JFB strengthens response to fires in high-rise buildings

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is strengthening its readiness to respond to fires in high-rise buildings as more multi-storey developments emerge across the Corporate Area and rural parishes. In a…

G-G affirms that Jamaica’s education system has regained its stride

Reading Time: 2 minutesGovernor-General Sir Patrick Allen says the out-turns for the 2024/25 academic year confirmed that Jamaica’s education system has regained its stride. “PEP (Primary Exit Profile) and CXC (Caribbean Examinations Council)…

Government to establish Department of Family and Children’s Services

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government plans to establish a Department of Family and Children’s Services and reform the Youth and Adolescence Policy Division.   Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen advised that the initiative will…

Two men in custody over murder of JDF soldier, woman among others sought

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo men, who were listed as Persons of Interest in relation to the death of a member of the Jamaica Defence Force, turned themselves in to lawmen assigned to the…

‘Businessman’ charged with fraudulent conversion

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA businessman has been charged with fraudulent conversion following an investigation into payments made for the importation of a motor vehicle between Thursday, July 3, 2025, and Wednesday, January 28,…

CARICOM observers praise peaceful, transparent election in Barbados

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Caribbean Community (CARICOM) deployed a three-member Election Observation Mission (EOM) to monitor Barbados’ 11 February 2026 General Election, concluding that the vote was conducted peacefully, orderly, and transparently.

The Mission, made up of senior electoral officials from Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Jamaica, supported by three members of the CARICOM Secretariat, was invited by the Government of Barbados on 27 January 2026. Its mandate was to provide an independent and impartial assessment of the electoral process, including the pre-election environment, voting, and counting of ballots.