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A truck is being loaded in Florida to be shipped to Jamaica with the help of Dame Linda Keller and volunteers.
January 12, 2026

Order of St George mobilises humanitarian relief for Jamaica after Melissa

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact on communities across Jamaica, the Order of St George has emerged as an international partner in the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian…
Examining coffee seeds (from left) are Juliet Holness, member of parliament for St Andrew East Rural and Speaker of the House of Representatives; Dr Norman Grant, chairman of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association; Floyd Green, minister of agriculture, f
January 12, 2026

JACRA leads major replanting drive on Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) on Friday marked Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Day with the launch of a major replanting and recovery initiative aimed at restoring…
From left: Dwight Crawford, deputy mayor of Montego Bay and the St James Municipal Corporation’s councillor for the Spring Garden Division; Krystal Lee, state minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness; and St Andrade Sinclair, regional director of
January 12, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

WRHA hosts support services fair for western Jamaica healthcare workers

WESTERN BUREAU: Healthcare professionals in western Jamaica got to receive support services for themselves last Friday, when the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) hosted a special fair at the…
Ambassador Curtis Ward
January 12, 2026

Ambassador Curtis Ward has died

Ambassador Curtis Ward, Jamaica’s former representative at the United Nations, has died. Ward passed away late last night at his home in Maryland in the United States. Ward, who was born in Treasure…
The men are to go to court on March 24.
January 12, 2026

St Ann builder charged with fraud over alleged misuse of funds to buy construction material

A 54-year-old Browns Town, St Ann construction worker has been charged by the police for allegedly pocketing money given to him to buy material to undertake construction works on a property in Drax…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 12, 2026

Jamaicans among criminal illegal Caribbean immigrants nabbed by ICE

WASHINGTON, CMC – Jamaican nationals were among criminal migrants deemed the “worst of the worst” who were detained in recent days by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of the United…
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (right), along with St James Health Department Parish Manager, Lennox Wallace; and Medical Officer of Health, Dr Tanique Bailey-Small, participate in the recent St James Health Department Vector Control Progr
January 12, 2026

$50m vector control programme launched in St James

The St James Health Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has officially launched a $50 million Integrated Vector Control Programme aimed at reducing vector-borne…
A date is to be set for the man to appear in court.
January 12, 2026

Update | C-TOC senior policeman held allegedly with cocaine charged

The police have charged a senior policeman attached to the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) in relation to the seizure of just over 5.8 kilogrammes of cocaine in…
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January 12, 2026

Update | Soldier charged as part of probe into major Kingston guns and ammunition bust

A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged by the police after illegal ammunition was allegedly found in his car after he reportedly fled from cops probing the case in which a large…