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Geo mapping 1: Six hundred and fifty five killed by police over threee years. Map shows the hotspots, weapons seized, etc.
April 28, 2026 by Andre Williams

3-year high in police fatal shootings this month

Jamaica is on track to record its deadliest month of fatal shootings by the security forces in more than three years, with 36 people killed up to April 27, the highest monthly tally recorded over the…
April 28, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Former crime scene officer says no car documents found at site of Acadia shooting

A former police constable who processed the scene of a fatal police shooting in St Andrew in January 2013, yesterday testified that he did not see any car documents at the scene where three men were…
An overturned car among the rubble in Catherine Hall following the passage of Hurricane Melissa late last year.
April 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Billions needed to rebuild MoBay’s ‘ground zero’

WESTERN BUREAU: Restoring communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa could cost billions of dollars, with Montego Bay’s mayor warning that the country lacks the financial capacity for full mitigation…
Ten-year-old Enrique Aiken, who is enrolled in the literacy and numeracy programme funded by RIU Resorts at the Wested Educational Centre in Hart Street, Montego Bay in St James. 
April 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

‘I get to learn more’

WESTERN BUREAU: Ten-year-old Enrique Aiken speaks with quiet confidence, the kind that comes from finally understanding the work in front of him. “I get to learn more stuff – things we did before and…
April 28, 2026 by Janet Silvera

Fear still rules Westgreen, Catherine Hall

WESTERN BUREAU: Six months after Hurricane Melissa, residents of Westgreen and Catherine Hall remain gripped by fear, fleeing at the first sign of rain as trauma persists and recovery challenges…
The ruined remains of the St Elizabeth Parish Court on High Street in Black River, six months after Hurricane Melissa made a destructive landfall in the parish on October 28, 2025.
April 28, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Black River recovery advances, but challenges remain

WESTERN BUREAU: Richard Solomon, chairman of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and mayor of Black River, says the historic town is steadily recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane…
April 27, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Rodent patrols

During four days on a cardboard bed in the Half-Way Tree lock-up –in a 31-year-old case that has lingered in the system since 1995 – Courtney Anderson was introduced to the rats that patrol the cells,…
The police on the crime scene in the vicinity of Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night.
April 27, 2026 by Andre Williams

Organised crime on cops’ radar in New Kingston murder

A 61-year-old Colombian national was gunned down in a brazen attack at Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night, in what investigators believe may be linked to transnational organised criminal…
Dr Ian Bambury... ‘If there are high-risk behaviours, then recommendations for screening would have to be taken into consideration. But generally, we recommend screening to begin at age 21 years.’
April 27, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Small victories over virus

The Government’s push to provide free cervical cancer screening for women and raise awareness during April is showing results, with some clinics reporting that they have exceeded their screening…