A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police in St Catherine in connection with the murder of his 80-year-old mother, Jasmine Grant, otherwise called Sister Grant, whose decomposing body with stab wounds was found inside her home on Wednesday… The Coast Guard of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Wednesday seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine, which has an estimated street value of $3.7 billion, after intercepting a vessel offshore Jamaica… The Southern Regional Health Authority is ur

18K views · 64 reactions | #LatestNews: A Jamaica Defence Force soldier was accidentally shot when his rifle discharged while he was boarding a JDF patrol vehicle. The incident happened outside the Spanish Town Police Station on Burke Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine. His comrades acted swiftly, rushing him to the nearby Spanish Town Hospital. | The Jamaica Star | Facebook

360K views · 3.2K shares | The Jamaica Defence Force has a very hard but important job ahead. I am happy and grateful to know that they are ready to do what is necessary as Jamaica braces for hurricane Matthew. | Andrew Holness | Facebook

Reposted from @jamaicaobserver Members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and ambulance teams were deployed on Wednesday to assist residents affected by Hurricane Melissa in St Elizabeth. However, they have since encountered major challenges along the Santa Cruz main road, where fallen debris has blocked the roadway. | Jamaica Defence Force

41K views · 219 reactions | The Jamaica Defence Force is probing this incident in Denham Town, Kingston Western today in which a female soldier kicked a man during a scuffle with her colleagues. It could not be immediately determined why the man was being detained. | The Jamaica Star | Facebook

Brigade Commander, The Jamaica Regiment Brigadier Mahatma Williams shared Christmas Day with personnel from the Jamaica Defence Force, Guyana Defence Force, and Ghana Armed Forces based at the Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Luana, St. Elizabeth. He commended the troops for their steadfast commitment to the national rebuilding effort and for staying the course since the passage of Hurricane Melissa. #RecoveryOneMissionOneJamaicaOneJDF #MerryChristmas #Service Footage by Private Ricardo Greaves,