based violence encouraged to speak up

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) is reminding male victims of gender-based violence (GBV) that they can report incidents of abuse to both the bureau and the police. Director of the Male Empowerment…
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August 14, 2026

JCA says two tonnes of cocaine, plus ganja seized at KFTL

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) said last week’s seizure of drugs at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) was its largest drug seizure since the start of the year. More than two tonnes of…
From left: Garth Wilkinson, councillor for Falmouth Division; Lothan Cousins, opposition spokesperson on land; Isat Buchanan, opposition spokesperson on youth and human rights; and Mark Golding, opposition leader, in conversation during a tour of Cooper’
August 14, 2026

Use law to halt demolitions, Cousins urges Gov’t

WESTERN BUREAU: Lothan Cousins, the opposition spokesman on land, is calling on the Government to invoke a decades-old law to halt any further demolition of homes at Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, arguing…