News
May 28, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Butterfield to acquire control of CIBC Caribbean in US$1.8b deal
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited is set to acquire control of CIBC Caribbean Bank Limited in a US$1.8 billion deal expected to create a regional banking and wealth management group with…
May 28, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Deported St Catherine man to stand trial for 2020 killing
A St Catherine man charged with the fatal stabbing of another man in 2020 is to stand trial in the on June 11, after a judge ruled he has a case to answer.
May 28, 2026
Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak
Aid supplies were rushed in to the center of Congo's outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus as beleaguered medical workers have struggled with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and…
May 28, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Woman’s decomposing body found in bushes in St Catherine
Police in St Catherine have launched a investigation following the discovery of the decomposing body of a woman in the parish on Wednesday.
May 28, 2026
At least 16 students killed in fire at Kenya girls’ school
A fire ripped through a dormitory in a girls' boarding school in Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students, a government official said. It's the latest such incident to afflict the…
May 28, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
‘Tutu’ charged in murder of St Catherine farmer
A 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of 62-year-old farmer Clement Mills and the injury of Mills’ wife during a gun attack in St Catherine earlier this month.
May 28, 2026
France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code
For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on the books. On Thursday, the lower house of Parliament voted to…
May 28, 2026
Scores of residents in Manchester receive land titles
One hundred and twenty-four residents in Manchester received land titles from the National Land Agency (NLA) during a ceremony held at the Garden Hotel in Mandeville on May 27.
May 28, 2026
Meteorological service cautions against hurricane complacency
Although a below-average hurricane season is anticipated this year, Climate Services Manager at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Jacqueline Spence-Hemmings, is emphasising that there is no room…