Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories

1. Hannah Collings-Myers is Miss Universe Jamaica Kingston & St Andrew

   Medical student Hannah Collings-Myers was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica Kingston and St Andrew early Sunday morning at the parish grand coronation held at the Douglas Orane Auditorium at Wolmer's Boys' School in Kingston.

2. Jamaican murder convict to be deported from US for a second time

   A Jamaican man who was previously deported from the United States after serving prison time for murder is set to be removed from the country for a second time after being taken into custody by immigration authorities.

3. Man charged after businessman killed, visitor injured in Negril shooting and robbery

   A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting and robbery at a business establishment in Negril, Westmoreland, that left one man dead and another injured.

4. Committee to review flexible work hours and work-from-home policies

   Parliament's Economy and Production Committee is to undertake a comprehensive review of flexible work hours and work-from-home policies.

5. JPS restores power to over 550,000 customers after islandwide outage, Vaz calls emergency meeting

   The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting that, as at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, more than 80 per cent, approximately 550,000 of the company’s 690,000 customers, have had power restored following last night’s islandwide outage.

6. Fitz-Henley defends gov’t's NHT withdrawals, cites billions spent on housing recovery

   State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, says the Government has gone the extra mile and deployed billions of dollars from the National Housing Trust (NHT) to address housing needs across Jamaica, which have become more extensive since Category 5 Hurricane Melissa devastated sections of the island.

7. Woman found dead with throat slashed in St Ann

   The police in St Ann are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was discovered with her throat slashed in Mammee Bay early Saturday morning.

8. All customers now restored from blackout – JPS

   The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says all customers impacted by the islandwide power outage have now had their service restored.

9. Some 65,000 NWC customers still without water after islandwide power outage

   The Ministry of Water and Environment is reporting that approximately 65,000 customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) remain without water supply following disruptions caused by Friday’s islandwide blackout.

10. OUR seeks answers from JPS following islandwide power outage

    The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says it is actively engaging the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to determine the cause of the islandwide outage, assess the adequacy of JPS’ response, and get an update on system stability.