Consumers advised to return contaminated sugar to point of sale for redress

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is advising that Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited has issued a Product Recall Notice. Consumers who have purchased Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company Limited branded packaged sugar are…

US Coast Guard offloads over $53M in cocaine seized in Caribbean Sea

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba offloaded approximately 7,050 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $53 million on Monday at Port Everglades, following interdictions in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The seizures stemmed from two separate maritime operations targeting drug smuggling routes used by transnational criminal organisations. The Coast Guard said the interdictions were carried out in coordination with multiple units, including Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron teams, Joint Interagency Task Force South, and watchstanders from the Coast Guard’s Southeast and Southwest Districts.

INDECOM probes fatal police shootings as death toll increased to 37 for April

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched probes into four separate incidents involving members of Jamaica’s security forces in which five men were fatally shot on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as Ricardo Gayle, 25-year-old Paul Francis, 27-year-old Omar Hooke, 42-year-old Justin Bondfield, and 39-year-old Peter Gooden.

Damion Crawford sues Government for failing educational system

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/ Contributor Opposition Spokesman on Education and Early Childhood Development, Damion Crawford, has filed a constitutional case against the Government of Jamaica, citing an underfunding of education and its…

Contentious NaRRA bill passed during marathon sitting of parliament

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The contentious and controversial National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) bill has been passed by the House of Representatives during a marathon sitting that ended in the wee…

Angela Brown-Burke suspended from Parliamentary Sitting

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew South Western, Angella Brown-Burke, was involved in a major disruption in the House of Representatives last night and was ordered removed…