Lead Stories

May 23, 2026

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.
May 23, 2026 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.
May 23, 2026

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 21 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…
May 22, 2026

WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and upgrades risk assessment

The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.
May 22, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Golding warns of court action to compel Parliament to table FLA report by Integrity Commission

A legal challenge to force the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate to table an Integrity Commission (IC) investigative report into allegations of corruption and…
May 22, 2026

Government to introduce digital document wallet

The introduction of a digital document wallet and a government notification system for citizens are among the priority areas for the next phase of Jamaica's digital transformation.