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HUBBY TURNS IN HIMSELF IN MURDER OF N.Y. WIFEGAYLE, St Mary, May 16, 2026A man listed as a person of interest in the dea...
16/05/2026

HUBBY TURNS IN HIMSELF IN MURDER OF N.Y. WIFE
GAYLE, St Mary, May 16, 2026
A man listed as a person of interest in the death of his Jamaican born wife who is a US resident has turned himself in to St Mary police. Details on the North Coast Times website

LISTED AS PERSON OF INTEREST IN ST JAMES MURDER, MAN IN ST MARY POLICE CUSTODY AFTER PEACEFUL SURRENDER GAYLE, St Mary, May 16, 2026 A man listed as a person of interest in the death of his Jamaican-born wife, who is a US resident, has turned himself in to police Thirty-one-year-old Dane Anthony Wat...

WANTED FOR MURDER: CAPTURED IN ST ANNRUNAWAY BAY, St Ann; May 15, 2026A man wanted for murder and shooting was captured ...
15/05/2026

WANTED FOR MURDER: CAPTURED IN ST ANN
RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann; May 15, 2026
A man wanted for murder and shooting was captured in a massive police operation in St Ann, Friday. Details on the North Coast Times website

ANDRE BROWN WAS LISTED ON ‘WANTED WEDNESDAYS’ Police have captured, in St Ann, a suspect wanted for murder and other crimes. Attested is Andre Brown, otherwise called “Biggs” who was wanted for murder and shooting. The police, involving several units and numbering over 100, apprehended Brown...

MAN HIT DOWN, KILLED ON ST MARY ROADBOSCOBEL, St Mary; May 15, 2026A man was hit down and killed along the Huddersfield ...
15/05/2026

MAN HIT DOWN, KILLED ON ST MARY ROAD
BOSCOBEL, St Mary; May 15, 2026
A man was hit down and killed along the Huddersfield Main Road, St Mary, on Thursday evening, May 14, 2026.

THIRD TRAFFIC DEATH IN THE PARISH IN 2 WEEKS BOSCOBEL, St Mary; May 15, 2026 A man was hit down and killed along the Huddersfield Main Road, St Mary, on Thursday evening, May 1, 2026. Dead is 28-year-old Oneil Tavares, otherwise called “Philly,” unemployed of Rio Nuevo, St. Mary. This is the thi...

WHEN CHILDREN SPEAK WITHOUT WORDSST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; May 13, 2026Family physician Dr Rochelle Bailey concludes her art...
14/05/2026

WHEN CHILDREN SPEAK WITHOUT WORDS
ST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; May 13, 2026
Family physician Dr Rochelle Bailey concludes her article on mental health in children noting that healing is not confined to clinical spaces. Details on the North Coast Times website

MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN (PART 2) Understanding Emotional Distress in Primary Care ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann; May 13, 2026 Dr Rochelle Bailey made the point in Part 1 of this article that children sometimes express their needs and concerns not in words but in actions picked up by the family physician an...

COUNCILLORS LASH STATE OF BROWN’S TOWN MARKETST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; May 12, 2026Councillors Kim Brown Lawrence and Carlto...
12/05/2026

COUNCILLORS LASH STATE OF BROWN’S TOWN MARKET
ST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; May 12, 2026
Councillors Kim Brown Lawrence and Carlton Ricketts did not mince words about the state of the Brown’s Town Market. Dirty, not being maintained, filthy, and worse still when it rains.
Details on the North Coast Times website and on the Frankly Speaking YouTube channel.

DESCRIBE IT AS FILTHY, NOT MAINTAINED AND WORSE WHEN IT RAINS ST ANN’S BAY, St Ann; May 12, 2026 The unhealthy state of the Brown’s Town Market is expected to come up again when the St Ann Municipal Corporation (SAMC) meets on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Councillor Kim Brown Lawrence batting for th...

