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January 29, 2026
Venezuela’s acting president signs oil industry overhaul, easing state control to lure investors
(AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization. It reverses a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement…
January 29, 2026
Government launches phased flexible work programme for public servants
The Government has officially launched the implementation of flexible work arrangements within the public sector, starting on a phased basis on February 2, with staggered working hours. The staggered…
January 29, 2026
SSP Cameron granted $500,000 bail and taken off frontline duty after criminal charges in POA money probe
Chairman of the Police Officers Association, Senior Superintendent Wayne Cameron, has been removed from frontline duties and granted $500,000 bail after being charged over allegations of financial…
January 29, 2026
Security guard charged for allegedly stealing $460,000 while on the job
A Spanish Town, St Catherine security guard has been charged for allegedly cutting open a money bag he received while on the job and stealing cash amounting to $460,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo…
January 29, 2026
Turks and Caicos to enforce visa bonds against sponsors of visitors who overstay
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is moving to actively enforce visa bonds, warning that sponsors could face financial penalties and…
January 29, 2026
Heavy rain in Afghanistan collapses a house, killing mother and her six children
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A mother and her six children have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused their home to collapse while they were sleeping at night, authorities said…
January 29, 2026
18-y-o charged for shooting man attending St Andrew wake
Eighteen-year-old St Andrew resident Roy Dallas, otherwise called ‘Royo’, has been charged for shooting a man who was attending a wake. Dallas is charged with wounding with intent, possession of a…
January 29, 2026
Housing discrimination abroad raises questions for Jamaica’s rental market
Recent findings from France showing that nearly half of real estate agencies enabled racial discrimination in housing access have sparked predictable outrage. In France, such practices are illegal,…
January 29, 2026
Decomposing body found in abandoned car in St Elizabeth
The St Elizabeth police are seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose decomposing body was found inside an abandoned motor car along Redding Road in Lacovia on Wednesday. The police said that…