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Senior Superintendent of Police Vernon Ellis, after serving an unprecedented six and a half years, is no longer the commander officer for the St James Police ... Show more

A hard act to follow | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Seven high schools in St James are slated to benefit from a training programme which will see their students learning how to pilot drones with tutelage from ... Show more

Cornwall College Old Boys launch drone pilot training programme for students | News | Jamaica Gleaner

A call has been made for the PNP's Dennis Gordon, chairman of the finance committee of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) to withdraw his ... Show more

Williams wants PNP's Gordon to withdraw comments about municipal cops in KSAMC | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica’s new prison boss, Brigadier Radgh Mason, has declared that he will be “a bully” for results while emphasising that “the way to a safe society is ... Show more

‘BULLY FOR RESULTS’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica needs to get serious about pollution. While it is vitally important for policymakers to focus on the economics of the country ... Show more

Editorial | Pollution alert! | Commentary | Jamaica Gleaner

Former Jamaica Defence Force soldier Ricardo Dacres, who is charged for failing to return a rental car, was remanded today in the St Catherine Parish Court ... Show more

Ex-soldier accused of stealing rental car remanded | News | Jamaica Gleaner

A fire raging in the Jacks Hill area of St Andrew, adjacent to Mountain Spring, late Tuesday evening as dusk falls. Among the emergency personnel responding to ... Show more

Former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher “Dudus” Coke still has a number of years left in a United States federal prison term. However ... Show more

Al Miller offers ‘change’ advice to ‘Dudus’ - Jamaica Observer

According to Jamaica men’s football Head Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, the Reggae Boyz’ podium finish at the 2024 Concacaf Nations League (CNL) finals in Texas is ... Show more

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The mother of former attorney Nordraka Williams-Burnett, who was in 2018 murdered by her husband former Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) physiotherapist Kyodia ... Show more

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Started in 1978 by Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, and surviving on the generosity of donors worldwide, the Mustard Seed Communities provides a safe haven for ... Show more

‘We do God’s work at Mustard Seed’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Brigadier Radgh Mason from the Jamaica Defence Force is to take over as the head of Jamaica's prison service on April 2. As commissioner of corrections ... Show more

JDF veteran Brigadier Radgh Mason is new prison boss  | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica, in partnership with Canada, will be hosting a joint contingency training exercise on the island from March 28 to April 26 ... Show more

Jamaica to host training for joint CARICOM, Canada security task force | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica Agricultural Society President Lenworth Fulton is demanding answers over what he terms the “occupation” of parts of the grounds of Knockalva ... Show more

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Throughout his years of public service, Member of Parliament for St Catherine South West Everald Warmington has earned a reputation for his verbal outbursts ... Show more

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Even as the Government shores up its defences against a possible influx of Haitian refugees from the crisis-riddled country ... Show more

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The 59 disabled Haitian children have arrived in Jamaica and are undergoing medical checks by local health officials in Port Antonio, Portland. The children ... Show more

Haitian orphans undergoing health screening | News | Jamaica Gleaner

It is expected to be a neck-and-neck race to the finish line between candidates of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the opposition People’s National Party ... Show more

BATTLE FOR CONTROL | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

The Beryllium security guard who was killed during an apparent accidental shooting on Tuesday morning has been identified. The deceased man is Kevon Hunter ... Show more

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One man was killed and 10 individuals were taken into custody as the St Catherine South Police, assisted by members of the Jamaica Defence Force ... Show more

TERROR IN GREGORY PARK | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Just over 40,500 police, soldiers, and election day workers are slated to cast their ballots today for the February 26 Local Government Elections.Single

The ceremonial opening of parliament has begun as political leaders and dignitaries mark the beginning of the new legislative year ... Show more

The ability of the Jamaica Defence Force to monitor and safeguard the country's borders will be strengthened through an allocation of approximately $1 billion ... Show more

$1 billion allocated to procure JDF coastal surveillance equipment | News | Jamaica Gleaner

