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March 2, 2026
60 murders in February interrupt record-low start to 2026
February recorded 60 murders, making it the deadliest month in more than a year, according to the latest crime statistics published Monday by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Overall, the figures…
March 2, 2026
Cuba's president pushes for 'urgent' changes to island's economic and business model
(AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Monday that his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in…
March 2, 2026
Judiciary 'shaken' following death of Parish Court Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley, says Chief Justice
The legal fraternity is in mourning following the passing of Senior Parish Court Judge for Hanover, Sasha-Marie Ashley, “whose untimely death has deeply shaken the judiciary,” Chief Justice Bryan…
March 2, 2026
Decomposing body of man found at home in St Ann
The police in St Ann are probing the death of a man whose decomposing body was found at his home in Brown’s Town. He has been identified by the police as 42-year-old Terrence Campbell. The police…
March 1, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Cellblock horror
A man who says he was falsely arrested has claimed in a lawsuit that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection after being assaulted inside a police lockup. The assault, which lasted…
March 1, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
STILL IN LIMBO
Four months after Hurricane Melissa sent floodwaters surging through sections of Phase 2 of The Estuary in Friendship, St James, several homeowners say they remain burdened with loss, displacement,…
March 1, 2026
by Karen Madden
ONION TEARS
Frustration laced his voice as Andre Dyer, one of Jamaica’s largest onion farmers, bemoaned how the importation of onions is threatening the livelihood of local farmers, even as the traditional…
March 1, 2026
1000 poultry farmers to benefit from Chicken RE-COOP
QUEENS COUNTY, NY: One thousand backyard poultry farmers across Jamaica are set to benefit from Chicken RE-COOP, a hurricane recovery programme, which was set for launching on March 1, 2026. The…
March 1, 2026
4.6 magnitude earthquake felt in sections of Jamaica
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 was felt in sections of Jamaica at 8:34 a.m. on Sunday. According to the Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, the tremor was…