News
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
St Catherine community shaken after 5 shot in deadly attack
The Jamaica Constabulary Force yesterday indicated that it was following significant leads into Thursday night’s drive-by shooting in Portsmouth, St Catherine, which left one man dead and four others…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
Where’s my daughter?
It has been more than six months since Dr Samar Rodriguez, a London-based academic, last saw her five-year-old daughter, Tau Kleio Rodriguez-Fairplay. Tau was abducted in February from her home in the…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Dementia and a family’s unhealed wound
WESTERN BUREAU: On the morning of November 5, 2005, Janice’s mother, diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s, walked away from home and disappeared, much to the distress of the six surviving of her…
December 9, 2025
Rhoda Moy Crawford and Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Abka Fitz-Henley among new state ministers
Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford, former House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Senator Abka Fitz-Henley are among the new state ministers named by Prime Minister…
December 9, 2025
Deportee arrested on arrival in Jamaica
A man who fled Jamaica while on bail for murder was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Thursday after being deported from the United States of America. He is 24-…
December 9, 2025
by Derrick Scott
Diaspora group awards $107,000 in scholarships
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Twenty-six students of Jamaican heritage attending Howard University were awarded scholarships totalling US$107,000 at the Jamaica Howard University Affinity Network’s (JHUAN)…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
Mandatory prostate cancer screening unlikely, says medical officer
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Romario Hart, the medical officer of health at the St Catherine Health Department, says that while men should be proactive in getting regular prostate cancer screenings, he does not…
December 9, 2025
Five shot in Portsmouth, one fatally
Police in the St Catherine South division are searching for hoodlums who fatally shot one man and wounded four others in the Portsmouth community in Portmore on Thursday night. Dead is 19-year-old …
December 9, 2025
Gov’t launches first-ever Agriculture Deal Book to attract investors
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s agriculture sector now has its first structure investment guide following Friday’s launch of the Agriculture Deal Book, which was unveiled at the inaugural Jamaica…