What is known about the Air India crash and its investigation

Reading Time: 3 minutesNEW DELHI (Reuters) Air India’s deadly plane crash that killed at least 270 people has triggered a wave of speculation about what led to the world’s worst aviation disaster in…

Israel threatens to make Tehran ‘burn’ after Iranian retaliatory strikes

Reading Time: 5 minutesTEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday (June 14), the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and…

CBU announces record-breaking nominees for 36th Annual Media Awards

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) is reporting a record-breaking number of entrants for this year’s 36th edition of its Media Awards, marking a historic year for the regional…

Mexico’s Central Bank governor paints optimistic picture 

Reading Time: 2 minutesMexico’s Central Bank Governor Victoria Rodríguez Ceja is seeking to build renewed confidence in the local economy amid rising inflation and sluggish growth in Latin America’s second-largest economy. In painting…

ODPEM urges businesses to develop contingencies for the hurricane season

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is recommending that local enterprises make preparations and formulate ‘business continuity plans’ (BCP) that will ensure they continue functioning in the…

IMF endorses Dominica’s positive economic outlook

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/ Contributor The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed the positive economic assessment of Dominica in its latest Article IV consultation with the country’s government,…

Government extends food handlers’ permit to two years

Reading Time: 2 minutesFood handlers’ permit, usually valid for one year, is being extended to two years, effective January 1, 2026. Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, who made the announcement,…

Two men charged in deadly Spanish Town shooting

Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice assigned to the St Catherine Policing Division have charged two men with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, wounding with intent, unauthorised possession of ammunition and using a firearm to commit a felony following an incident on Taylor Road, Gordon Pen, in the parish on Friday (June 6).

Dead is 19-year-old Sandre Walker, a student of Gordon Pen, Spanish Town, in St Catherine.

Stocks fall, oil prices jump after Israel attacks Iran

Reading Time: 3 minutes(Reuters)—World stock markets fell on Friday, and oil prices surged, as Israel launched military strikes on Iran, sparking inflows into safe havens such as gold and the dollar.   An escalation…

Video: Jamaica opens region’s first Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government of Jamaica achieved a historic milestone with the opening of the country’s first purpose-built Forensic Pathology Autopsy Suite at 149 Orange Street, Kingston, on Thursday. This $679 million…

Government senator blasts PNP U-turn on AuG’s Integrity Commission inclusion

Reading Time: 2 minutesGovernment Senator Marlon Morgan says a statement by the Opposition PNP on Thursday purporting to condemn a vote by the Joint Select Committee reviewing the Integrity Commission Act, confirms the…

May Pen records zero murders in May

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAssistant Superintendent of Police Adrian Flemming has announced that May Pen, Clarendon, recorded zero murders in the month of May.

Flemming also reported a 51 per cent reduction in murders across the Clarendon Police Division since the start of the year — a trend he says reflects broader improvements in public safety.