Lead Stories
May 21, 2026
UK offers cheaper chocolate and tickets to the zoo in bid to ease cost of living squeeze
LONDON (AP) — The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves on…
May 20, 2026
by Andre Williams
‘Bomma’ killed in alleged police confrontation in Cassava Piece
A man was fatally shot by the police in Cassava Piece, St Andrew, early this morning during an alleged confrontation. He has been identified by the police as Orlando Salmon, otherwise called ‘Bomma’.
May 20, 2026
Island Traffic Authority expands learner driver education programme
The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) has expanded its Learner Driver Education Programme to include tertiary institutions, as part of efforts to promote safer road use among young people.
May 20, 2026
by Andre Williams
Gov’t intensifying investment in early childhood education, says Crawford
State Minister in the Ministry of Education Rhoda Moy Crawford says the Government is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy backed by significant investment to strengthen the quality of early childhood…
May 20, 2026
Guyana defends increase in fuel prices
The Guyana government has blamed rising global oil prices for the increase in fuel prices, even as the Irfaan Ali administration says it has been absorbing billions of dollars in a bid to cushion the…
May 20, 2026
Man accused of fatal St Andrew gun attack captured in St Ann, charged
A man accused of carrying out a fatal gun attack in St Andrew earlier this year has been apprehended in St Ann and charged by the police. Charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon,…
May 20, 2026
Trump orders US banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on…
May 20, 2026
St Kitts receives Caribbean nationals, including from Jamaica, deported from US
The St Kitts and Nevis government is reporting that three individuals, including from Jamaica, have arrived in the country as part of an agreement with the United States to allow the transfer of…
May 20, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
One of two Westmoreland men held in alleged Mandela Highway drug bust gets $700,000 bail
One of two men who were arrested and charged following the alleged seizure of cocaine and ganja during a traffic stop along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine has been granted $700,000 bail with…