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03 Mar, 2026 0

‘I did not see him attacking any of the officers’

A key prosecution witness in the trial of six policemen charged in the 2013 Acadia Drive triple killing testified yesterday that she saw police personnel firing at a man who ran from a vehicle and…
RJRGLEANER Communications Group Building
03 Mar, 2026 0

RJRGLEANER moves to accelerate corporate integration

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group is streamlining several of its subsidiaries in a move to improve corporate efficiencies. In a statement, the group noted that the Supreme Court on February 19…
Deveta Dowling, St Ann Festival Queen.
03 Mar, 2026 0

St Ann Festival Queen launches reading project

Something positive is happening in Parry Town, St Ann – a community long regarded as a hotspot on the police radar – and it is already drawing applause. St Ann Festival Queen 2025, Deveta Dowling,…
US President Donald Trump, left, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer look at each other as they shake hands during a press conference at Chequers near Aylesbury, England on September 18, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
03 Mar, 2026 0

War with Iran strains the US-UK relationship

United States President Donald Trump has lambasted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his reluctance to join the US-Israeli war against Iran. The dispute is roiling a relationship that Starmer…
Leoda Bradshaw.
03 Mar, 2026 0

Assault case involving Leoda Bradshaw postponed to Friday

A hearing in the assault case involving Leoda Bradshaw has been pushed back to Friday after the woman accused of the attack failed to appear in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday. Acting Senior…
Sherina Whyte (centre) , co-founder of Waah Gwaan Café, affixes the ‘Keep It Clean’ sticker decal on the door of her business place. Sharing in the moment are Councillor Andrew Swaby (left), mayor of Kingston and chairman of the Kingston and St Andrew
03 Mar, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | Revitalising Kingston’s commercial heart

Some sections of downtown Kingston are recording measurable gains in cleanliness, safety and business confidence following six months of focused interventions under the Downtown Kingston Redevelopment…
Harold Davis, acting chief executive officer at the JBDC.
03 Mar, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | JBDC pushes entrepreneurship education to stem early-stage business failure

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is seeking to address early-stage micro business failure because of weak financial planning stemming from a lack of entrepreneurship education. …
Cookshop operator and long-time JN client, Adasma Brown (left) listens intently to Jasmin Cole, client relations officer at JN Bank Small Business Loans.
03 Mar, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | Cookshop operator gets boost to restart following hurricane

For more than a decade, Adasma Brown, affectionately known as ‘Miss Julie’, operated ‘Cheap but Sweet’ cookshop in St Leonards, Amity, Westmoreland. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays, she…
Patrons at Calabash Literary fest at Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth tune in to a presentation.
03 Mar, 2026 0

Growth & Jobs | Agri, tourism sectors to benefit from unconditional MSME grants

The Blue Mahoe Charitable Foundation (BMCF) and the BREDS Treasure Beach Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide unconditional grants to micro and small businesses…