Jamaica Observer, Former Scare Dem Crew member Boom Dandimite died Sunday morning in a hospital in the US after suffering a relapse during his recovery from a terrible car accident in April that had left him bedridden.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In the wake of backlash over the massive pay hike for parliamentarians, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stated he will soon be announcing a series of accountability measures for members of parliament (MPs) and Cabinet ministers.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson has been named the Caribbean winner of the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
(Jamaica Observer) Thursday’s declaration by Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith that allegations in a pending court matter of improper treatment of a US$99,000 gift towards her 2022 Commonwealth secretary general bid are ” baseless, untrue and defamatory” have been snubbed by attorney Sophia Bryan.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) has arrived at consensus to recommend the abolition of the constitutional monarchy as the form of government and has deliberated on the process by which a president would be selected.
(Jamaica Observer) Less than 24 hours after the St Andrew South police urged the most wanted men in the division to turn themselves in, a massive police/military operation was launched in search of them.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The St James police are reporting that they have solved the August 2022 murder of Anthony Junior Williams, otherwise called ‘Sunny T’, using “exceptional investigative skills” and ballistic science.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica and other regions are set to benefit from millions of pounds in “substantial” restorative justice funding over the next decade after the sole shareholder in the United Kingdom, Guardian Group, apologised for the media company’s links to transatlantic slavery.
(Jamaica Gleaner) When Machel Montano from the ‘Royal House of Soca’ sits down for an interview, with every answer, he comes correct, providing more than enough material to assimilate.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Supreme Court convicted a well-known crime boss yesterday in a landmark trial, marking a win for the Caribbean island’s recently reformed anti-gang laws.
(Jamaica Gleaner) San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) — Paul Pierrilus was deported two years ago from the United States to Haiti where he has been trying to survive in a chaotic and violent country where he wasn’t born and had never lived.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ferdinand ‘Ferdy’ Mahfood, founder of Food For The Poor, died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by his family in prayer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Ferdinand ‘Ferdy’ Mahfood, founder of Food For The Poor, died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by his family in prayer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Embattled investment firm, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) can no longer trade in securities listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A shipment of cocaine valued at more than J$7 billion (US$50 million) was seized in Kingston on Saturday, in what’s believed to be one of the largest drug busts in Jamaica’s history.
(Jamaican Observer) A woman was shot dead in Landsettlement, near Royal Flat, in Manchester Central on Saturday night.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated US$80 million worth of cocaine from a ship at the port of Kingston in one of the country’s biggest-ever drug busts, authorities said.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States law enforcement now has on its radar key US players in the criminal underworld who continue to fuel Jamaica’s crime problem.
(Jamaica Gleaner) United States law enforcement now has on its radar key US players in the criminal underworld who continue to fuel Jamaica’s crime problem.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation.
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