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Jamaica Gleaner

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:07:38 -0400
EX-COP ARRESTED AT AIRPORT
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it will this week provide a comprehensive account of the circumstances surrounding the arrest and murder charge laid against former policeman Odian Williams, who was removed from a departin...

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:07:30 -0400
Former constable loses JCF fight
Former police Constable Joel Lewis was left disappointed after the Privy Council ruled that his challenge to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s refusal to re-enlist him three years ago raised no arguable point of law. The Judicial Committee of the P...

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:07:40 -0400
Blood shortage forces choices between patients, says NBTS chief
A senior health official is warning that critically low blood supplies at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) are putting lives at risk, with current stocks at just half the level needed to meet demand. In a candid interview with The Glean...

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:06:46 -0400
Jamaica needs ‘a new kind of emancipation’, says Pastor Brevitt
WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaicans prepare to celebrate Emancipendence 2026, outspoken Seventh-day Adventist pastor Charles Brevitt is challenging the nation to pursue a new kind of emancipation – one that frees citizens from violence, moral decay, gree...

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:07:26 -0400
J'cans in US Northeast look forward to working with CG Mair
NEW YORK: Oliver Mair, who has served as Jamaica’s consul general in Miami, Florida, for the past seven years, has been tapped to be the new consul general in New York. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith made t...

Jamaica Observer

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Charity makes donation to upgrade more restrooms at Little London High
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
This Day in History - April 12
Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Arlene Swaby fuels her business with focus and Access
While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

Mon, Apr 11, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Hanging not solution to crime problem, says official
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

Jamaica Star

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:42:40 -0500
Saxophonist merging music and cybersecurity
Ryeem Fletcher can spend one part of his day breathing life into a saxophone and another learning how to keep digital systems secure.

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:46:38 -0500
JLP blasts Golding over leaked PNP audio

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:21:49 -0500
Two months in prison or $100k fine for two men caught with bags of cassava
A routine police stop turned costly for three men after officers uncovered four bags of cassava worth $50,000 without the required documentation, landing two of them with $100,000 fines in the St Catherine Parish Court on Monday.

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:09:08 -0500
Gunmen strike outside football game, three injured

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:49:42 -0500
Aspiring cop turns to entrepreneurship
Growing up, 20-year-old Tracy-Ann Knight had a great dream – to become a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

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