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Three Jamaican winners at NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Three Jamaicans are still celebrating today, after being crowned winners in their respective events, on the weekend, as the curtains came down on the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Police charge two men following murder of 21 y/o man last week Saturday

Miller, otherwise called ‘Jay,’ was from Retirement District, Browns Town, St Ann. Charged are : 35-year-old taxi driver, Lonni Jackson, otherwise called ‘Ackadat,’ and 31-year old Sheldon Allen, otherwise called ‘Tall Strap,’ both of St Ann.

JUTC says passengers travelling from Ocho Rios to Half Way Tree on route 611 are not required to pay to board bus

The state owned bus company, is refuting claims circulating on social media after the allegation surfaced in a video posted on TikTok. The JUTC says the person seen in the video, is not an employee or authorised representative of the company.

JCSA says while budget outlines measures for economic recovery, there’s little direct reassurance for public sector workers

The JCSA notes that thousands of public sector workers remain concerned about their economic security.President, Techa Clarke Griffiths, says that though the workers understand the difficult economic environment in which the budget has been presented, there are concerns.

Health officials in two parishes say end of Cuban Medical Programme has led to adjustments to services

Medical Officer of Health for Portland, Dr. Sharon Lewis, says the discontinuation of the programme will see a reduction in the number of patients who can be seen in curative and dental clinics.She explains that dental services in the parish have already been scaled back.

Jamaicans to brace for unstable weather tonight and tomorrow, due to Trough and Low-Level Jet Stream

Fishers and other marine interests, especially those along the south coast - both inshore and offshore - are urged to exercise caution as sea conditions are expected to deteriorate in the vicinity of showers, thunderstorms and strong winds.

Woman killed and girl injured in St. Catherine crash

She is 54-year-old Janet Wilson of Job Lane, St. Catherine.

Police say about 3:10 p.m. Wilson and a girl were walking along the roadway when they were hit buy a Nissan AD Wagon motor car.

Funds are expected to be allocated in the new 2026/2027 financial year for the construction of a new market in Highgate, St. Mary

The announcement was made by Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, as he sought to defend the administration's investment in the parish.

The Highgate Market was destroyed in July 2022 reportedly by an electrical fire.

Dozens of stalls were damaged, resulting in losses valued at millions of dollars.

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby says fees being paid by vendors to use the Constant Spring Arcade cannot remain the same

During a meeting with the vendors recently, the mayor outlined that the fees being paid cannot keep the Arcade open.

Two men shot and killed at a bar in Land Settlement, Manchester yesterday

Two men were shot and killed at a bar in Land Settlement, Manchester, yesterday.

Dead are 21-year-old Damien Edwards, otherwise called “Damie,” a resident of Melrose Gardens, and 30-year-old Yakieni Shaw, otherwise called “Yankee,” a farmer of Comfort District both in the parish

Police charge two men following murder of 21 y/o man last week Saturday

Monday, March 16, 2026 Natalie Campbell News No comments

Miller, otherwise called ‘Jay,’ was from Retirement District, Browns Town, St Ann. Charged are : 35-year-old taxi driver, Lonni Jackson, otherwise called ‘Ackadat,’ and 31-year old Sheldon Allen, otherwise called ‘Tall Strap,’ both of St Ann.

JUTC says passengers travelling from Ocho Rios to Half Way Tree on route 611 are not required to pay to board bus

Monday, March 16, 2026 Markelia Rumble News No comments

The state owned bus company, is refuting claims circulating on social media after the allegation surfaced in a video posted on TikTok. The JUTC says the person seen in the video, is not an employee or authorised representative of the company.

Three Jamaican winners at NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

Monday, March 16, 2026 Dwight Fraser sports No comments

Three Jamaicans are still celebrating today, after being crowned winners in their respective events, on the weekend, as the curtains came down on the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas.