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June 4, 2026

FID: CMU accounting officer charged with embezzlement, fraud over missing student funds

A Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) worker has been hit with 84 criminal charges, including for embezzlement and fraud, following an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of more than $1…
June 4, 2026

Three Jamaicans among 19 charged in major US drug trafficking probe

Three Jamaicans are among 19 persons who have been arrested and charged in a major United States drug trafficking investigation targeting two alleged multi-state drug trafficking organisations.
June 4, 2026

Legal and administrative frameworks being developed for unemployment insurance

The necessary legal and administrative frameworks are now being developed within the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to make unemployment insurance a reality for Jamaican workers.
June 4, 2026

$60 million allocated for shelter improvements

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has announced the allocation of an additional of $60 million to assist Municipal Corporations with improving emergency shelter…
June 4, 2026

Three more arrested and charged in multimillion-dollar NCB phishing scam, granted $450,000 bail - MOCA

Three more persons have been arrested and charged by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) as part of its investigation into the $47.5 million phishing scam at the National…
June 3, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Ghost sales - Report: FLA targeted gun dealer with fake transactions, logged ammo purchase to dead man

An Integrity Commission (IC) probe has exposed severe Firearm Licensing Authority data manipulation, revealing that an employee falsified electronic records to target a prominent licensed dealer when…
June 3, 2026

‘I am clueless’ - Ex-CEO doesn’t know how signature ended up on documents after he left UHWI

Former chief executive officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Kevin Allen declared emphatically yesterday that he could not have signed a C-84 Customs form to allow for the…