News
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis plays Garvey’s ‘ghost’ in a TV series
RENOWNED JAMAICAN actor Owen ‘Blaka’ Ellis plays the ‘ghost’ of National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey in a six-episode CaribbeanTales-TV original series titled Garvey’s Ghost, created and executive…
December 9, 2025
Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants amid second bankruptcy
Spirit Airlines plans to furlough 1,800 flight attendants before the end of the year, the cash-strapped budget carrier said Monday. The company said it made the “difficult decision” to put cabin crew…
December 9, 2025
Loaded M16 rifle seized in Portsmouth in Portmore, man on the run
Lawmen assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division on Monday seized an M16 rifle with a magazine containing seven 5.56 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Western Parade in the…
December 9, 2025
16,000 Jamaicans now registered under govt’s Social Pension Programme
A total of 16,000 persons are currently registered under the Government’s Social Pension Programme. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Audrey Deer-Williams, made…
December 9, 2025
'Badda Don' gunned down in Old Harbour
Forty-three-year-old Orace Frankson, otherwise called 'Badda Don', was gunned down while walking along a road in Old Harbour, St Catherine last night. The police are searching for his…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica so far records 29 days with triple road deaths, analysis reveals
Jamaica recorded three road deaths in a single day 29 times this year up to September 6, an analysis of police data has revealed. The figures are for separate fatal crashes and not single events with…
December 9, 2025
JFJ reiterates call for police body cameras amid Cherry Tree Lane fatal shooting
Human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is reiterating its call for the mandatory use of body cameras, particularly in planned operations, by the police amid the fatal shooting of a man…
December 9, 2025
Trelawny taxi operator caught on video attacking woman with machete charged
A Trelawny taxi operator who was captured on video attacking a woman with a machete has been charged with unlawful wounding. He is 42-year-old Cleon Buckle, a resident of Freeman's Hall district…
December 9, 2025
INDECOM: 23 officers but no body cams in Clarendon fatal raid, deceased not named on warrant
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says none of the 23 officers on a Clarendon raid in which 22-year-old Jahmar Farquharson was killed wore body cameras. It also revealed that…