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JPS crews carrying out restoration work in Montego Bay, St James.
Christmas shock for Jamaicans as light bills jump 7%
CASE student allegedly raped on campus, police investigate
Fatal stabbing at St Mary lock-up, inmate charged
Man who lost home in Hurricane Melissa jailed in Cayman Islands for drug smuggling
Bad advice from stepson costs man $800k in car repairs
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‘A Great Loss’ tributes pour in for media leader Anthony Smith
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Man dies after car slams into light pole in Old Harbour
Senior Superintendent Hopeton Nicholson, head of the St Catherine North Police, retrieves a motor-vehicle bumper from bushes during a raid at a premises off St John's Road in Spanish Town on December 12, 2025. 
St Catherine raid exposes suspected islandwide car theft ring
Cops nab 23 Haitians in Harbour View raid
BLM exec accused of using movement money for Jamaica getaway with friends
This Jan. 10, 2023, photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a Pacific pocket mouse named Sir Patrick Stewart. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, Stewart received a Guinness World Records title for longevity for being the oldest living mouse in human care at the ripe age of 9 years and 209 days. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)
Reduction in leptospirosis
Firefighter at the scene of a house fire along Mountain View Avenue
Fire rips through Mountain View Avenue, 20 left homeless
Handcuffs of steel
Taxi man caught red handed allegedly stealing cable wires in Moneague
Dancehall selector arrested in major St Andrew police raid
A scene from the crash on December 11, 2025.
Deadly overtake on Queen’s Highway leaves one dead, two critical
Body-worn cameras on display at the Police Commissioner’s Office in St Andrew yesterday (File Photo)
Over 1,000 Body-worn cameras to be acquired for the JCF
Councillor Scean Barnswell (left) detains the man who allegedly abducted a six-year-old girl in Clarendon on December 9, 2025.
‘Swift, courageous, heroic’ - PNP hails councillor who saved abducted girl
His court date is being finalised.
Police charge Kingston man for entering motorist’s car and robbing him
Cops seize gun found in microwave, four men arrested
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby speaking at the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation on May 13.
Kingston mayor rolls out discounts to help businesses and entertainment sector
Bahamas man jailed for raping roommate's girlfriend on his birthday
Maggotty High pulls out of Ben Francis, coaches apologise
Decomposed bodies of two senior citizens found in St Ann
Reggae legend to be laid to rest on December 17
Constable freed in case of UWI student pepper sprayed during COVID curfew
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, addresseing a special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery at Jamaica House on November 26.
McKenzie mourns death of 9-year-old Amara Moore in Mandeville crash
Screen shot shows husband and wife being held by abductors armed with guns and a grenade and demanding US$2.5 million ransom
Abductors demand US$2.5 million for release of husband and wife in Trinidad
St Catherine man admits to stealing $750,000 worth of copper wire
The telecoms company technical teams are now working to assess the damage, make repairs, and restore connectivity.
Cable vandalism causes major service disruption for Flow customers in New Kingston
The Junction Traffic Department is conducting a probe into the matter. - File photo.
Child killed in crash involving NSWMA truck

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Manchester City’s Khadija Shaw (centre) scores one of her four goals against Aston Villa during their Women’s Super League football match on Sunday, December 14, 2025. Red-hot Shaw hammers four past Villa in WSL - Jamaican creates...
Balmagie Primary School captain, leading scorer and the competition’s MVP, Kevin Grant receives the Insports St Andrew Primary Schools Football trophy from Insports officer Sylvester Campbell (left) following the final against St. Richards Primary at UWI Bowl, Mona on Friday. Balmagie won 4-3 on penalties after playing to a 0-0 draw. Holy Family, Balmagie win Insports primary titles
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during the English Premier League soccer match against Crystal Palace in London on Sunday. Manchester City won 3-0. City, Villa stay in touch with Arsenal
Omar ‘Rambo’ Wedderburn, head coach of St Elizabeth Technical High School. ‘We plan to go all the way’ - Wedderburn proud of STETHS’ play going...
ATLANTIC CONVOY (right), ridden by Dane Nelson, wins the overnight allowance stakes Ahwhofah Sprint ahead of the partially hidden ZULU WARRIOR (Raddesh Roman) over six furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday. Value restored in Sunday’s Reggae 6 payout
England’s goal shooter takes a shot during the first Test of the Horizon Vitality Netball series against Jamaica at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday. Coach disappointed with ‘poor performance’ from Sunshine Girls -...
Gawain Austin (right) of Portmore United challenges Warner Brown of Mount Pleasant Football Academy for the ball during their Jamaica Premier League football match at Ferdi Neita Park in Portmore on Sunday. Mount Pleasant won 2-0. Racing United stun Cavalier
Peter Thelwell, General Manager of Arnett Gardens Football Club. Finance, fans force early Arnett ‘home’ return - JPL team to mark...
Cornwall College’s Marcane Gooden (front) dribbles the ball away from Kemps Hill High’s Orlando Campbell during their Group 1 football match in the second round of the ISSA daCosta Cup at Montego Bay Sports Complex on Saturday, October 11. Cornwall won 2-0. History-making Kemps Hill seek greater success
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