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A policeman directing traffic at the scene of a crash along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston on March 16, 2026.
Truck overturns on Marcus Garvey Drive, three woman hospitalised
Murders fall 29% as Jamaica records single-digit week
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says a man seen collecting money from commuters in a viral TikTok video is not an employee or authorised representative of the state-run bus company.
Man charging ‘boarding fee’ in viral bus video not our worker - JUTC
Students of Green Island Primary School participate in solving equations during the 2026 Mathematics Problem-Solving Competition finale, held on March 12 at Merl Grove High School in Kingston.
Over 100 students from ZOSO schools compete in National Math Final
Constable Noel Maitland, who has been charged with the murder of Donna-Lee Donaldson.
Noel Maitland gets life imprisonment for killing Donna-Lee Donaldson
File photo
Alleged gunman ‘Zazzie’ shot dead in St Catherine
Make companies cut sugar, Robinson questions $10B sugary drink tax
Kidnapped schoolgirl released from hospital, probe launched
Handcuffs of steel
Canadian woman, Spanish Town man charged after high-powered rifle seizure
Teen stabbed, beaten by two men Point Hill, St Catherine
The roll out of the rural school bus programme on September 8.
Gov’t to spend over $871M running Rural School Bus Programme
His court date is being finalised.
Man charged after allegedly ‘buying’ phone with promise of a bank transfer
The exterior of the home of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is shown on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in San Pedro, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Jamaicans encouraged to prepare for homeownership
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams, opens the 2026/27 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 10.
Gov’t plans tax on digital services, says Jamaica must get ‘Fair share’
The seizure was made at the Sangster International Airport in  Montego Bay, St James on January 26, 2026.
Jamaican visitor allegedly caught with gun, coke in Bahamas
Ganja intercepted by JDF Coast Guard offshore Manchester on March 3, 2026.
Four men busted with $15M worth of ganja in Aligator Pond
Three armed teens rob man of iPhone 15 Pro Max
Indecom on the scene in Church Pen Old Harbour where the Police shot and killed Shivnarine Saunders early this morning.
Family claims police mistakenly killed man in Church Pen, Old Harbour
Five nabbed, luxury cars seized in St Andrew lottery scam probe
Canadian murder fugitive nabbed in Jamaica sent back to face justice
Tufton says Jamaica Cuba Eye Care Programme will continue despite end of Cuba deal
Shanoya Douglas
Jamaica pulls out of women’s 4x400m relay at World Indoors
Update|teen who fatally hit student with metal chair charged with murder
Firefighters drawing hose at a fire in SpanishTown .
Residents left homeless after fire guts Spanish Town tenement yard
Reggae Boyz Goalkeeper and Captain Andre Blake
‘I refuse to let you steal my joy’ Reggae Boyz captain Andre Blake car stolen
FILE - Rihanna attends the 38th annual Footwear News Achievement Awards at Cipriani South Street on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Woman charged after firing shots at Rihanna's home while singer was inside
"Based on investigations and forensic evidence, the murder of Nichols was posthumously cleared," the statement says.
'Rambo' charged with shooting man in face then torching car
Marvin Carridice of Hibiscus Terrace in Lionel Town
Two bikers die in separate weekend crashes
Jolyan Silvera confessed to shooting his wife repeatedly during a dispute in their home.
Former PNP MP Jolyan Silvera to serve 20 years and 10 months in prison for killing his wife
Leoda Bradshaw.
Woman gets 15 months imprisonment for throwing bleach and urine on Leoda Bradshaw

Adrian Frater - News Editor

Adrian Frater - News Editor

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January 23, 2020
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July 20, 2019
Photos By Ashley Anguin
Patrons having a great time at Reggae Sumfest street dance in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday night. ‘We really have to thank Joe’ - MoBay vendors exhale as Sumfest lifts state of emergency bondage
July 17, 2019
Gage Jah Vinci, Gage to spice up Falmouth Food Festival
July 09, 2019
Chronic Law (left) and Squash. MoBay on full alert for ‘6ixes at six’
July 02, 2019
Guns silenced as SOE calms western parishes
May 07, 2019
Western Grandstand: West suffering from misplaced priorities
March 20, 2019

The windscreen of the courier van was riddled with bullets as the driver and a security guard were cut down by robbers in Montego Bay on Sunday.
Armed robbers weren’t ‘normal’ criminals
March 12, 2019
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