KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tipsters to Crime Stop were paid a total of $10.3 million in 2025 when compared to the $7.5 million paid out in 2024. At the same time, total arrests increased by 38.2 per cent to 76, as documented in the 2025 edition of the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, a publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). According to the publication, the number of tips received by Crime...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – The Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DoA) has confirmed outbreaks of the highly contagious poultry disease infectious coryza in an undisclosed number of chicken flocks across the territory. Officials stressed that while the disease can significantly affect the health of birds and reduce egg production, it does not pose a risk to human health, and does not make poultry meat or eggs unsafe to...

BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—The chief suspect in a deadly attack near Berlin's Pride parade has been shot dead, police said on Sunday evening. Officers located the suspect, previously named as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, at around 6:00 pm (1600 GMT), Berlin police said in a statement on X. He "ran towards them with a bladed weapon", prompting officers to open fire, killing him.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) made $1.5 billion in fare income in 2025 when compared to $1.3 billion in 2024. The higher earnings is a result of the additional buses acquired by the State-owned bus company, says the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in the 2025 edition of its annual publication, the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica. Revenue from charter trips jumped to $135.0 million in 2025, compared...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Gamma Rho Sigma Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. in collaboration with the Patricia V. Smith Foundation, recently donated several laptops to the Homestead Place of Safety in Stony Hill, St Andrew and the Granville Place of Safety in Trelawny. The donations are part of the Chapter’s Hurricane Melissa relief initiative and in keeping with the fraternity’s mantra of service. The gifts were presented by fraternity...

MIAMI – A Jamaican woman who was listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) most wanted fraudster list for her alleged role in a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than US$32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds returned from Jamaica on Saturday to the United States to face federal charges. Forty-one-year-old Elaine Escoe, was charged by indictment in 2025 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money...

SAN  DIEGO, United States (AFP)—Superhero movie fans will officially return to the world of Wakanda in Black Panther III, the newest entry in the Marvel film franchise, the studio announced at Comic-Con on Saturday. British actor David Jonsson will play the lead role in the film, due out on December 15, 2028. Known for his performances in the HBO television series Industry and the 2025 film The Long Walk, Jonsson...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Police have identified the woman and two men who were fatally shot during an alleged shootout on Caledonia Road in Mandeville Saturday afternoon. They are Lester Morris, Travis Baker and Sutania Boothe otherwise called “Chun Chun”. Police said two firearms were seized during the incident. Police said at 4:00 pm they were alerted to a robbery spree and subsequently intercepted a getaway vehicle near Horseshoe Curve. A highly-placed...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Chinese nationals, as is customary, were again given the majority of work permits issued to foreign nationals by Jamaica’s Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) during 2025. The details are contained in the 2025 edition of the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, an annual publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). Nationals from China were issued with 2,441 work permits. India came next with 882, followed by...

Jamaica was in political turmoil in 1976, 50 years ago. The socialist government of prime minister Michael Manley --- popular with the Afro-conscious but scorned by the middle and upper-class --- called a State of Emergency in June to quell gang violence. Several of his opponents, including the Jamaica Labour Party's Olivia Grange and Pearnel Charles were jailed. An election was held in December, days after reggae star Bob Marley...

Cuba (AFP)—Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Sunday denounced Washington's pressure campaign against his country as a "genocidal policy," accusing the United States of seeking to "appropriate" the island. On top of a decades-long embargo, the United States under President Donald Trump has drastically ramped up pressure in recent months on its communist southern neighbor, imposing an effective oil blockade and biting sanctions. The campaign followed the US military's toppling of...