Abeng — Jamaica news

CVM’s noon bulletin reported a double homicide in St Elizabeth, renewed health warnings over Saharan dust, pressure on hospitals from abandoned patients, and Jamaica’s disaster readiness as hurricane season begins.

St Elizabeth Car Dealer and Alleged Thief Killed in Suspected Confrontation at Auto MartBy Mckoy's News / June 1, 2026 ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police are investigating the deaths of a St Elizabeth car dealer and an alleged thief following a fatal confrontation at an auto mart in the Longwood community near Santa Cruz. The deceased have been identified as 64-year-old businessman and car dealer Melvin Blythe and 34-year-old Romele Johnson, otherwise known as “Cutty” or “Cow Man,” of Santa Cruz

New ROADS, Westmoreland — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace Dr Horace Chang on Friday underscored the critical role of education and technology in breaking cycles of poverty, reducing social dysfunction, and advancing his ministry’s peace agenda as he officially opened the Dr Horace Chang Digital Learning Centre at his alma mater, New Roads Primary School. The state-of-the-art 20-seat computer laboratory, which was donated by Dr Chang, a commitment he made since 2007, is equipped with Internet connectivity and is intended to expand educational opportunities for students in the rural Westmoreland community

UWI professor Anthony Clayton says Jamaica must prepare workers for an AI-centred economy by redesigning education, deepening industry partnerships, and treating learning as a lifelong requirement.

The murder trial of six policemen resumes today, with prosecutor Kathy-Ann Pyke expected to explain her fixation with a particular bullet spent casing. High Court Judge Sonia Bertram-Linton started, since Friday, to press Pyke to explain her reasons for insisting on having a ballistics expert take a specific spent casing back to the Government Forensic Laboratory to obtain a reading from a computerised system

Jamaican long jumper Carey McLeod has accepted a two-year suspension after three whereabouts failures recorded by the Athletics Integrity Unit. His results from May 1, 2026, have also been erased.

Waterhouse Football Club is preparing to move from non-profit status to a limited liability company as chairman Bruce Bicknell says local and foreign investors are showing firm interest.

The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal (JAMP), a public sector accountability agency funded by the European Union and headquartered in Kingston, is launching a number of online tracking tools which will monitor and hold public-sector bodies to account. This will go a long way in ensuring that public sector leaders do what they have committed to and keep them honest

Spanish Town Primary overtook defending champions License Primary in the closing relays to claim the InSports All-Island Primary Schools Athletics Championship at the National Stadium on Saturday.

A St. Andrew prosthetics provider says demand from children is rising yearly, with cases linked to congenital conditions, accidents and gun violence. Families also face high costs and limited insurance coverage.

CVM’s May 31 newscast highlighted the planned Kingston visit of the USS Nimitz, a police appeal over a masked threat video, hospital overcrowding linked to abandoned patients, and several community and regional developments.

Marvin Chin, the goalkeeper in STATHS' only Manning Cup-winning season, died on May 19 at age 57. His daughter said asthma-related complications led to his death while he was being taken to hospital.

Sunday’s Jamaica news roundup covers a serious Spur Tree crash, a burn victim airlifted for treatment, a lottery scam arrest, missing fishermen, Saharan dust advice and a fatal police shooting.

For motorists who traverse downtown Kingston, requests for “drinks money” or a “blessing” from men who frequent the busy business district have become commonplace, not as a form of begging but as an exchange for access to designated parking spaces. These individuals often block the spaces — identifiable by white-painted kerbs — only removing the blockade to usher in eager motorists before demanding payment

Ricardo ‘Trooper’ Gordon, Director of Community Operations for The Hapilos Foundation The Hapilos Foundation officially launched its community outreach and Safe Community Initiatives on Labour Day with a large-scale community beautification project and a community meeting in Whitehall, St. Andrew, bringing together residents, the church community, and other stakeholders in what many described as a historic moment of unity for the area

Dr. Kevin Brown, President of the University of Technology, Dr Kevin Brown of UTECH recently voiced concern about a growing crisis confronting Jamaica’s universities: too few incoming students possess the scientific and mathematical literacy necessary to thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines

Oblique Seville produced the headline sprint of the JAAA/Puma Meet #3 at the National Stadium, winning the final men’s 100m heat in 9.96 seconds as athletes contested a packed development programme.

Seaford Harvey remembers a time when lignum vitae was a familiar feature of the landscape across St Catherine, with the short, compact trees and their distinctive bluish-purple blooms growing in abundance throughout the parish.When he started making wood carvings more than three decades ago, the dense, durable timber of the lignum vitae (Guaiacum officinale) was his material of choice, and he would source it from vendors who readily traded the prized logs. Now, the 67-year-old artisan, who trades his sculptures in the Ocho Rios Craft Market in St Ann, is often taken aback by how scarce this timber has become.“It (lignum vitae) kinda get ration after a while

Area 8 reclaimed the Jamaica Constabulary Force National Sports crown at the Usain Bolt Stadium, closing day two ahead of Area 2 and Area 5.

Police reported two fatal shootings in separate operations, recovered suspected stolen property in Manchester, and charged a Manchester justice of the peace and a former JP in a fraud investigation.

Health officials say eight travellers are in mandatory quarantine with no Ebola cases detected locally, while authorities face fresh questions over hurricane preparedness, housing grants, fire readiness and airport plans.

Michael McCarthy, managing director of Clean Harbours Jamaica Limited (CHJ), says his lifelong passion for the ocean continues to fuel his commitment to protecting Jamaica’s marine environment despite the challenges his company has faced over the years.- Advertisement - “I work where others play and it is the greatest job in the world. Because the Ocean was never just a career choice for me- it is where I feel most alive,” McCarthy said

United States-based reggae singer Mye Laurell is generating buzz on local airwaves with her soulful remake of Diana Ross’ classic hit It’s My House, a fresh interpretation produced by reggae veteran Richie Stephens. According to Laurell, the decision to revisit the 1979 anthem was entirely Stephens’ idea

A Ward Avenue fire destroyed two Mandeville businesses, while separate court decisions dealt with media access in a police murder trial and sentencing in a St Thomas family attack case.

Tower Band will unveil its 16-song Dancehall Future mixtape at Supa Heavy Wednesdays in New Kingston, with collaborations featuring Charly Black, Rytikal, 10Tik and Yaksta.

The second Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Pocket Rocket Athlete Summit brought student athletes and specialists together at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, while the foundation highlighted scholarships across multiple sports.

Illustration of the cramped conditions in which enslaved Africans were transported on ships during Trans-Atlantic Slavery Jamaican institutions and scholars are set to receive $J91 million (£450,000) under a wider £1 million grant from the UK-based Lloyd’s Register Foundation to advance research into the history of Transatlantic Slavery. The funding, announced on Wednesday at the British High Commission in Kingston, forms part of the PASSAGE International Research Mobility Programme

Fraziers Whip will chase a fourth consecutive Jamaica Women's Premier League crown against Arnett Gardens on Saturday at Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.

Sosiessia Nixon’s suspense feature Stew Peas explores Jamaica’s outlawed obeah traditions through a domestic thriller, while industry voices say the film speaks to culture, spirituality and recovery after Hurricane Melissa.

Frazsiers Whip FC and Arnett Gardens FC carry unbeaten records into Saturday’s Jamaica Women’s Premier League final, with both coaches expecting a demanding contest at Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.