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25 Sep, 2026 0

Woman arrested, charged in Westmoreland over alleged illegal lottery operation

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission is reporting that a woman was arrested and charged in Westmoreland on Wednesday during a crackdown on illegal lottery operations. The commission says the…
Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, speaking at the official launch of Route 710, the newest service of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), in Port Antonio, Portland, on September 23.
25 Sep, 2026 0

Government moves to cut JUTC fuel costs with electric range extender buses

The Government is moving to further modernise the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet with the introduction of buses powered by electric range extenders, a move expected to significantly reduce…
25 Sep, 2026 0

Cayman Islands revises pet import rules

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – New rules governing the importation of dogs and cats into the Cayman Islands are to take effect on October 1. The Department of Agriculture (DOA) says the changes…
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley
25 Sep, 2026 0

Fitz-Henley against push to scrap mandatory 15-year gun sentences

Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has come out against the push by defence attorneys and others to have the Firearms Act amended to remove the mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, arguing that…
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez poses for a portrait at the Permanent Mission of Cuba on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
25 Sep, 2026 0

US weighs new limits on Cuban travel at UN as Havana decries Trump’s economic squeeze

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration was considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials who travel to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana as its…
25 Sep, 2026 0

Sentencing postponed for cop in girlfriend’s killing

The family of slain 20-year-old D’Jonnay Graham turned out in their numbers at the Home Circuit Court in Kingston on Friday morning, as they awaited the sentencing of Police Constable Patrick Walters,…
Christopher Townsend (second right), Tamika Harris (right), President of Advocates’ Association of Jamaica along with several attorneys-at-law staged a silent protest on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Kingston. Organised by the Jamaican Bar Associatio
25 Sep, 2026 0

Lawyers maintain threat to withdraw criminal court services for one week starting Monday

Defence lawyers are maintaining their threat to withdraw services from Jamaica’s criminal courts for one week, beginning Monday, September 28, as their concerns over mandatory minimum sentences under…
Omar McLeod, Jamaica’s Olympic and World Champion hurdler
25 Sep, 2026 0

JADCO confirms McLeod whereabouts case ongoing

Chairperson of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Debby Ann Brown Salmon, has confirmed with The Gleaner that the whereabouts case involving Olympic and World Champion hurdler Omar McLeod…
25 Sep, 2026 0

Man wanted in Texas captured in St Mary

A Jamaican man wanted in Texas, United States, for several serious offences has been arrested in St Mary. He has been identified as 25-year-old Patrick Dave Anderson of Alleppo, Clonmel, St Mary.…