Jamaica News

(Jamaica Observer) Reggae artiste Shaggy is still basking in the success of The Little Mermaid Live, which aired on the American television network ABC last Tuesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican man died in immigration detention in the United Kingdom after medical staff “dismissed” signs that he was having a stroke because they wrongly presumed that he had taken the synthetic drug known as spice, an inquest has concluded.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been named as one of five finalists for the World Athletics Female World Athlete of the Year Award. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for the St James woman who was recently charged in connection with the deaths of her two sons, in a fire which destroyed their home in Paradise, Norwood, on November 1.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Consultant psychiatrist and government senator Dr Saphire Longmore has turned the spotlight on the treatment of mentally ill persons by their families and the wider society, charging that the stigma and discrimination against this group was “very unfortunate”.

The Bustamante Hospital for Children is to benefit from a new three-storey, 150-bed ward, set to cost $150 million, using the majority of the funds coming from the Shaggy & Friends concert staged in 2018.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A clash between People’s National Party Councillor Kari Douglas and a medical doctor at the Bustamante Hospital for Children exploded into an expletive-laden tirade and near-brawl, triggering a shutdown of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit for two hours.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amid speculation over the visa revocations of two senior parliamentarians, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has blamed the People’s National Party (PNP) for the country’s travel troubles.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica will not be accepting any new loans from China, Prime Minister Andrew Holness disclosed at the end of his official visit to the Asian industrial powerhouse yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Traumatised by reports of brutal killings and assaults, several Jamaicans not connected to victims of these crimes have been showing up for counselling at the Victim Services Division (VSD) after experiencing severe anxiety and sleepless nights.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation has pledged to donate $100 million to the Bustamante Hospital for Children following the recent disclosure that the hospital had yet to benefit from the charity concert hosted by the artiste in January 2018 to aid the paediatric institution.

(Jamaica Gleaner) There has been a sharp reduction in road deaths since the start of the second half of the year, official figures have revealed.

(Jamaica Observer) In the hours when The Queen’s School student Joeith Lynch and her mother Charmaine Rattray were screaming and fighting for their lives at their house in Lauriston, St Catherine, Sanjay Ducally — who now stands accused of murder in the gruesome death of both women — says he was on his way “from a function” in the dead of night and, on hearing the shrieks, went to investigate only to get caught up in the incident which has landed him behind bars for nine years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Earlier this week when production for the Bad Boys For Life movie came to a close, Ian and Roger Lewis of the band Inner Circle were present on set.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A four-year-old boy braved scorching heat to run into a burning house and rescue his ailing 88-year-old grandfather in Annotto Bay on Thursday night, drawing whoops of praise from family members and residents.

Two court administrators have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against a New Jersey city for alleged racial and gender discrimination.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The woman who allegedly dumped her newborn into a pit latrine in Esson Castle district in St Ann last week Wednesday has been charged.

(Jamaica Observer) Vaughn Benjamin, charismatic founder and singer of the Midnite band, died on November 4 in Port St Lucie, Florida.

(Jamaica Observer) All cases that were set to be heard today at the Manchester Parish Court have been adjourned following an early morning fire that damaged a section of the building.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica will “very shortly” change a law that will allow spouses, including those who are married, to be charged for raping their partners.