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News as at
May 26, 2026, 1:40 am
PM charges JCF to review protocols for handling injured and deceased persons
- Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, has charged the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to examine and review its protocols for assisting the injured and removing deceased individuals from crime scenes.
St Elizabeth man pleads guilty, fined over Spanish Town ganja bust
- A St Elizabeth man who was among three people charged following the seizure of more than 20 pounds of ganja along Jobs Lane in Spanish Town has been fined more than $140,000 after pleading guilty in the St Catherine Parish Court.
Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings
- Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records, including in the United Kingdom on Monday, and prompting government warnings after deaths were reported at amateur sports events in France.
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimising slavery
- Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimising slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
Jamaicans urged not to squat on bauxite lands
- The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is urging Jamaicans to refrain from squatting on bauxite lands.
Man charged for allegedly attacking Spanish Town Man woman in her sleep
- A 20-year-old man has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home in Spanish Town, St Catherine, and attacking her while she slept.
Congressional Black Caucus urges Trump administration to end Cuba oil blockade
- The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in the United States has called on the Trump administration to end its oil blockade of Cuba, arguing that the action has resulted in a humanitarian crisis in the country.
Two men killed in alleged shoot-out with police in St Catherine
- The two men were fatally shot by the police during an alleged shoot-out in St Catherine on Sunday evening.
Fred Kerley runs 9.97 at Enhanced Games, where Kristian Gkolomeev gets a $1M bonus for swimming mark
- Fred Kerley ran 100 metres in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and untied shoes. Kerley, who predicted Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds would get “destroyed,” ran a time that would have placed him last at the Paris Olympics two years ago, where he ran 9.81 and won bronze.<br>
Guyana to roll out measures to tackle school violence
- The Guyana government is rolling out a multi-pronged response to tackle escalating violence in schools after incidents were recorded in 353 schools nationwide, with Region Four accounting for 41 per cent of reported cases.
