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January 21, 2026
48-hour curfew in Stony Hill, Red Hills Road extended until Friday
The 48-hour curfews imposed in sections of Stony Hill and Red Hills Road in St Andrew, has been extended to Friday. The curfew covers the communities of Airy Castle Road and Brooks Level in Stony…
January 21, 2026
Sagicor Foundation says $79M from 2023 SIGMA Run used to buy CT scan machine for UHWI
Sagicor Foundation says approximately $79 million from the 2023 SIGMA charity run was used to purchase a CT scan machine for the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St Andrew. The…
January 21, 2026
Turkish national missing; last seen November 2025 - St Ann police
Murat Akagac, a 61-year-old Turkish national who was living on Main Street in Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been reported missing, and was last seen in November 2025, the police say. A statement said he…
January 20, 2026
by Erica Virtue
Baptism by fire
The first test of leadership for Cornwall’s five new members of parliament (MPs) came sooner and harder than expected. Barely weeks after being sworn in, with little opportunity for orientation or the…
January 20, 2026
by Karen Madden
J’can spirits see sales bump in Ontario after US brands pulled
Jamaican rum producers are seeing a boost in Canada after the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) – one of North America’s largest alcohol retailers – halted imports and sales of United Stats…
January 20, 2026
by Christopher Thomas
Concerns being ‘aggressively’ addressed as CRH protest ends
WESTERN BUREAU: Normality has returned to the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, following last week’s protest by disgruntled nurses and doctors, who went public in drawing…
January 20, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Prosecutors urge verdict that ‘aligns with evidence’
Prosecutors recounted yesterday how the policeman accused of killing popular social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson “put on a performance” while she was still only a missing person, before…
January 20, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Black River clean-up now at 90%, says McKenzie
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says nearly 90 per cent of the town of Black River in St Elizabeth has been cleaned up in the coordinated effort to restore the town to full…
January 20, 2026
by Carl Gilchrist
National Council on Drug Abuse opens regional office in Drax Hall
The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) opened its Northeast Regional Office in Drax Hall, St Ann, on Friday, part of its drive for a drug-free Jamaica and to make services more accessible to…