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Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:22 PM

A judge in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today raised questions about the police’s station bail practices as she expressed concerns about the sum of the station bail granted to Chairman of the Police Officers’ Association (POA), Senior...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 10:31 AM

A man accused of being one of two men who posed as the police and fatally shot a man inside his home in Newport, Manchester has been charged with murder. He is 27-year-old Ceejay Wilson, a businessman of the Old England district in Manchester....

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 9:35 AM

A father was killed and his son injured in a crash along a section of the North South Highway on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified by police as Kenneth Johnson of Red Ground in Old Harbour, St Catherine. The police report that about 2:20...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 9:01 AM

The police are reporting that three minors have been arrested and charged in relation to a series of security incidents that targeted educational institutions since the start of the year. The minors, whose identities are being withheld, are...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:08 AM

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has convened two new expert committees to shape policy on population ageing and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The two committees – one addressing demographic pressures, the other...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:08 AM
Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:07 AM
Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:07 AM

THE FORESTRY Department is wasting no time in its efforts to restore Jamaica’s forest resources, in the aftermath of the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, which destroyed portions of the island’s tree cover. “Melissa has come and taken out a...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:07 AM

IN HER own words, Nicole Adamson has spent her career “analysing risk, allocating capital, leading teams, and building systems that support long-term value creation”. She is keen to take that part of her biography to a new sector, in a new role at...

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2026 | 12:06 AM

NOTED HURRICANE Hunter, Josh Morgerman, visited Jamaica recently and partnered with the Golf View Hotel to host a fireside chat as a part of a bid to keep international attention on hurricane recovery efforts in the island, especially in the most...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 9:45 PM

Jamaica’s Under-17 football team has put the country in a "great mood" after securing qualification for the 2026 FIFA Boys Under-17 World Cup in Qatar, Sports Minister Olivia Grange, said Wednesday. "Qatar, here we come," she said in a statement...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 7:44 PM

(AP) — The suspect in a Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 7:20 PM

Finance Minister Fayval Williams says new taxes will be introduced to fund the upcoming budget as the Holness administration contends with the economic fallout from Hurricane Melissa. She says the most vulnerable "will be protected". The move...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 6:50 PM

Telecommunications Minister Daryl Vaz says he accepts the auditor general’s finding that he breached the law in the acquisition of 200 Starlink devices for the Hurricane Melissa response. But he insists he would act in a similar manner in a...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 6:17 PM

The Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester has performed its first-ever colonoscopy, signaling what it says is a “breakthrough in public healthcare ” for residents and neighbouring parishes. A colonoscopy involves inserting a thin, flexible...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 5:28 PM

Police in Manchester are probing the suspected suicide of a 29-year-old resident whose body was found hanging in Bloomwell, Spalding, on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Olivia Samuels. Reports indicate that about 4:30 p.m...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 4:29 PM

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be undertaking road rehabilitation works across all 40 divisions. Mayor Councillor Andrew Swaby, who made the disclosure at the KSAMC’s monthly sitting of council on Tuesday at the...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 2:58 PM

Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica has been engaged in dialogue with the United States regarding its decision to include the island on a list of 75 countries for which America has halted the processing of immigrant...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 1:51 PM

A handful of Jamaican students have left Cuba amid displacement arising from the fuel crisis in that country, with others being encouraged to assess their situation, Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith said on Tuesday. Johnson Smith...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 1:36 PM

A female detainee at the Four Paths Police Station in Clarendon had to undergo surgery to remove a knife from a cavity inside her body. The Gleaner was informed that on Saturday, February 8, the woman complained of feeling ill and was taken to...

Published:Wednesday | February 11, 2026 | 1:51 PM

The police have named two men as suspects in the fatal shooting of a soldier and the wounding of a policeman in an attack off Waltham Park Road in St Andrew on Tuesday night. They have been identified by their aliases, ‘Kim’ and ‘Diddy’, who...

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