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Sasha-Marie Ashley, the late senior parish court judge for Hanover.
March 2, 2026

Judiciary 'shaken' following death of Parish Court Judge Sasha-Marie Ashley, says Chief Justice

The legal fraternity is in mourning following the passing of Senior Parish Court Judge for Hanover, Sasha-Marie Ashley, “whose untimely death has deeply shaken the judiciary,” Chief Justice Bryan…
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March 2, 2026

Decomposing body of man found at home in St Ann

The police in St Ann are probing the death of a man whose decomposing body was found at his home in Brown’s Town. He has been identified by the police as 42-year-old Terrence Campbell. The police…
March 1, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Cellblock horror

A man who says he was falsely arrested has claimed in a lawsuit that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection after being assaulted inside a police lockup. The assault, which lasted…

Aneita Williams cleaning mud from her house in The Estuary, a housing development in Friendship, St James, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. Now displaced and given temporary accommodation by the NHT, she does not wish to return to her
March 1, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

STILL IN LIMBO

Four months after Hurricane Melissa sent floodwaters surging through sections of Phase 2 of The Estuary in Friendship, St James, several homeowners say they remain burdened with loss, displacement,…
Workers reaping the first crop of onions since the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Andre Dyer’s five-acre onion farm in Mountainside, St Elizabeth, on February 16.
March 1, 2026 by Karen Madden

ONION TEARS

Frustration laced his voice as Andre Dyer, one of Jamaica’s largest onion farmers, bemoaned how the importation of onions is threatening the livelihood of local farmers, even as the traditional…
Janice Julian
March 1, 2026

1000 poultry farmers to benefit from Chicken RE-COOP

QUEENS COUNTY, NY: One thousand backyard poultry farmers across Jamaica are set to benefit from Chicken RE-COOP, a hurricane recovery programme, which was set for launching on March 1, 2026. The…
March 1, 2026

4.6 magnitude earthquake felt in sections of Jamaica

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 was felt in sections of Jamaica at 8:34 a.m. on Sunday. According to the Earthquake Unit at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, the tremor was…
Shiite Muslims hold the portraits of Iranian leaders during a rally to condemn the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Quetta, Pakistan on March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
March 1, 2026

Israeli strikes rock Tehran as Iran's counterattacks widen after supreme leader killed

(AP) — Israel and Iran traded strikes Sunday as part of a widening war after the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a surprise United States and Israeli bombardment a day…
March 1, 2026

Man sought after allegedly firing at policewoman spouse in St Elizabeth

The Santa Cruz police in St Elizabeth are searching for a man who allegedly opened gunfire at his spouse, a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), on Saturday night. The female constable was…