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Police hunt 'Puss Head' in fatal stabbing in St Ann

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:56 PM

The Runaway Bay police in St Ann are searching for a man known as “Puss Head” of Salem district in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in the parish on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as 64-year-old Diasric Blake of Salem, Runaway...

Corporal Shantel Powell wins 2025 LASCO/JCF police of the year award

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:38 PM

Corporal Shantel Powell has been named the 2025 LASCO/Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Police of the Year, with Sergeant Rojehn Holt placing second. The winners were announced at the Saluting Our Heroes Awards ceremony on Wednesday afternoon....

Man gets 18 months in prison for robbing St Catherine schoolboy of phone

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:21 PM

A St Catherine man who pleaded guilty to robbing a schoolboy of a cellular phone valued at $10,000 was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in the parish court on Tuesday. The accused, 18-year-old Kenroy Douglas, also known as 'Squaddy,' of...

Negotiations for new electricity licence under way - Vaz

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 6:58 PM

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says negotiations to develop a new electricity licensing arrangement for Jamaica have started. He has further indicated that a consultant from overseas has been contracted by the Government. Vaz provided the details...

Gas prices to drop

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 7:11 PM

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $149.26 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $3.06 to sell for $155.88. Automotive diesel oil will...

Agriculture Ministry to conduct animal-tagging blitz in Clarendon on Saturday

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 3:20 PM

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has announced that an animal-tagging blitz will be carried out in Clarendon on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The exercise will be conducted under the National Animal Identification and...

St Mary fisherman charged over gun seizure

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 3:17 PM

A 34-year-old fisherman of Paggee district, Port Maria, St Mary, has been charged in connection with the seizure of a gun in his community on Saturday. The accused, Donnadoni McDonald, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon following...

JACRA hands over $35 million in fertiliser to coffee farmers

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 1:46 PM

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has delivered 5,000 bags of fertiliser, valued at approximately $35 million, to support recovery in the coffee industry following Hurricane Melissa. The Jamaica Coffee Growers...

Man sentenced to 18 months in prison for theft of Digicel cables

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:54 PM

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, at hard labour, after pleading guilty to the theft of batteries and cables from telecommunications provider Digicel. Erick Robinson appeared before the St. Catherine Parish Court...

New York governor reaches deal to legalise medically assisted suicide

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 11:11 AM

(AP) — Governor of the US state of New York, Kathy Hochul, said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability to end their own lives with prescribed...

Buchanan calls on Grange, police to act after alleged rape of CASE student

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 10:54 AM

Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, has called on Gender Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to directly engage with students and the administration at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) following the alleged...

Eight-hour water disruption for Greater Portmore, Naggo Head and surrounding areas, says NWC

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 9:40 AM

Water supply to multiple communities in Portmore, St Catherine will be interrupted for most of today as the National Water Commission (NWC) undertakes major repairs on the Goshen Pen transmission pipeline. The disruption will run from 10 a.m. to...

Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz ends 7-year partnership with coach Ferrero

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 8:22 AM

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men’s tennis during a fruitful seven-year partnership. Alcaraz announced the decision to end their collaboration on...

US–Canada medical team aids St Ann residents

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AM

A team of volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada recently delivered much-needed medical care to residents of St Ann still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. Mission is Possible, a disaster-relief charity, deployed 10 medical...

Spanish-Jamaican teen raises over $2m for Cornwall Regional Hospital

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:09 AMAdrian Frater/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Responding to the devastation left behind in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, 17-year-old Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez, a student at the American School of Madrid in Spain, has raised over $2 million to help provide supplies...

Russell: MoBay faced no food challenge after Melissa

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that despite the widespread anxiety in the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay in St James did not experience any major...

In memory of Mazola

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:06 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Great Huts Eco Resort, an Afrocentric, eco-friendly hotel perched on the cliffs above Boston Bay in Portland, is filled with art – most notably the work of the late Mazola wa Mwashighadi, known simply as Mazola in artistic circles, who was murdered...

TPDCo completes pilot mental health intervention for tourism workers

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 9:59 PM

Some 300 tourism workers across the sector participated in a pilot mental health intervention programme implemented by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) in response to the impact of Hurricane Melissa. The four-day pilot, which...

‘We have no fencing’ - CASE president admits after rape report sparks protest

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 8:55 PM

President of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), Dr Derrick Deslandes, says the institution’s lack of perimeter fencing and ongoing electrical power issues have left the Portland-based campus vulnerable to criminal activity...

Police probe killing of 37-year-old man in Spanish Town

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 8:41 PM

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Division are investigating the shooting-death of a 37-year-old man in the parish on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Lorenzo Harvey, otherwise called 'Lasha', of Windsor Avenue in...

Proven Management and Cornerstone Group announce partnership

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 7:27 PM

Proven Management Limited, investment manager of Proven Group Limited, today announced plans to partner with Cornerstone Group, which indirectly holds the second‑largest stake in Proven through its subsidiary, Barita Investments. The...

Construction worker killed in alleged police confrontation in St Mary

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 6:43 PM

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the fatal shooting of a construction worker during an alleged confrontation with the police in Annotto Bay, St Mary, on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-...

Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 6:14 PM

(AP) - The United States Tuesday expanded travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the...

St Andrew police extend curfew for Park and 100 Lane communities

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 5:46 PM

The 48-hour curfew imposed for the communities of Park and 100 Lane off Red Hills Road, has been extended by the St Andrew North police. The extension will commence 6 p.m. today and will remain in effect until 6 p.m. on Thursday. The initial...

Kingston teacher sentenced to 30 years in prison for 'truly horrendous' murder of businessman

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 7:52 PM

A Kingston teacher who strangled businessman Jean-Pierre Rhone to death in 2018 after luring him from his home and robbing him has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the "truly horrendous" crime. “A young, tertiary-educated man, with a...

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