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March 25, 2026
Champs 2026|KC’s Julius Itubo breaks own record to win 1500m gold
Kingston College’s Julius Itubo broke his own record in the boys Class Three 1500 metres final at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on Wednesday, finishing in 4:00.76. …
March 25, 2026
Jamaica supports ‘gravest crime’ slavery resolution at UN; US, Israel oppose
Jamaica joined more than 120 countries Wednesday in supporting a United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity.” …
March 25, 2026
Man shot dead in parking lot near Kingston Public Hospital
A man was shot dead in a parking lot near Kingston Public Hospital less than an hour ago, the police say. Crime scene investigators are now processing the area, which has been restricted. More…
March 25, 2026
Motorists face another week of higher gas prices
Motorists are facing another week of increases in the prices of gas. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $4.25 to sell for $167.88 per litre and a litre of E-10 90…
March 25, 2026
Lawyers calls for probe of police beating of Trelawny man caught on video
The attorney for a Trelawny man who claimed that he was kicked all over his body by cops during an incident captured by cell phone video, then set free without criminal charges, has signalled that he…
March 25, 2026
‘Teaching is a calling’: deCarteret’s Dorette Rhoden Henry named Teacher of the Year
Dorette Rhoden Henry, Mathematics and Information Technology teacher at deCarteret College in Manchester, is the 2025-2026 LASCO/Ministry of Education and Youth/ Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of…
March 25, 2026
Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury found Meta and YouTube liable Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services,…
March 25, 2026
Government moves to digitise transactions with long-awaited e-signature policy
The Government today unveiled the long-awaited electronic transactions policy (ETP), which mandates that electronic or e-signatures and records are legally acceptable and binding. The policy will…
March 25, 2026
Petrojam General Manager Telroy Morgan steps down
General Manager of Petrojam Limited, Telroy Morgan, has demitted office. Morgan stepped down effective today. In a statement, the state-owned oil refinery said General Counsel and Corporate…