JUTC Launches New SmartFare Card for Cashless Bus Travel

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 22, 2025

July 22, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has announced the rollout of its upgraded SmartFare Card system, a move that marks a significant shift towards fully cashless payments on JUTC buses across the Corporate Area and St. Catherine. The new cards will replace the older generation of Smart…

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Contract Killing Foiled In ST. Andrew: Five Men Fatally Shot, Four Firearms Seized In Police Operation

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 21, 2025

July 21, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk JACKS HILL, St. Andrew | A murder-for-hire plot was thwarted by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) during a high-stakes operation on Jacks Hill Road in St. Andrew on Monday, July 21, 2025. The deadly confrontation left five men dead and led to the seizure of…

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The Clarendon Police seized illegal drugs and arrested one man

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 21, 2025

July 21, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk The Clarendon Police Division successfully carried out a high-impact tactical operation on Thursday, July 17, 2025, resulting in the arrest of one man on drug-related charges and the dismantling of several illegal electrical connections within local communities. The operation, which was strategically planned and executed, was led…

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Thousands Flock to Wingate Park for Beenie Man Headline Rise Up NYC!

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 20, 2025

July 20, 2025 | Jamaica Live Entertainment Brooklyn tun up! Thousands of music lovers flooded Wingate Park on Saturday, July 19, for the ultimate Caribbean summer bash—Rise Up NYC’s Dancehall and Soca Takeover—and trust wi, it was straight vibes from start to finish! With the motto “Unity, Freedom, and Respect,” this free concert series brought…

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Oblique Seville Smokes Lyles in London!

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 19, 2025

July 18, 2025 | Jamaica Live Sports Desk Jamaica’s Oblique Seville lit up the London Stadium today, blazing to victory in the men’s 100m with a world-class time of 9.86 seconds, ahead of a star-studded field that included American Olympic champion Noah Lyles and British sprinter Zharnel Hughes. Running in lane four, Seville took control…

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Portland’s First Drop-In Centre and Night Shelter Officially Opens to Serve the Homeless and Vulnerable

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025 | Jamaica Live News DeskPort Antonio, Jamaica – A major milestone in Jamaica’s social protection landscape was marked on Friday with the official opening of the Portland Drop-In Centre and Night Shelter, a facility aimed at providing safety, dignity, and basic care to the homeless and those most in need in the…

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Lisa Hanna Accused of Racism for Monkey Meme Targeting Minister Robert Morgan

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Miss World and sitting Member of Parliament for St. Ann South East, Lisa Hanna, has found herself at the centre of a firestorm of backlash, with accusations of racism mounting after she posted a meme depicting Government Minister Robert Nesta Morgan as a…

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Jamaica’s Sexual Harassment Tribunal Now Operational: A Landmark Step for Workplace Protection

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 17, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has officially launched its Sexual Harassment Tribunal, a critical milestone in the fight to eliminate sexual harassment across all sectors of society. The announcement was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, during her contribution to the 2025/26 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives…

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Eswatini Holds Five U.S.-Deported Foreign Nationals—Including Jamaican—Pending Repatriation

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 17, 2025

July 17, 2025 | Jamaica Live News DeskJamaica Live | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The Government of Eswatini has confirmed that it is holding five individuals deported from the United States—hailing from Jamaica, Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen—in separate detention facilities, pending repatriation to their respective home countries. According to a Reuters report, authorities in the southern…

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Jelanie Morgan Aims for Jamaica’s National Basketball Team

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025 | Jamaica Live | Sports & Culture Jelanie Morgan, son of Grammy-winning reggae icon Gramps Morgan of the legendary Morgan Heritage, is charting his own course—not on the musical stage, but on the basketball court. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard has set his sights on making Jamaica’s National Basketball Team, a dream he’s…

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Woman Gives Birth Mid-Flight from Jamaica to US, Ignites Birthright Citizenship Debate

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 A routine flight from Kingston to New York turned into a global talking point after a baby was born mid-air aboard Caribbean Airlines Flight BW005 on April 4, 2026 — raising a complicated and controversial question: Where does this child legally belong? Passengers onboard the flight, which…
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JUTC Drivers Busted in an alleged Expanding Ticket Fraud Scandal

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 The scandal rocking the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is widening, as detectives from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSAD) have slapped charges on four more employees in a growing crackdown on alleged fare fraud. The accused—31-year-old Kimanie Brown of Sandy Bay, Clarendon; 41-year-old Nikesha Bell of…
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Ask for Justice, Get Locked Out: UK Party Targets Countries Over Reparations

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 10, 2026 Reform UK’s proposal to block visas over slavery reparations ignites outrage across the Caribbean, raising deeper questions about Britain’s historical accountability. A political firestorm is brewing across the Atlantic after Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party declared that it would deny visas to nationals from countries pursuing slavery…
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Crime Against Humanity—But No Accountability? U.S., Israel and Argentina Vote ‘No’ as World Confronts Slavery’s Legacy”

On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution—A/80/L.48—formally declaring the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Backed by 123 nations and championed by Ghana under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, the resolution pushes the world closer to an uncomfortable but long-overdue conversation:…
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Golding at the Crossroads: Age, Ancestry, and the Battle for Jamaica’s Future

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Mar 20, 2026 Golding’s Early Power Play Raises Questions of Timing, Identity and Readiness Opposition Leader Mark Golding has made a bold declaration—he intends to lead the People’s National Party (PNP) into the next general election and is confident of defeating Prime Minister Andrew Holness. But with Jamaica not constitutionally…
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U.S. Tightens Grip: Blocked Cuba from taking Russian Oil

Jamaica Live Regional News – | Mar 20, 2026 Cuba’s worsening energy crisis has taken a dramatic turn after the United States moved to explicitly block the island from accessing Russian oil, intensifying geopolitical tensions and raising serious concerns across the Caribbean. On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued…
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