WOMEN BEATEN UP, SUPERMARKET ROBBED IN PORT MARIAPORT MARIA, ST MARY; May 12, 2026Four masked men broke into a supermark...
12/05/2026

WOMEN BEATEN UP, SUPERMARKET ROBBED IN PORT MARIA
PORT MARIA, ST MARY; May 12, 2026
Four masked men broke into a supermarket in Port Maria, roughed up two women who lived upstairs and then stole cash and items from the business. Details on the North Coast Times website

MASKED MEN ATTACK 2 WOMEN WHO LIVED UPSTAIRS A CHINESE-OWNED BUSINESS PORT MARIA, ST MARY; May 12, 2026 Police are searching for four men who held up and assaulted operators of a supermarket in Port Maria and robbed the establishment of cash and items before daylight Tuesday morning, May 12. Police....

BUFF BAY PRIMARY WINS MATHS CHAMPSPT ANTONIO, Portland; May 12, 2026Buff Bay Primary is the new mathematics champion for...
12/05/2026

BUFF BAY PRIMARY WINS MATHS CHAMPS
PT ANTONIO, Portland; May 12, 2026
Buff Bay Primary is the new mathematics champion for Region 2. Details on the North Coast Times website

NORWICH DETHRONED AS REGION 2 CHAMPS PT ANTONIO, Portland; May 12, 2026 Buff Bay Primary has been crowned champions of the Portland Social Development Commission and Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Region 2 Mathematics competition. The finals took place on Friday, May 8, 2026. (...

MAN CHARGED IN OCHI RETIREE’S MURDER OCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 11, 2026 A man from Clarendon has been charged with the murd...
12/05/2026

MAN CHARGED IN OCHI RETIREE’S MURDER
OCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 11, 2026
A man from Clarendon has been charged with the murder, more than 18 months ago, of a 72-year-old retiree in Ocho Rios. Details on the North Coast Times website

5 MEN WERE INVOLVED IN KILLING 72-Y-O IN PYRAMID HEIGHTS OCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 11, 2026 The St Ann police have charged a man from Clarendon in the murder of a 72-year-old retiree in Ocho Rios more than 18 months ago. Charged with murder is 23-year-old Ashan Gallimore of Rectory Road, May Pen, Clare...

YOUR CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTHChild Month is focussing on mental health in children. Here’s a family doctor’s perspective.
10/05/2026

YOUR CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTH
Child Month is focussing on mental health in children. Here’s a family doctor’s perspective.

Strong Minds, Safer Future: What Children Are Really Telling Us in the Clinic This is the first of a two-part article on children and mental health, the focus of Child Month. This was written by family physician Dr Rochelle Bailey, exclusively for the North Coast Times -- The Editor By Dr. Rochelle....

JUNCTION ROAD TO CLOSE SUNDAY MORNINGAGUALTA VALE, St Mary, May 8, 2026The Junction Road, St. Mary is to be closed Sunda...
08/05/2026

JUNCTION ROAD TO CLOSE SUNDAY MORNING
AGUALTA VALE, St Mary, May 8, 2026

The Junction Road, St. Mary is to be closed Sunday morning, May 10, 2026.

CLOSURE TO ALLOW FOR REMOVAL OF TRUCK FROM GULLY AGUALTA VALE, St Mary; May 8, 2026 The Junction Road, St Mary, is to be closed on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The main road between Agualta Vale and Toms River, St. Mary, is to be closed on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The road through the Junction will be closed....

150 TEACHERS WOWED BY SANDALS OCHI CRUISEOCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 7, 2026 One hundred and fifty teachers from St Ann and S...
07/05/2026

150 TEACHERS WOWED BY SANDALS OCHI CRUISE
OCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 7, 2026
One hundred and fifty teachers from St Ann and St Mary had a top flight Teachers’ Day treat with a cruise of the Ocho Rios Harbour and lunch at sea, courtesy of Sandals. Details on the North Coast Times website

DIFFERENT TREAT FOR TEACHERS FROM ST ANN, ST MARY OCHO RIOS, St Ann; May 7, 2026 One hundred and fifty teachers from St Ann and St Mary had a top flight Teachers’ Day treat on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with a Catamaran Cruise of the Ocho Rios Harbour and lunch at sea, courtesy of Sandals and Island ...

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