North Coast Times

22/04/2026

ST MARY TECHNICAL = ‘ONE TECHNICAL’
For Orville Richards, Principal of the Year 2025 and Principal of St Mary Technical High School, “One Technical” is not a slogan for the school. It’s a mission for an institution undergoing transformation. Here’s how he explained it on the Frankly Speaking Jamaica podcast on Sunday, April 19, 2026. Click the link https://youtube.com/shorts/g6svsnCza7M?si=nH-3BwFI8wzcX45p
You may watch the full Podcast (episode 206) on the Frankly Speaking YouTube channel, or you can click this link https://www.youtube.com/live/4MQCILZ4LT0?si=TJ4x_ocbKgyFIkpD

22/04/2026

ST ANN ATTORNEY PERSON OF INTEREST
BROWN’S TOWN, St Ann; April 22, 2026
The police have listed a St Ann based attorney as a person of interest in their investigation of a fraud case.

POLICE SAY HER ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IN THEIR PROBE OF A FRAUD CASE BROWN’S TOWN, St Ann; April 22, 2026 The police say they are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Debby-Ann Samuels, attorney-at-law, who is a person of interest in a case being investigated by the Fraud Squad and Financia...

22/04/2026

REFLECTING ON S*X IN SHELTERS ALLEGATION
JTA President Mark Malabver set off a firestorm recently with comments he made about reports of some shelterees in school and claims of s*x in front of school children. On the Frankly Speaking Podcast on Sunday, April 19, he was asked if he was sorry about making the comments. Here’s a small part of his response
https://youtube.com/shorts/9nBpsulj22I?si=CwWnkHR5Cmh1oN5f
You can watch the full podcast by going to the Frankly Speaking Jamaica YouTube Channel (episode 206) or by clicking this link
https://www.youtube.com/live/4MQCILZ4LT0?si=TJ4x_ocbKgyFIkpD

21/04/2026

READERS BLAME GOV’T , WANT BODY CAMS, END TO KILLINGS

As a community in St Ann mourns the fatal shooting of two brothers by police, a flood of comments has come in to the North Coast Times page.
https://northcoasttimesja.com/in-police-shooting-of-brothersa-flood-of-comments/

21/04/2026

TAXI DRIVER, PASSENGER ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL GUN
PORT MARIA, St Mary; April 21; 2026
A taxi driver and his passenger are in lock up after a gun and ammunition were seized when the car in which they were travelling was stopped by police.

ST MARY POLICE SAY PASSENGER HAD PISTOL IN BAG PORT MARIA, St Mary; April 21, 2026 .The St Mary police seized a gun and ammunition and arrested two men travelling in a car on Sunday night, in Port Maria. The identities of the men are being withheld pending formal charges being laid. (Image of a 9mm....

21/04/2026

WOMAN’S BODY FOUND AT HOME DAYS AFTER DEATH
HIGHGATE, St Mary; April 21, 2026
The St. Mary Police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman whose decomposing body was found at her home in Highgate. Details on the North Coast Times website

ST MARY POLICE SAY NO SIGN OF FOUL PLAY HIGHGATE, St Mary; April 21, 2026 The St. Mary Police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old woman whose decomposing body was found at her home in Lewis Store, Highgate. Dead is Kerry-Ann Latoya Henry, unemployed, of Lewis Store, Highgate, St. Mary Accor...

20/04/2026

MP WANTS FULL PROBE INTO DEATH OF BROTHERS
GOLDEN GROVE, St Ann; April 20, 2026
MP for South East St Ann, Dr Kenneth Russell has called for a “full and transparent account” of the circumstances that led to two men being shot dead by the police in Steerfield, in his constituency.
https://northcoasttimesja.com/mp-demands-full-transparent-probe-into-death-of-brothers/

20/04/2026

ANGRY RESIDENTS BLOCK POLICE PATH AFTER FATAL SHOOTINGS
GOLDEN GROVE, St Ann; April 20, 2026

The two men shot dead by police in St Ann Monday morning, April 20, 2026, have been identified..

BABY SAID FOUND IN HOUSE WHERE DAD SLAIN GOLDEN GROVE, St Ann; April 20, 2026 The two men shot dead by police in St Ann on Monday morning, April 20, 2026, have been identified. They are Ramone Henry, labourer and farmer, and Davian Henry, both of Steerfield, near Golden Gove, St Ann. The North Coast...

20/04/2026

2 BROTHERS SLAIN IN ST ANN POLICE SHOOTING

Two brothers are dead following a police shooting incident in Steerfield, near Golden Grove, in St Ann.

KILLED AT HOME IN STEERFIELD GOLDEN GROVE, St Ann; April 20, 2026 Two brothers are dead following a police shooting incident in Steerfield, near Golden Grove, in St Ann. Reports are sketchy, up to mid-morning, but the North Coast Times confirmed that two young men were shot dead at their home in Ste...

19/04/2026

ST MARY GIRL MISSING FOR A WEEK
BOSCOBEL, St Mary; April 19, 2026
A 15-year-old girl from Gully Road, Boscobel St. Mary has been missing since Sunday, April 12, 2026. Details on the North Coast Times website
https://northcoasttimesja.com/st-mary-girl-missing-for-a-week/.

18/04/2026

ST ANN FESTIVAL QUEEN TO LAUNCH MUSIC CAREER
Miss St Ann Festival Queen, Deveta Dowling is launching a music career with her inspirational soul searching Gospel single ‘Draw Me Closer’. Details on the North Coast Times website

SINGLE BORN FROM TRIALS TO PREMIERE APRIL 26 ON YOUTUBE OCHO RIOS, St Ann; April 18, 2026 The last ten months or so have been momentous ones for Deveta Dowling. First, in June 2025, she aced the Miss St Ann Festival Queen contest and took the crown. Then, in January 2026, she graduated from UTECH wi...

17/04/2026

TEEN CHARGED IN BEATING OF HOMELESS, ELDERLY MAN
PORT MARIA, St Mary; April 17, 2026
The St. Mary Police have charged a 16-year-old for beating an elderly man with a piece of board while he slept outside the Port Maria Market.

SECOND SUSPECT BEING SOUGHT AS MAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED PORT MARIA, St Mary; April 17, 2026 The St. Mary Police have charged a 16-year-old male for the wounding of an elderly man who has been hospitalized after he was attacked outside the Port Maria Market. The teen has been charged with wounding wi...