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14 Oct, 2026 0

Police searching for driver after car plunges into Rio Cobre

The police in St Catherine are searching for the driver whose car ran off Flat Bridge and plunged into the Rio Cobre on Monday night as they investigate the incident. Videos of the incident were…
FILE - Tthe Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
14 Oct, 2026 0

CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions

WASHINGTON (AP) — CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions…
The five-member Commission of Inquiry chaired by Justice Godfrey Phillip Smith of Belize hearing testimony from the public into the fatal July 18, 2026 boating incident in Guyana that resulted in the deaths of 100 people.
14 Oct, 2026 0

Commission of Inquiry into fatal boating incident in Guyana begins public hearings

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 boating incident in Guyana that left more than 100 people dead heard on Wednesday that the emergency beacon on the ferry, the…
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz.
14 Oct, 2026 0

$3.7 billion in fuel price increases absorbed by gov’t since February – Vaz

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the Government has absorbed more than US$23 million, or approximately J$3.7 billion, in potential petroleum price increases since February to cushion the impact of…
Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Lorraine Dobson, addressing the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 13 in downtown Kingston.
14 Oct, 2026 0

KSAMC to enforce no-vending measures near Kingston Parish Church, South Parade

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will implement new anti-vending measures in the vicinity of the Kingston Parish Church and directly in front of the South Parade car park in…
Kirk Benjamin, comissioner of customs at the Jamaica Customs Agency, speaks with The Gleaner during an interview at his Kingston office recently.
13 Oct, 2026 0

Cards of crime - Customs cracks down on new strategy used by scammers, others to smuggle proceeds of illicit activities into island

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) Kirk Benjamin has revealed that the state body has seized 195 international credit and debit cards sent to Jamaica from overseas between…
Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
13 Oct, 2026 0

First group of US third-country nationals now in Jamaica

The first group of third-country nationals from the United States is now in Jamaica, following their arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Tuesday. The group is being…
Superintendent Andrew Nish.
13 Oct, 2026 0

Bad roads help cops nab suspected poker box thieves

WESTERN BUREAU: Four men suspected of being behind a spate of poker box thefts in Hanover are now in custody after pieces of gaming equipment were found in their possession during a police operation…
Sacha Vaccianna-Riley, Executive Director of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ)
13 Oct, 2026 0

PSOJ urges businesses to make mental health a leadership priority

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is urging corporate Jamaica to move beyond mental health awareness campaigns and take practical steps to address workplace conditions that affect…