Jamaica News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans occupy more places in Canadian prisons than any other nationals from the English-speaking Caribbean.

(Jamaica Observer) Nineteen Chinese nationals who landed in Jamaica on Friday night were denied entry, quarantined and put back on an aeroplane on Saturday morning as the country enforced its travel ban in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica— One hundred and ten people were murdered across the island in January, a slight uptick on the 104 killed in January 2019. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) The case against Keron Watson, the St James man who was arrested and charged with breaches of the Trafficking in Persons Act in 2017, has been set for a plea and case-management hearing to take place in the St James Circuit Court on April 23.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has imposed a ban on travel to and from China with immediate effect and there are jitters that the local tourist industry could be hurt by the snowballing coronavirus outbreak if it reaches these shores.

(Jamaica Star) Koffee has become the first solo female to cop the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 62nd ceremony for the coveted music awards.

(Jamaica Observer) Tree of Knowledge Internation-al Corp, which trades under the name TOKI, will become the first company to be cross-listed between the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) and the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Trinidadian conglomerate Massy Holdings Limited wants to distribute liquefied natural gas, LNG, in Jamaica to complement its cooking gas operation, a strategy that appears designed to contain any likely business fallout from the switch to cheaper fuels in the industrial sector.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Nassau, Bahamas: Highest recorded number of stopover visitors, highest recorded number of stopover visitors ever from the United States, and a whopping 7.2 million in total arrivals.

(Jamaica Observer)  The Chinese Government has categorised the statements made by United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday about Chinese investments in Jamaica, as groundless accusations, stating that it strongly opposes those views.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scotiabank has had a long and dedicated relationship with the University of the West Indies (UWI) and, for the past 10 years, has been the lead sponsor of the UWI annual Toronto Benefit Gala.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Retired Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt and his long-time girlfriend Kasi Bennett are expecting their first child. 

(Jamaica Observer) A distraught St James mother is now seeking answers after the lifeless body of her daughter was discovered in the male bathroom of a warehousing distribution company in the Montego Bay Free Zone on Tuesday morning.

(Jamaica Star) Last October, Joan Richardson went home and saw her roof in bits and pieces on the floor.

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of a baby from his mother in October last year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday afternoon faced four questions from members of the media following bilateral talks at Jamaica House.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been warned against becoming a pawn in Washington’s bid to solicit votes in its diplomatic war with the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

(Jamaica Observer) Director of the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Kenute Hare is lamenting that, since the start of the year, 25 people have lost their lives on the nation’s roads up to yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A St Elizabeth mother is blaming the death of her daughter, a 13-year-old student at William Knibb High School in Trelawny, on a medical doctor at the Falmouth hospital who she claimed misdiagnosed her daughter and then gave her medication for an ailment she did not have.

(Jamaica Gleaner) CARICOM Chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has drawn a clear line between herself and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and other Caribbean leaders planning to meet with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, criticising the sidelining of the regional bloc as an attempt at divide and rule.