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117 New COVID-19 Cases surpass 7000 in Jamaica

Jamaica on Sunday recorded 117 new COVID-19 cases with ages ranging from 1 to 99 years, increasing the overall tally to 7,012. Of the new...

Jamaica: Mom of smoking 3-year-old pleads guilty to child endangerment

A St Catherine woman has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after her three-year-old son was seen in a viral video smoking and drinking what...

Jamaica: Alleged cop killer gunned down

(Jamaica Gleaner) THE MAN said to be responsible for the brutal gun attack that left two policemen dead and two others in critical condition...

Jamaica: Two policemen shot dead, two injured in Spanish Town attack

(Jamaica Gleaner) A police constable and a corporal have been killed in a shootout with gunmen in Horizon Park, Spanish Town, St Catherine this...

Jamaica: Pastor faces rape, fraud charges

(Jamaica Observer) A St Catherine pastor has been charged with three counts of rape and obtaining money by false pretence, as a result of...

Jamaican man spends 50 years in prison without trial

(Jamaica Gleaner) George Williams was a mentally ill 20-year-old when he was arrested by the police in 1970 and charged for allegedly killing another...

Outrage over police shooting of unarmed Jamaican in New Jersey

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican community leaders in the Northeast Diaspora area are demanding answers from the New Jersey District Attorney General’s Office and the New...

Jamaica: Bodies of female soldier, her two-year-old child, and boyfriend found burned

(Jamaica Gleaner) The burnt remains of the three bodies were found at Beach Road, Point Morant, in St Thomas, on Saturday have been identified...

‘Glad for the herb’: Jamaican woman claims to be cured of HIV

(Jamaica Observer) Claims by local medicinal herb practitioner, Carlton Bennett, that herbal remedies can cure COVID-19 and other diseases, have stirred up controversy and...

Jamaica: Jodian Fearon funeral set for Saturday

(Jamaica Observer) THE funeral for Jodian Fearon, the 23-year-old woman who died after being denied access to health care in April, is scheduled for...

Jamaica: Mother, daughter killed 12 years apart

(Jamaica Observer) For the second time in 12 years, a family has been left distraught following the brutal killing of a mother of five...

Jamaica: Courts Under Fire As Inmate Held For 40 Years Dies Without Trial

(Jamaica Gleaner) - Jamaica’s courts are being blamed for a human-rights crisis at correctional facilities after an Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) report unearthed...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...