States of Public Emergency (SOE) are now in effect for the parishes of St James and Westmoreland.
THE CASE involving Matthew Hyde, the university student who reportedly held his girlfriend captive in his dorm room and tortured her with a hot clothes iron, has been transferred to the Home Circuit Court for mention on September 14 after a parish judge found that he has a case to answer.
Read more: UWI student who allegedly tortured girlfriend has case to answer
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is set to receive a boost to its fleet with the addition of 50 new buses, 45 diesel and five electric, by the end of this month.
Dancehall artiste Jahshii was grilled by detectives at the Constant Spring Police Station and released on Wednesday afternoon.
Seventy-five years ago, a ship landed at Tilbury Dock near London, carrying more than 800 passengers from the Caribbean to new lives in Britain.
Read more: Britain marks 75th anniversary of arrival of Empire Windrush