Jamaica News

(Jamaica Observer) Newly crowned Miss World 2019, Jamaican Toni-Ann Singh, is to return to the island for a brief visit this weekend, organised by the Government of Jamaica.

(Jamaica Star) A property owner in Hanover has signalled her intention to lock down a church that is sitting on her property.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans in the United Kingdom have welcomed with delight the crowning of Toni-Ann Singh as Miss World 2019, the fourth Jamaican to snatch the coveted title in the world’s longest-running beauty pageant.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The 2019-2020 sugar crop year got off to an early start when Chinese producers Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) started production on November 28.

(Jamaica Observer) Miss World 2019 Toni-Ann Singh has musical roots embedded in her native St Thomas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Crime has sparked a plunge in the school population of Bull Bay Infant and Primary by almost 70 per cent as families have fled outbreaks of violence that have rocked the eastern Jamaica community.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Canadian man who was arrested by the Narcotics Police on Sunday, December 8 is to appear in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday to answer to several charges related to the seizure of $1.5 million dollars worth of cocaine.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Talented Jamaican celebrity chef Alton Henry has died in New Jersey, United States, on Saturday evening after suffering what appeared to be a heart attack while catering at an event.

(Jamaica Star) Oneil Stewart, 34, fainted when his common-law wife, Sashae Gooden, told him that she was HIV-positive, and it’s a high possibility that she had passed the virus to him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The addition of 15 automated immigration kiosks at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St James will take Jamaica closer to becoming a smart destination, says Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce walked away with the Best Female Athlete award at the first ever Panam Sports Awards in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) It’s been 26 years in the making, but on Saturday night in London, England, Toni-Ann Singh would not be denied the title of Miss World.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A pastor based in Hanover has been charged with seven counts of rape, with children from several western Jamaica communities among his alleged victims.

(Jamaica Observer) Toni-Ann Singh, Miss Jamaica World is Miss World 2019.The #MissWorld2019 is Jamaica — Miss World (@MissWorldLtd) December 14, 2019Singh, who had secured her place in the top 40 by winning the talent competition at the “Beauty with a Purpose” Gala Dinner in London, advanced to the final round of the competition along with Miss Nigeria, Miss Brazil, Miss India and Miss France.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican public relations practitioner and media relations specialist Lyndon Taylor is one of the recipients of this year’s Impact Awards in New York, presented by Caribbean Life and Schneps Media for outstanding contribution to the Caribbean diaspora community.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Some of the major armed robberies that have occurred across sections of Jamaica in recent months have been driven by criminals seeking to secure funds to pay legal fees for their cronies nabbed by the police.

(Jamaica Observer) Pauline Smith’s heart is heavy. She believes that if she had related a disturbing dream she had a week ago to her daughter, 42-year-old Patricia King, she would likely have made King more aware of her mortality.

(Jamaica Star) The Unites States Embassy has revoked the diplomatic visa that it issued to East Portland Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz, and has also turned down her request a visitors’ visa.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Gunmen went on a rampage last night in over Dover District in Kitson Town, St Catherine shooting eight persons, four fatally.

(Jamaica Star) Months after being wrongly accused of having sexual intercourse with a person under 16 sometime last year, John Doe*, 20, was freed last Friday of the charges when he made his first appearance in court.