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10 Jan, 2026 0

Domestic disputes rising simultaneously with unemployment in Hanover, says police commander

Western Bureau: Superintendent Andrew Nish, the police commander for Hanover, is expressing concern over the simultaneous rise in domestic disputes and unemployment amid job losses in the hotel sector…
Fans of Excelsior High wave flags with the school’s colours during the Olivier Shield playoff against St Elizabeth Technical High at the Stadium East football field on Thursday.
10 Jan, 2026 0

Principal Bromfield credits long-term collaboration for Excelsior’s double triumph

While the Excelsior High school community celebrated their ISSA Manning Cup and Olivier Shield titles, Deanroy Bromfield, the school’s principal, said their success was due to years of work between…
Michael Troupe, councillor for the Granville division.
10 Jan, 2026 0

House where four-year-old child was killed was not targeted, SSP Samuels

WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Eron Samuels, the commanding officer for the St James Police Division, is dismissing suggestions that the house in which a four-year-old was…
Taj Francis’ ‘Touched by a God in tears’ (2024).
10 Jan, 2026 0

Patrons like what they see in ‘Curator’s Eyes’

Olympia Gallery has opened Curator’s Eye, described as “a dynamic exhibition that extends A. D. Scott’s original vision of Olympia as a vital cultural institution in Jamaica”. The show, which opened…
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz.
10 Jan, 2026 0

POWER PREDATORS

Western Bureau: The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) Ltd and the Government are reiterating a zero-tolerance stance against individuals demanding money from residents for electricity reconnections…
Sherika Lewis, acting chief public health inspector for St James.
10 Jan, 2026 0

St James Health Department not duplicating NSWMA’s waste removal effort, says public health inspector

WESTERN BUREAU: Sherika Lewis, the acting chief public health inspector for St James, says the recently launched waste removal initiative by the health department is not intended to replace or…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.
10 Jan, 2026 0

Bartlett unveils plan to reimagine Montego Bay to Falmouth coastal corridor

WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says high-level consultations are now taking place with local and international architects to transform the coastal corridor from the Montego Bay…
Smith spends some quality time with his baby nephew, Zemari.
10 Jan, 2026 0

GoodHeart | No place like home

In a world where each country is a new book, and travelling becomes the words of untold stories for those pages, Lij Tafari Smith has made it his mission to explore a new culture for the holidays. So…
Fetty Wap arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center on August 26, 2019, in Newark, New Jersey.
10 Jan, 2026 0

Rapper Fetty Wap released from prison early in drug trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP): Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for his role in a New York-based drug trafficking scheme.…