A fierce storm knocked out electricity across parts of Hanover and Westmoreland on Wednesday, while Area One police stepped up operations after murder figures rose. Negril detectives released a robbery suspect sketch, and trial dates were set in a high-profile double murder case.
Elderly Landlord Pleads Guilty After Throwing Hot Water on TenantBy Mckoy's News / June 24, 2026 Landlord Pleads Guilty: An 84-year-old landlord from Spanish Town has pleaded guilty to assault after admitting that he threw hot water on his tenant during a dispute earlier this year. Albert Thomas entered the guilty plea when he appeared before Acting Senior Parish Court Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle on Tuesday
The Jamaica Stock Exchange has opened its micro market, offering regulated equity financing for firms raising J$50 million to J$100 million. Officials outlined tax breaks, listing rules, and a pathway to the junior market.
Over 20 Tonnes of Cocaine Moved Through Jamaica to Europe This Year — Police Issue Drug Mule WarningBy Mckoy's News / June 24, 2026 Police Issue Drug Mule Warning: More than 20 tonnes of cocaine have been trafficked from or through Jamaica to Europe since the start of the year, according to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The alarming revelation was made by Director of the JCF’s Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID), Superintendent Patrae Rowe, during an interview on Nationwide This Morning on Tuesday
Level 7 welding student Nathan White says his training at the Heart College of Construction Services has been worthwhile, with strong instructor guidance and broad career opportunity in the skilled trades.
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Education Minister Dana Morris Dixon will lead a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on 24 June 2026, outlining policy decisions and national priorities following the latest Cabinet meeting.
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The International Finance Corporation will invest up to US$15 million in the Caribbean Climate Resilience Fund debt subfund, managed by Sygnus. The deal marks IFC's first Caribbean debt-fund transaction and backs regional climate and development financing.
Former Uruguay energy secretary Ramón Méndez told the Facey Lecture Series that Jamaica can cut power costs and boost jobs by following his country's renewable transition, with wind, solar, and batteries ready now.
Grade-six placement results show ninety per cent of students matched to preferred schools after exams held post-hurricane. Jamaica will honour artisanal fishers in Morant Bay as the sector rebuilds from storm losses.
Nurses at Jamaica's premier hospital halted a morning walkout over overcrowding and unsafe conditions, while 28 Haitian detainees in Portland face legal scrutiny under a new US-Jamaica MOU. Sir Keir Starmer's UK resignation raises CARICOM visa concerns.
Jamaican art, culture, and institutional collecting took centre stage on Sunday, June 14, 2026, as Scotiabank, in partnership with the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), officially opened Of Wood and Water: The Scotiabank Collection . The exhibition brings together works from the Scotiabank Jamaica Collection, one of the largest corporate art collections in the Caribbean and a significant holding within Scotiabank’s Global Art Program, alongside selected works from the National Collection, creating a rare dialogue between corporate and national archives of Jamaican visual culture
Jamaican Pencil Chef and author of Cream of the Crop: The Boy, A Dream and A Jamaican Legend displays a copy of her novel during the launch on June 20 at the National Gallery of Jamaica. Emerging literary talent Onecia Gayle, widely known as “The Jamaican Pencil Chef,” officially launched her highly anticipated debut novel, Cream of the Crop: The Boy, A Dream and A Jamaican Legend, on Saturday, June 20
File PHOTO: Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, addressing the audience at the Harmonies of Hope relief concert held at the Meridian Performing Arts Centre in Toronto on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Anticipated growth in cruise shipping this financial year Durrant Pate/Contributor The Ministry of Tourism is positioning the island to be a premier yachting destination within the Caribbean
File PHOTO: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett speaking during the opening 2021/22 Sectoral Debate Presentation in the House of Representatives on April 20, 2021. (Photo: JIS) New Tourism Authority Act and establishment of Tourism Authority Durrant Pate/Contributor Jamaica’s tourism sector is set to undergo a radical restructuring with an overhaul of its regulatory architecture
Our Panel & Speakers (L-R): Leo Williams, Michelle Ottey, Ative Ennis, Stacey Luces, Denise Williams and Raymond Levy. Explores investment and expertise at Inaugural Event in Jamaica We WHISTLE Global (WHISTLE) convened global diaspora leaders in Montego Bay on Wednesday, June 17, to explore how Caribbean talent, capital, influence, and expertise can be more effectively coordinated to accelerate Jamaica’s and regional development
Serious crime figures through June 20 show St. James leading the island in killings, while St. Elizabeth police press joint operations in Akong. A ballistics expert linked a recovered pistol to a 2018 Bog Walk shooting at an ongoing gang trial.
Jamaica’s House Regulations Committee approved a correction to the Insurance Amendment of the 20th Schedule regulations after motor vehicle insurance was left out of a revised fee table. Officials said the change fixes a drafting error without altering approved fees.
Teams from the Administrator-General's Department and the Teaching Service clashed on whether individuals or the state should chiefly guard against old-age financial hardship when pension coverage was within reach. The Administrator-General's Department advanced to the grand final on 23 June 2026.
Jamaica's Constituency Boundaries Committee met on 23 June 2026 and agreed to instruct the Electoral Commission of Jamaica to begin a statutory review of voting districts, with emphasis on rebalancing seats rather than adding new ones.
