MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)—Mexican authorities announced on Monday the capture of two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and his potential successor. Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera died in February after being wounded in a shootout with Mexican soldiers in the western state of Jalisco, unleashing a wave of highway blockades and shootouts with security forces that left...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The assault case involving Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott, has been referred to mediation when the matter was called up in the Balaclava Criminal Court on Monday. Scott and the complainant are scheduled to return to court on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Attorney-at-law Charles “Advoket” Ganga-Singh is representing Scott, while King’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson appears on behalf of the complainant. The charges stem from a confrontation on September...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, April 27, ended trading at $157.90, up by $33 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended trading at $115.32, up from $114.90 and the British pound at $215.99, up from $212.07.

ST JAMES, Jamaica—For the first time in Montego Bay, ASHE Company will bring its signature full-scale concert experience to western Jamaica. The ASHE Mother’s Day concert, ‘Love For Mom’, will take the stage at Iberostar Hotel in Montego Bay on Sunday, May 10, with two spectacular showtimes at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. “This is not simply a concert — it is a full theatrical and musical journey spanning oldies,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — GraceKennedy Limited will raise prices on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages by an average of nine per cent from May 1, citing the Government’s new sugar-content-based tax and other cost increases, according to a customer notice seen by the Jamaica Observer. In the April 24 notice, the Jamaican conglomerate said the increase applies to general trade customers and covers “non-alcoholic sweetened beverages”, along with “other products affected by cost...

A sweet moment between a mother and her four-year-old son has captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands online, especially Jamaicans. Brenda Estrada, a mother of two based in Delaware in the United States, went viral in January after sharing a video of her son, Mateo, proudly putting on a Jamaican football jersey despite having no known Jamaican roots. The clip, which has racked up more than 678,000 likes and...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) is dismissing reports that a dispute between the association and Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville, surrounding the price of his tickets, forced the athlete to withdraw from Jamaica’s team to the World Relays in Gaborone, Botswana. “There was never an impasse between agents acting on behalf of Oblique Seville and the JAAA regarding payment for travel tickets. There was an issue regarding the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica’s casino gaming regulators are stepping up training and coordination with law enforcement and financial crime agencies as the country prepares for the eventual activation of integrated resort casino developments. The move comes 16 years after the passage of the Casino Gaming Act in 2010, under which casinos are allowed to operate only within approved integrated resort developments. The Casino Gaming Commission last week hosted a three-day training workshop...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—A groundbreaking new national survey has revealed that while digital payment methods are steadily gaining traction in Jamaica, cash remains deeply embedded in the country’s financial behaviour - serving as both a practical tool and a trusted safety net for everyday transactions. Commissioned by BRANCCH Consulting and Outsourcing Limited, the Payment Preferences in Jamaica Report is one of the first comprehensive studies of its kind to examine how Jamaicans...

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) says it remains concerned at the upsurge of violent attacks in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country of Haiti. In its annual report released here, the IACHR, an autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS), said that it has taken note of the National Security Council (CNS) and supports the country’s commitment to reducing insecurity, which...

American sprinter Allyson Felix has announced that she will be coming out of retirement and is seeking to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics set to take place in Los Angeles, according to American media reports. According to a report by TIME, the sprinter is set to resume training, with plans already in the pipeline to implement a training schedule with her longtime coach Bobby Kersee in October. The 40-year-old...