‘We did as instructed’: JCF offers context amid overreach concerns in viral video

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is today (May 21) offering what it deems crucial context behind a now-viral surveillance video of police personnel ‘breaking into’ a house earlier this month….

Businessman charged with assaulting nurse denied bail

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobert Bell, a 65-year-old businessman also known as ‘Andy Bell’, was denied bail this morning in the Gun Court after being charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm for allegedly attacking a nurse.

On Tuesday, May 13, during an alleged road rage it is reported that Bell got out of his vehicle, shoved his head into the nurse’s vehicle, spat in her face and struck the vehicle repeatedly with his hand.

Commonwealth health ministers unite for bold action on sustainable health financing

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 2025 Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, convened ahead of the 78th World Health Assembly, has concluded with a blueprint for unlocking sustainable health finance and delivering on the promise of…

Big jump in 2025 hurricane mitigation works expenditure

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The Government of Jamaica has announced a big jump in expenditure for mitigation works for the upcoming 2025 Hurricane Season, which starts just over a week from now….

Weak US economic outlook persists despite brief trade truce with China: Reuters poll

Reading Time: 3 minutesBENGALURU (Reuters) The outlook for the U.S. economy remains weak despite a temporary cooling of the U.S.-China trade war, a Reuters poll of economists showed, with a debate over the…

Airline CEOs say US air traffic control system ‘failing Americans,’ call for action

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWASHINGTON (Reuters) Major airline CEOs on Wednesday called on Congress to approve billions of dollars to modernise the ageing U.S. air traffic control system, saying the current system is “failing…