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December 11, 2025
JPS, NWC to waive charges for customers still without service after Hurricane Melissa, says OUR
The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) and the National Water Commission (NWC) will waive charges for customers who have been without service since Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on…
December 11, 2025
PNP hails councillor and wife for 'heroic rescue' of abducted six-year-old in Clarendon
The People’s National Party (PNP) has praised its members and Clarendon councillor Scean Barnswell and his wife for their "swift, courageous, and heroic" action that led to the rescue of a…
December 11, 2025
UDC announces New Year's Eve fireworks for Black River and Negril
The Urban Development Corporation will, for the first time, stage New Year’s Eve fireworks in Black River, St Elizabeth, and Long Bay Beach in Negril, Westmoreland, two parishes hardest hit by…
December 11, 2025
Jamaica backs global action on sargassum and coral reefs at UN environment assembly
Jamaica has thrown its support behind two global environmental resolutions on coral reefs and sargassum seaweed, citing the country’s escalating climate-related losses, including the US$8.8-billion…
December 11, 2025
Woman killed, two men critical in crash near St Ann–Trelawny border
One woman is dead and two men are in critical condition following a two-vehicle collision along the Queen’s Highway near the St Ann–Trelawny border on Thursday morning. Reports are that a Toyota RAV4…
December 11, 2025
IDT launches online library of decisions as part of 50th anniversary
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has launched a new official webpage, giving the public, social partners and the legal fraternity easier access to its awards and resources as part of its…
December 11, 2025
Auditor General calls out $29m credit card 'error' at Parliament
The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has raised concerns about the monitoring of a Government credit card issued to the Houses of Parliament (HoP) after a $29 million transaction appeared to have…
December 11, 2025
Police charge taxi operator in theft of telecoms cable wire
A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged after police allegedly caught him stealing cable wires from a manhole belonging to a telecoms firm in Moneague, St Ann, last Friday. The accused, Omar…
December 11, 2025
20 left homeless after three houses destroyed by fire on Mountain View Avenue
At least 20 persons, including eight children, have been left displaced after a fire destroyed three houses on Mountain View Avenue in Kingston this morning. No injuries were reported. The blaze,…