Jamaica Gleaner
Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:08:05 -0400KIDD LANE TERROR - Mom grieves for daughter who begged for help as triple murder rocks St Andrew community, forces residents to flee
The frantic voice of her daughter pleading for help over the telephone moments before she was killed will forever haunt Natasha Hall. Hall’s daughter, 30-year-old Lashane Ellis, and her one-year-old grandson, Kaheel Daley, were killed on Friday ni...
Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:07:33 -0400
Californian cannabis on Customs radar
A worrying trend involving the illegal importation of Californian cannabis into Jamaica is being reported by the recently appointed head of the Jamaica Customs Agency. Kirk Benjamin, chief executive officer (CEO) of Jamaica Customs, told The Sunday ...
Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:07:37 -0400
‘Downright robbery’
The practice by some courier companies of covertly imposing charges on customers and attributing them to customs fees when no such costs have been levied by the Jamaica Customs Agency is being described as “downright robbery”. Arguing that many ...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:02 -0400
COSTLY WAIT - 15-month delay for trial transcript derails Crown’s sentence appeal for missionaries’ killer
A 15-month transcript delay has cost the Crown its chance to challenge the 26-year minimum term before parole imposed on Andre Thomas for the 2016 killing of two American missionaries in St Mary. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that the Crown...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:04 -0400
Chuck: Ministries dragging feet on updating archaic fines
Several government ministries have not yet submitted lists of offences with “absolutely ridiculous” monetary fines that fall under their purview, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has disclosed. The revelation comes years after the Government, throu...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:14 -0400
‘A watchman may not be enough’ - Samuels calls on schools to tighten security amid multiple break-in reports
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James police are urging the Ministry of Education to put adequate security measures in place at schools to address a spike in break-ins in recent weeks. Speaking at the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) meeting on Thursda...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:07:01 -0400
StJMC mulls action against companies for hanging wires
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation is calling on telecommunications companies with low-hanging wires, which were displaced by Hurricane Melissa a year ago, to address them immediately or risk legal action in the interest of the publi...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:06:44 -0400
Management hearing in ‘Buju’ murder case rescheduled
WESTERN BUREAU: The case management hearing in the murder case against Constable Andrew Wilson, who is charged with the May shooting death of Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin, has been rescheduled to December 4. The hearing was scheduled to begin on Friday ...
Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:07:31 -0400
Caregivers need to take care of themselves, too
CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP): For Jessica Renda, the breaking point was a particularly chaotic Christmas season. Consumed by her eldest daughter's mental and behavioral health struggles, she stopped exercising or doing anything else that brought her ...
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:07:23 -0400
OUSTER LOOMS - PNP caucus plans to boot May Pen mayor, deputy; tackle permits, water
The minority caucus in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation says it will move a no-confidence motion against Mayor of May Pen Joel Williams and his deputy, Clive Mundle, at a special sitting it has requested following a dramatic end to Thursday’s m...