Body-Worn Camera Captures Moment Police Shoot Armed Man During Salt Spring Police ShootingBy Mckoy's News / June 23, 2026 ST JAMES, Jamaica: Salt Spring Police Shooting — A man was shot and injured by police during a tense confrontation in Salt Spring, St James, on Thursday afternoon after allegedly advancing toward an officer with a knife. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 p.m
Harbour View FC claimed the KSAFA Next Gen Under-20 championship with a 2-0 victory over Arnett Gardens in Sunday's final at the UWI Bowl. Captain Tyrique Robinson netted both goals and was named league MVP.
The Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica published a YouTube listing for the CARI-CODE Conference on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, with no additional event details in the source.
The United States and Iran remain divided over whether Tehran will allow United Nations inspectors into its nuclear facilities, even as diplomatic and technical negotiations continue in Switzerland and through Pakistani mediation.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange has launched a micro market to help small firms raise equity capital, backed by a decade-long income tax incentive package for companies that list on the new board.
Six months after Hurricane Melissa flooded Chigwell and Old Pen in Hanover, a rebuilt road has restored access, but residents fear poor drainage and missing retaining work could fail in the next heavy rain.
Police have locked down sections of Naggo Head in Portmore following a Sunday-morning double murder tied to turf violence. Two young delivery workers died and a pregnant woman was hurt as residents recall years of unrest in the community.
Opposition MP Isat Buchanan told the House Jamaica has no asylum framework even as cabinet approved a U.S. agreement to hold third-country migrants, days after 17 Haitians landed in Portland.
Opposition MP Isat Buchanan framed youth offending as an opportunity crisis and outlined PNP plans on school safety, special education, digital skills, and republic status in a House address.
The Longwood Early Childhood Institute in St. Elizabeth is operating from a re-roofed lunch area after two hurricanes destroyed its classrooms. Teachers say overcrowding, heat, and trauma are hurting students as enrollment falls.
Education Minister Dr. Dana Morris Dixon says Jamaica has no plans to replace the Primary Exit Profile with CXC's Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment, despite concerns about exam pressure and calls to follow Eastern Caribbean countries.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says hotel capacity should pass 80% by summer and reach full inventory by early 2027. Jamaica welcomed 3.7 million visitors in 2025, with more than 80,000 tourism workers back on the job.
Isat Buchanan told Parliament that moving final appeals from the Privy Council to the CCJ puts justice within reach of ordinary Jamaicans. He challenged the justice minister’s human-rights stance and cited US and INDECOM findings on fatalities, complaints, and detention conditions.
St. Catherine South Western MP Eve Warmington has defended Minister Dr. Andrew Wheatley after the Integrity Commission recommended four charges against him, including illicit enrichment. Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he still has confidence in Wheatley, who remains in Cabinet.
Officers in St. James have arrested three students linked to online harassment involving pupils at Mount Alvernia High School. A parent says her daughter faced death threats on social media as investigators urge families to monitor minors' devices.
Opposition MP Ian Hayles told Parliament the National Water Commission spends roughly $1 billion monthly on electricity to pump water, while most government energy-efficiency projects remain unstarted. He questioned whether costly Western Jamaica upgrades chiefly serve tourism rather than residents.
Opposition MP Ian Hayles pressed the government in the House to release unused state land for licensed cannabis farmers and to address roads, water, and low tourism wages across Westmoreland Western.
PNP MP Ian Hayles told Parliament that police raids on cannabis plots in Westmoreland Western weigh on his constituents, and called on the Cannabis Licensing Authority to free up licences before US federal reform advances.
Opposition spokesman on health Dr Alfred Dawes says internal nursing memos and repeated requests for meetings reflect a deepening leadership crisis at UHWI, with clinical staff reportedly pressing for intervention at the highest levels of government.
Nurses at the University Hospital of the West Indies walked off duty Tuesday morning, protesting unsafe overcrowding, a lack of beds and critical shortages of medication and equipment they say leave patients at risk.
Officers in St James wounded a knife-wielding man in Salt Spring in an encounter captured on body-worn cameras, while Area Four police hunt Shawn Williamson after a family dispute in Kingston led to arson and gunfire.
Nurses at the University Hospital of the West Indies staged a morning protest over severe accident-and-emergency overcrowding before returning to work. The bulletin also covered integrity probes, PEP placements, an election appeal, and a new Jamaica Stock Exchange micro market.
Leaders from government, business, policing, and academia gathered at Summit Hotel on 23 June 2026 for the sixth Carry Code conference, linking social intelligence, artificial intelligence, and post-Hurricane Melissa rebuilding across Jamaica and the Caribbean.
On June 23, 2026, Jamaica's House of Representatives heard lengthy Opposition sectoral contributions on water access, youth policy, and constitutional reform before suspending the debate and approving a $1,000 minimum wage increase effective July 1.
A Portland motorist was fined after admitting he tried to bribe an officer, a Jamaican family in Connecticut seeks help to repatriate two murdered sons, UHWI has resumed normal operations after a nurse walkout, and police are hunting suspects in a Kingston arson-linked shooting.
The House of Representatives continued its sectoral debate on 23 June 2026 with a major tourism presentation from Ed Bartlett and sharp opposition contributions on water, education, and constitutional reform, before shifting to a minimum wage order.
