Jamaica News

Coleen Myers died trying to save her drowning daughter, Tahirah Steele, on Sunday.
Coleen Myers died trying to save her drowning daughter, Tahirah Steele, on Sunday.

Hero mom dies saving drowning daughter in Jamaica

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tahirah Steele’s last memory of her mother, 43-year-old Coleen Myers, alive was of the distressed woman rushing towards her drowning frame and clinging to her hand in a bid to repel the deathly clutch of the Rio Grande in Portland.

Nittia Deleon
Nittia Deleon

Jamaican teen, 16, seeks help to remove tumor and bring back smile

(Jamaica Gleaner) Though remaining optimistic, 40-year-old Evelyn Cordiel said she was unexpectedly thrown into a state of despair earlier this year when her daughter, Nittia Deleon, was diagnosed with ameloblastoma, a rare and fast-growing tumour in her jaw which has left her with a swollen, misshapen face.

Daniel Logan and Mizira Mitchell.

Jamaican couple deliver baby on dirt track

(Jamaica Star) What started out as regular day last Monday for 21-year-old farmer Daniel Logan and his spouse, Mizira Mitchell, changed drastically in a matter of minutes after he was forced to deliver their second child on a dirt track.

Andrew Holness

Jamaica in standoff with cruise ship

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has asserted that there would be a “serious” breach of good faith if Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines intends to sail to Jamaica without notice or approval.

Media tycoon Oliver Clarke, former chairman of the RJRGLEANER Group, passed away on Saturday evening

Oliver Clarke passes away at 75

(Jamaica Gleaner) Oliver Frederick Clarke, a quintessential media tycoon, Caribbean luminary, humanitarian and banker who had an almost inexhaustible list of accolades, died Saturday at his home at 9:45 p.m.

An usher at the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church (left) sanitises the hands of a worshipper at the start of yesterday's service. (Photos: Philp Lemonte)

Jamaican pastor: No dominoes at church!

(Jamaica Observer) Pastor of the King’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members must not play the game on church premises.

One of the bedrooms at Jewels Paradise Cove

Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility

(Jamaica Observer) Comfortable rooms, on time meals, lots of food, pleasant and professional staff, are some of the descriptions repeated by individuals quarantined at the Jewels Paradise Cove Hotel in this north eastern Jamaica parish.

Jamaican egg farmer cracks, kills 12,000 chickens

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Clarendon egg farmer slaughtered and buried 12,000 layer chickens on Tuesday to cut his losses as a result of the dramatic slump in egg prices and sales, which he attributes to the agriculture ministry’s intervention to ease a surplus by subsidising costs.

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