The transfer of some 50 mentally ill prisoners from St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre to Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston has swelled ... Show more

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Tourism Minister Edward Bartlett has labelled the recent travel advisory issued by the US Department of State as “without merit” ... Show more

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Lieutenant Kyodia Burnett, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) physiotherapist who was said to be suffering from a severe mental condition in the months leading up ... Show more

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Director of Elections Glasspole Brown says special service electors will vote on February 22, ahead of the February 26 Local Government Election ... Show more

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A handful of turncoats will take centre stage today as almost 500 people are expected to be nominated to contest the 228 divisions in the February 26 local ... Show more

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The man who has stirred controversy among the Jamaican Diaspora by calling for protest demonstrations in major world cities where Jamaicans live to dramatise ... Show more

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The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard reported Sunday that it seized approximately 2,629 pounds of marijuana when it intercepted a vessel while ... Show more

Over 2,600 pounds of ganja with an estimated street value of $26.2 million were seized offshore St Thomas on Saturday by the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast ... Show more

Over 2,600 pounds of ganja seized offshore St Thomas, men arrested | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Two persons, including a Jamaica Defence Force soldier, were shot and injured at the Tastee restaurant on Half-Way Tree Road in St Andrew a short while ago ... Show more

A senior court judge is warning police officers that they are not to abuse their authority by harassing or assaulting members of the public and that the issue ... Show more

Police’s roughhouse tactics not to be condoned, says senior judge | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Nineteen Haitian nationals are reportedly on the run, while 11 have been taken into custody after landing between Long Road and Hector's River in Portland on ... Show more

19 Haitians reportedly on the run, 11 captured in Portland - Jamaica Observer

Several alleged members of the vicious Klansman gang were taken into custody while one was shot and killed during a joint police/military operation in St ... Show more

Alleged Klansman gang members in custody following operation, says DCP Bailey - Jamaica Observer

The music was magnificent. The singing of the full choir was superb, the solos sublime. The dance and drama were dynamic. The décor was divine ... Show more

‘Most exciting ever’ University Singers concert | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner

The police seized three firearms during a police/military operation at 100 Sunrise Crescent in St Andrew on Monday. The weapons include one rifle and two ... Show more

Police make arrests, seize guns and ammunition in St Andrew operation | News | Jamaica Gleaner

A charge has been given by Supreme Court Judge David Batts to the newly trained recruits of the National Reserve of the Jamaica Defence Force to uphold the law ... Show more

‘Not an easy task’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police for Area One, Vernon Ellis, wants an exponential increase in the extradition of individuals involved in lottery ... Show more

Ellis wants more scammers, relatives to face extradition | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

The Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing rescued 24 residents trapped in flood waters in an area of St Thomas on Friday. The residents had been marooned at the ... Show more

JDF rescues 24 trapped in floodwaters in St Thomas - Jamaica Observer

A search and rescue operation to locate a British man who police say got lost during a nature walk in the Ballard’s Valley area near Junction since Sunday is ... Show more

Search still on for missing British man in St Elizabeth - Jamaica Observer

Water Square in Falmouth will be without a fountain and the promised statue of sprint icon Usain Bolt for another Christmas ... Show more

No Usain Bolt statue for Christmas in Falmouth | News | Jamaica Gleaner

Cops leaving the police force routinely flout a policy that requires them to return issued uniforms and equipment, and very often without any consequences ... Show more

UNIFORM LOOPHOLE | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday morning embarked on a tour to survey damage left behind to sections of the island by heavy rains between Wednesday and ... Show more

WATCH: Holness embarks on tour of flood-damaged areas - Jamaica Observer

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says it is aware of a video showing persons wearing what resembles its uniforms while committing a robbery in Linstead ... Show more

Army probing whether clothing used in Linstead robbery were real JDF uniforms | News | Jamaica Gleaner

WATCH: Head of the St Elizabeth Police, acting Superintendent Coleridge Minto works alongside citizens of Ballards Valley ... Show more