Holness Government Launches Major Water Project Linking St. Elizabeth and Manchester

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 21, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 21, 2025 Kingston, Jamaica — The Andrew Holness-led administration has broken ground on a massive water supply project that will connect St. Elizabeth to Manchester, in what officials are calling one of the largest infrastructure investments in the island’s water sector in recent years. The new pipeline system is…

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Mother Love charged with Communication to Promote Violence

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 21, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 21, 2025 The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has charged a St. Elizabeth man after he allegedly posted a threatening video on social media warning of violence if his preferred political candidate loses the upcoming general election. Forty-year-old Giovannie Skeen, otherwise called “Mother Love”, a clothes vendor of Marlborough district…

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Gates Foundation Launches 8-Year Contraceptive in Kenya Amid Debate Over Global Population Policies

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 20, 2025

Jamaica Live International News– | Aug 20, 2025 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launched what they dubbed as groundbreaking contraceptive — a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) capable of preventing pregnancy for up to eight years. Kenya, alongside Nigeria and India, is among the first countries to benefit from this initiative, which…

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Could Interracial Marriage Be on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block?

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 18, 2025

Jamaica Live International News Desk– | Aug 16, 2025 A storm of controversy erupted when U.S.  Republican Senator Mike Braun suggested that the Supreme Court should leave the question of interracial marriage to individual states. In a recent interview, Braun argued that deeply personal freedoms—such as marriage rights and access to contraception—should be decided at the…

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No More Photo Finish: Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson Leaves Noah Lyles Eating His Words

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 17, 2025

For months, track fans have debated who really is the fastest man alive. Paris 2024 gave us a “photo finish” that handed Noah Lyles Olympic gold by a mere five-thousandths of a second. Many Jamaicans cried foul, branding it “Olympic robbery” – bureaucracy, technology, and slow-motion pixels deciding glory instead of raw speed. But in…

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Jamaican man in Brooklyn becomes a victim of what some describe as underhanded gentrification

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 16, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 16, 2025 Brooklyn, New York – A Jamaican immigrant’s American dream turned into a nightmare when the city of New York sold his fully paid-off home at auction over an unpaid water bill of just over $5,000. The case of Filmore Brown, a Canarsie resident who worked tirelessly for…

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Holness Motorcade Diverted as PNP Standoff Revives Memories of Political Violence

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 16, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 16, 2025 Prime Minister Andrew Holness was prevented from touring sections of Waterford this week after members of the People’s National Party (PNP), led by candidate Dr. Alfred Dawes, blocked his motorcade from entering the community. According to reports, Holness’s security detail diverted the motorcade to avoid any confrontation…

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Breaking Barriers: 10 Inmates Graduate with Business Administration Degrees

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 15, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 15, 2025 In a landmark moment for rehabilitation in Jamaica, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), in partnership with the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) and Stand Up for Jamaica, honoured ten inmates who have achieved what many thought impossible — earning tertiary degrees in Business Administration while…

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Can Holness Clean Up Riverton and Still Secure the Future of Its People?

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 15, 2025

Jamaica Live News Report– | Aug 14, 2025 For over 60 years, the sprawling Riverton City landfill has been more than just Kingston’s waste site — it has been the lifeline for hundreds of families. Generations have survived by sorting, salvaging, and selling what others throw away. It’s dangerous, it’s dirty, but for many, it’s…

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Port of Spain to Remove Columbus Statue, Honour Genocide Victims and Pan-African Hero Kwame Ture

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 14, 2025

Jamaica Live Regional News- Aug 14-2025 Port of Spain, Trinidad – August 1, 2025 – In a historic move aimed at reckoning with the city’s colonial legacy, the Port of Spain City Council has remove the bronze statue of Christopher Columbus from the capital’s Columbus Square and rename the landmark in honour of the victims…

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Opposition Leader Mark Golding and his Team Walked Parliament Sparks Controversy

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Oct 22, 2025 Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday after Opposition Leader Mark Golding and his team abruptly walked out of the House during a session addressing matters related to Tropical Storm Melissa. According to reports, the incident began after Minister Matthew Samuda, who has responsibility for Water, Environment and…
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Yohan Blake Honoured with National Order of Distinction for Track and Field Excellence and Philanthropy

Jamaica Live Sports Desk– | Oct 21, 2025 Olympian Yohan Blake has added another prestigious accolade to his remarkable career — this time, from his own country. The sprint legend was conferred with the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) during the National Investiture Ceremony at King’s House on National Heroes Day,…
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Trinidad and Tobago breaks ranks with CARICOM, jeopardising peace in the region

Jamaica Live Regional News – | Oct 20, 2025 Trinidad and Tobago’s government, led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, on Sunday, October 19, again declared its “categorical” support for the ongoing U.S. military presence and operations in the southern Caribbean Sea. The statement—issued by the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs—came amid heightened regional tension following…
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Jamaica Live Confirms Larceny Charges Against PNP Activist Kamla Forbes-Thomas in North Carolina

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Oct 14, 2025 Jamaica Live can confirm that Kamla Forbes-Thomas, a known People’s National Party (PNP) activist, was arrested in Burke County, North Carolina, on July 20, 2025, on charges of Larceny of Property and Receiving or Possessing Stolen Goods. According to information obtained from Gaston County officials, Ms. Forbes-Thomas…
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The U.S. Bullying the Caribbean Over the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Oct 14, 2025 America’s “Warning” or Economic Blackmail? The United States has once again revealed its double standard on global climate policy. In October 2025, Washington issued an alarming “warning” to member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—including those in the Caribbean—not to vote for the Net-Zero Framework (NZF),…
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Prime Minister Holness continues to deliver new homes to needy Jamaicans under the Social Housing Programme

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Oct 12, 2025 Prime Minister Andrew Holness is not done cutting ribbons just yet. The Prime Minister recently handed over two new homes under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) — bringing renewed hope to two deserving Jamaicans. The beneficiaries are Mr. Neville Barrett, a 75-year-old farmer from South…
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