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April 20, 2026

Education Ministry orders probe after video shows student beaten at Jamaica College

The education ministry has ordered an immediate investigation after a video emerged showing students in school uniform violently assaulting a fellow student at what "appears to be a prominent…
April 20, 2026

Casino caution

Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate Donna Scott-Mottley is urging the Government to put stronger safeguards in place to protect vulnerable Jamaicans as the country moves to grant three casino…
Jahvel ‘Jahvy Ambassador’ Morrison
April 20, 2026

Jahvy Ambassador to go to court on Thursday, April 30, Jaii Frais to appear on Wednesday

Music producer Jahvel ‘Jahvy Ambassador’ Morrison, one of the accused in the shooting incident at Big Wall, is to go to court on Thursday, April 30. Morrison, a licensed firearm holder, was on…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (left), makes a symbolic handover of a cheque under the Government's Community Church Clean-Up and Restoration Initiative that was accepted by Reverend Othniel Watson (right) of the M
April 20, 2026

Churches in St Elizabeth receive hurricane grants

The first official disbursement of approximately $17 million in grants under the Government’s Community Church Clean-up and Restoration Initiative was made to 101 churches in St Elizabeth to repair…
April 20, 2026

Spalding Outstation to temporarily host court cases as Christiana Outstation in Manchester undergoes months of renovation

Operations at the Christiana Outstation of the Manchester Parish Court will be temporarily relocated to the Spalding Outstation due to scheduled renovation works at the facility. Beginning Friday,…
The entrance to Jamaica College in St Andrew. - File photo.
April 20, 2026

MOE team visits Jamaica College amid probe into attack on student

A team from the Ministry of Education is now at Jamaica College (JC) as part of an investigation into an incident captured on video in which a student was violently attacked by another student. …
The case is to go back to court on June 3.
April 20, 2026

March 2027 trial for five men charged over major cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew

The five men arrested and charged in connection with a $12-billion cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew in 2024 are scheduled to go on trial on March 8, 2027 in the Home Circuit Court. In the…
Alleged robbers shot, one fatally, by police officer in Clarendon, INDECOM probing incident in the community of Coffee Shop in Sandy Bay, Clarendon on Monday, April 20, 2026.
April 20, 2026

Alleged robbers shot, one fatally, by policeman in Clarendon, INDECOM probing incident

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing the shooting of three alleged robbers, one fatally, by a policeman at his business establishment in the Coffee Shop community in Sandy…
Member of Parliament for St Ann South Eastern, Dr Kenneth Russell. - File photo.
April 20, 2026

MP deeply concerned following fatal police shooting in St Ann, calls for calm

Member of Parliament for St Ann South Eastern Dr Kenneth Russell has expressed “deep concerns” about the police fatal shooting of two men in the community of Steerfield, even as he urged angry…