Abeng — Jamaica news

Kingston, Jamaica— Like the steady flow of a river that nourishes everything in its path before meeting the sea, another transformative environmental initiative has reached its final bend — leaving behind stronger ecosystems, empowered communities and renewed hope for Jamaica’s natural environment. In a statement on Friday, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) highlighted the completion of the six-year “A Jamaican Path from Hills to Ocean” project which it says marks a major milestone in wetland and coastal management interventions, critical to safeguarding Jamaica’s natural assets and strengthening the island’s resilience to climate change

An additional $66 million has been allocated in the 2026/27 Budget to procure 20 more boats and engines under the Fisheries Incentive Programme. Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Minister, Hon

Jamaica’s labour ministry has outlined reforms spanning PATH payments, disability support, rural child therapy services, roof assistance and labour protections as recovery continues after Hurricane Melissa.

Mayor of Falmouth Collen Gager (3rd right) is joined by females in attendance at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation monthly meeting on Thursday in cutting his birthday cake. Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collen Gager, was showered with tributes from both sides of the political divide during Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), to mark his birthday

David Morton says Caribbean utility regulators need more innovative tools as small, isolated energy systems face higher operating costs, limited backup capacity and affordability pressures.

JIS Magazine’s June 11 programme reported on Petrojam’s revised diesel pricing, Government relief after Hurricane Melissa, court infrastructure plans and preparations for the 2026 Jamaica Diaspora Conference in Montego Bay.

Petrojam has widened its diesel price adjustment cap amid global oil volatility, while ministers also addressed the FSC transfer, Hurricane Melissa relief spending, new courts and estate backlogs.

CVM’s Lead Story Prime examined how lawyers should handle client payouts after a reported $79 million judgment payment, then turned to tourism dollar retention and local supply capacity.

Forecasters are monitoring a weak area of unsettled weather in the western Caribbean while Jamaica faces partly cloudy conditions, afternoon showers and stronger winds offshore.

Government ministers have outlined new national measures on land settlement, Ebola surveillance, traveller cash declarations, forensic capacity and support for adolescent mothers.

Ministers reported on Hurricane Melissa recovery allocations, health-sector repairs, Ebola screening, labour support payments and a possible National Health Fund data breach at the June 10 briefing.

Ministers used the June 10 post-Cabinet briefing to outline Hurricane Melissa recovery spending, health-sector repairs, Ebola monitoring, the new HARP relief system and a reported NHF data threat.

Government ministers used the June 10 post-Cabinet briefing to explain Hurricane Melissa spending, clarify travel cash rules, outline health recovery work and announce new support systems.

ST JAMES, Jamaica— The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) has announced the reopening of the Catherine Hall Health Centre in St James following the completion of rehabilitation works due to significant damage sustained during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The reopening represents another significant milestone in the authority’s ongoing recovery and restoration efforts across the western region

Police are probing a deadly Waterford shooting, a fatal St. Ann crash, a United States gun-trafficking case involving a Jamaican American man, and disputed police shootings in Kingston.

Police are probing shootings in St Catherine and Waterford, while separate reports cover a deadly St Ann crash, missing Clarendon fishers, JPS outages and a Tax Administration Jamaica scam warning.

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz is due to update Parliament on last Friday’s islandwide power failure, while police are investigating a deadly shooting in Waterford and enforcing a curfew in sections of St. Mary.

A flash flood watch remains in force for southern parishes as the Government advances fire service, infirmary, creative training, school lab and voters list initiatives.

Rock, Trelawny — Not even a sudden, lingering downpour could keep a team from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and its partners from planting mangrove seedlings inside the Winns Morass in Rock, Trelawny, on Monday. There are plans to designate the morass a forest reserve under the Forestry Act to secure its protection for future generations, and sowing the seedlings is part of that broader initiative

Police operations, fatal incidents and infrastructure concerns led the latest Jamaica news update, with 16 people detained in St. Elizabeth and fresh calls for renewable energy at water facilities.

JIS reported on the reopening of the Troy Bridge, Jamaica's power-grid response after an islandwide outage, NHT funding legislation, tourism development projects and falling murders in Area 5.

Works Minister Robert Morgan says western Jamaica will receive most of the 55 bridges approved for replacement under the Accelerated Bridge Programme, following damage linked to Hurricane Melissa.

Troy, Trelawny — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has sought to reassure residents that the Government has not forgotten Jamaica’s rural communities, insisting that efforts are being intensified to integrate them into the country’s main centres of economic activity. Holness made the remarks last Friday during the official opening of the Troy Bridge in Trelawny as he responded to an appeal from Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Mikael Phillips, whose Manchester North Western constituency is linked to Trelawny Southern by the bridge

Kingston, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Justice Zuleika Jess is calling for immediate and systemic reform of Jamaica’s policing accountability framework. Citing data from the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) that 133 people have been shot and killed by members of the security forces since the start of the year, an average of more than 26 per month, Jess expressed serious concern at the public response from the country’s most senior justice officials

Hopewell, Hanover — Stakeholders in Hanover have welcomed a combined Government grant of nearly $8.5 million presented to 56 churches to support clean-up, restoration, and rehabilitation efforts following the devastating impact of last October’s Hurricane Melissa. While the initiative has sparked public debate over whether State funds should be allocated to places of worship, local leaders argue that the critical role churches play in community resilience makes the assistance justified

Winston Watson knows the communities between Negril, Westmoreland, and Montego Bay, St James, better than he ever wanted to.For more than two weeks, he and his relatives have criss-crossed western Jamaica chasing reported sightings of his missing father, Winston Watson Sr – a retired tour bus driver with dementia who disappeared from his Hanover home and has not been seen by his family since.From Fairview in Montego Bay to trodding through bushes across Westmoreland and Hanover, Watson has followed every lead, pinned up flyers, questioned strangers, and pursued reports that seemed to place the 74-year-old in a different parish almost every day.It is a relentless routine fuelled by hope, exhaustion and the growing fear that each passing day may be making it harder to bring him home. The search has left Watson with scars and rashes

Kingston, Jamaica – As at 2:00 pm Saturday, roughly 65,000 customers representing 12 per cent of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) total customer base remain without service following an islandwide blackout on Friday night that lasted into Saturday morning. Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change Matthew Samuda, in sharing the information during a joint press conference with, Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Daryl Vaz at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company headquarters, explained why some residents were still without water

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has opened the rebuilt Troy Bridge, restoring a key Manchester-Trelawny crossing that residents, farmers and students lost after Tropical Storm Grace in 2021.

Leisure for Pleasure Holidays & Tours Ltd CEO,Judith James-Watts, welcomes Minister Edmund Bartlett to 27th Anniversary Luncheon Durrant Pate/Contributor At a time when resilience has become one of the defining qualities of Jamaica’s tourism sector, few companies embody that spirit more than Leisure for Pleasure, which is constantly innovating, pivoting and serving. The Judith James-Watt founded and majority female led company celebrated its 27th anniversary with a thanksgiving service at Fellowship Tabernace, 2 Fairfield Avenue, Kinston 20, reflecting on nearly three decades of service, innovation, and perseverance

Troy, Trelawny — Arguing that it could have cost taxpayers at least 30 per cent less if completed four years ago, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Friday declared there were lessons to be learnt from the five-year journey to construct the $230-million Troy Bridge. According to Holness, the project hammered home the point that “good governance must mean more than following procedures” and must ultimately be measured by its ability to deliver results

The rebuilt Troy Bridge has been officially opened, restoring a key route between South Trelawny and north-west Manchester after years of disruption for students, farmers and residents.