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April 3, 2026

Woman killed in Three Chains district, Manchester, soldier in custody

A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier is in police custody as investigators probe the death of a woman in Three Chains, Manchester, this afternoon. Reports indicate that the soldier turned himself…
Content creator Shelby Bradshaw makes a stylish appearance in a custom black-and-white crochet set courtesy of local online brand Elite Hook.
April 3, 2026

Something Extra | Friday

The recent staging of Zimi Entertainment's Zimi Seh Beach drew scores of longtime and new supporters to Puerto Seco Beach in St Ann on Sunday. The Appleton Estate-sponsored event saw patrons…
A United Airlines jetliner sits at a gate along the A concourse of Denver International Airport, March 20, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
April 3, 2026

Checking a bag on United Airlines now costs US$10 more as jet fuel costs soar

Most travellers flying with United Airlines will now pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as rising jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East pushes another major United…
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April 3, 2026

PNP calls for action after fatal St Thomas bridge incident

The Opposition People’s National Party is calling for the Government to address the condition of a bridge in Easington, St Thomas, following the death of a man who fell through the structure today. …
Uganda police officers stand at the crime scene after a man killed four children in a machete attack at the Gaba Early Childhood Development Program nursery school in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo)
April 3, 2026

Machete-wielding man attacks Ugandan nursery school, killing four children

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man killed four children in a machete attack inside a nursery school in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday, police said. The man gained access to the Gaba Early…
Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ’s steps to his crucifixion on Calvary
April 3, 2026

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope…
Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Philip Davis.
April 3, 2026

Bahamians vote for new government on May 12

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Bahamians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new government, with Prime Minister Philip Davis saying that Parliament will be dissolved on April 8 and that the writs for the…
Oral Cole
April 3, 2026

Manchester most wanted fatally shot by police during alleged confrontation in Trelawny

Manchester’s most wanted, Oral Cole, was shot and killed by police on Thursday during an alleged confrontation in Trelawny. According to police reports, a team from Manchester was conducting…
Firefighters transporting a man who fell from a bridge in St Thomas on April 3, 2026. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
April 3, 2026

Man dies after falling from bridge in St Thomas

A man today died after falling from a bridge in Easington, St Thomas. Reports are that approximately 10:00 a.m., the man, who is yet to be identified, was attempting to cross the bridge when he…