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Updated 17 hours ago

St Catherine court eases reporting conditions for pregnant Haitian woman charged with illegal entry

A Haitian woman charged with illegal entry will learn her fate when she returns to the St Catherine Parish Court on December 1 after her case was postponed pending further input from immigration…
Updated 16 hours ago

Family searching for missing Hanover elderly man

Relatives of Winston Watson are worried as they search for the elderly man, who went missing from his home in the Lethe district of Hanover last Tuesday.
Updated 16 hours ago by Mickalia Kington

Businessman fatally shot, tourist wounded in Negril restaurant robbery

A 36-year-old businessman was shot and killed and a visiting Czech medical doctor was injured during a gun attack and robbery along Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland, on Friday night.
Updated 15 hours ago

NWA tackling flooding and road damage in Hanover amid heavy rains

Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Nesta Morgan, has instructed the National Works Agency (NWA) to take immediate steps to mitigate flooding in the town of Lucea, Hanover.
Updated 12 hours ago

St Mary police renew road safety appeal after car crashes into shop injuring several

The St Mary police are appealing to motorists to exercise greater caution on the nation’s roadways following a motor vehicle crash in Annotto Bay on Thursday night that left seven people, including…
Updated 4 hours ago

Sex Toys: Good or Evil?

Dealers in sex toys generate billions of dollars every year. Their products are highly diversified and now available worldwide. It appears that the business of artificially or technologically…
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May 22, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Hanover businesses ignoring fire safety advice, laments chief … says absence of penalties undermining standards

WESTERN BUREAU: Dewayne Grant, superintendent for the Hanover Division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), has raised alarm over what he describes as the dismissive attitude of some Hanover business…