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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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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Jamaica to Break Ground on World-Class National Stadium by August 2025

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk The Honourable Olivia “Babsy” Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has officially announced that ground will be broken for the redevelopment of Jamaica’s National Stadium no later than August 2025. In her contribution to the 2024/25 Sectoral Debate on June 25 in the House of…

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U.S. Deports Five Convicted Criminals to Eswatini — Including Jamaican National

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 16, 2025

🇯🇲 Jamaica Live | International NewsJuly 16, 2025 | Jamaica Live News Desk The United States has deported five convicted foreign nationals — including a Jamaican — to the Kingdom of Eswatini in southern Africa, in what officials describe as a “safe third country” transfer involving individuals whose home countries reportedly refused to receive them.…

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Cameroon’s 92-Year-Old President Paul Biya Announces Bid for Eighth Term

By Jamaica Live Medias / July 15, 2025

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, aged 92, and currently the world’s oldest serving head of state, has officially declared his intention to run for an eighth term in the country’s upcoming presidential elections, set for October 12, 2025. Biya, who has ruled the Central African nation since 1982, made the announcement via his…

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Was Dr. Jason Arday Hounded to Death? Questions Over Racism, Right-Wing Attacks and a Relentless Media Campaign

JAMAICA LIVE – SPECIAL REPORT The sudden death of Professor Jason Arday, Cambridge University’s youngest-ever Black professor, has left Britain confronting an uncomfortable and deeply troubling question: did legitimate scrutiny of an academic accused of wrongdoing develop into a racially charged, right-wing media campaign that placed unbearable pressure on one of Britain’s most prominent Black…
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OP-ED | Jamaica Is at a Crossroads of Neocolonialism and Becoming a Developed Nation

Since Jamaica gained independence from Britain in 1962, the country has struggled with economic and structural disadvantages inherited from colonialism.  Jamaica entered independence as what was then widely described as a “Third World” nation, while Western powers, including the United States and former European colonial states, continued to enjoy far greater levels of wealth, industrialisation,…
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Vaz Turns the Clock Back on Golding: 2000 Squatter Dispute Resurfaces Amid Cooper’s Pen Controversy

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 13, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has turned to the newspaper archives in an attempt to challenge Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s position on the demolition controversy in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, accusing the People’s National Party (PNP) president of politicising the plight…
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Isat Buchanan Under Fire Over ‘Chop Di Line’ Remarks Following Coopers Pen Demolition

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Human Rights and East Portland Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan is facing criticism over remarks circulating on social media in which he appears to encourage Jamaicans who were not affected by the demolition of homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny,…
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MP Tova Hamilton and ODPEM Respond as Mayor Gager Clarifies Cooper’s Pen Evictions Followed Private Court Dispute

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Member of Parliament Tova Hamilton, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), moved on Wednesday to respond to the plight of residents of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who were displaced after being evicted from property by a private developer following…
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Stop Rewriting Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey: Jamaica’s Pan-African Legacy Is Not Israel’s Story

OPINION | A recent claim by journalist and documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, who describes himself as a three-time Emmy Award winner, should be challenged and publicly admonished for attempting to recast Bob Marley as a Zionist while drawing Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Garvey into the same narrative. Such claims distort the historical record and misrepresent…
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