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Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon addresses a World Habitat Day 2026 conference hosted by Community Management and Development (COMMAND) in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday.
05 Oct, 2026 0

Vernon: Affordable housing must be close to jobs, essential services

Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon says Jamaica’s affordable housing programme must ensure that people are not only provided with homes, but are able to live within reasonable reach of employment and…
In this photo released by U.S. Coast Guard, crew members search by air and on the water for a Boston-bound air ambulance that vanished off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
05 Oct, 2026 0

Mother and son from Bermuda named as passengers on missing medical flight from Bermuda to Boston

The two people aboard an air ambulance that crashed in the waters off Massachusetts over the weekend while flying from Bermuda to Boston were identified Monday as a mother from Bermuda and her son. …
Chairman of the Community Organisation for the Advancement of the Marginalised and Disadvantaged (COMAND), O Dave Allen, speaking at a World Habitat Day conference hosted by the organisation in Montego Bay, St James on October 5, 2026.
05 Oct, 2026 0

Community activist calls for tourism development instead of relocation for Coopers Pen residents

Community activist O Dave Allen says displaced residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny should be allowed to remain and that efforts are made by the Government to develop the area, with a goal of…
05 Oct, 2026 0

Motorcyclist killed, pillion injured in fiery Bog Walk Gorge crash

A motorcyclist was killed and a pillion injured in a fiery crash along the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Jason Johnson of Portmore Villa in…
“I want the truth to be out; my story. People don’t stop to think or to try to know the type of person that they are talking about.”
04 Oct, 2026 0

Deported and defamed - Jamaican rejects US immigration authorities’ characterisation of ‘criminal history’, says charges were dismissed

A Jamaican man deported after 12 years in the United States is rejecting allegations by immigration authorities there that he is a violent criminal, insisting that serious criminal charges brought…
JUTA President Simon Lawrence.
04 Oct, 2026 0

JUTA wants brakes pumped on Uber - Lawrence calls for locally operated alternatives to foreign-owned ride hailing companies

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Union of Travellers Association (JUTA) is calling for Uber and other international ride-hailing/ride-sharing companies to be banned, arguing that they continue to operate…
Donovan Williams, member of parliament for Kingston Central.
04 Oct, 2026 0

Default judgment dispute delays Dawes’ drill lawsuit

An application to the Supreme Court for a default judgment in the defamation lawsuit filed against parliamentarian Dr Alfred Dawes is on hold amid an 11th-hour dispute over whether he was served with…
A portrait of Dervan Malcolm at his remembrance service held yesterday at the Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew.
04 Oct, 2026 0

Cry for truth - Dervan Malcolm remembered as Jamaicans urged to check the facts in search for ‘both sides of the story’

Jamaica is crying out for truth, Reverend Dr Devon Dick, pastor at Boulevard Baptist Church in St Andrew, declared yesterday, citing a lack of trust in the community. “Citizens do not think that they…
Grand prize winner Oliver Chang sits in his brand-new GWM Tank 500 PHEV, which he won in the Acropolis Gaming Lounge Summer Heatwave promotion.
04 Oct, 2026 0

Long-time Acropolis patron drives away in 2027 GWM Tank 500

Long-time Acropolis Gaming Lounge customer Oliver Chang is the owner of a brand-new 2027 GWM Tank 500 HEV after emerging as the grand prize winner in the gaming establishment’s Summer Heatwave…