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December 17, 2025

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

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…
The annual LASCO Saluting Our Heroes programme recognises outstanding service, leadership, and commitment to public safety and community development across the JCF’s divisions.
December 17, 2025

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

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…
December 17, 2025

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

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…
Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Daryl Vaz, addressing a  post-Cabinet press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery activities at Jamaica House on December 10,2025.
December 17, 2025

Negotiations for new electricity licence under way - Vaz

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…
Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.
December 17, 2025

Gas prices to drop

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…
The exercise will be conducted under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System.
December 17, 2025

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

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…
December 17, 2025

St Mary fisherman charged over gun seizure

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…
President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon (left), shares a handshake with Dr Norman Grant (second right), president of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, while Wayne Hunter (right), acting director general for the Jamaica Ag
December 17, 2025

JACRA hands over $35 million in fertiliser to coffee farmers

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…
December 17, 2025

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

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…