Lead Stories
May 26, 2026
BOJ holds policy rate at 5.5 per cent
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed to maintain the policy rate on overnight placements by deposit-taking institutions at 5.5 per cent per annum.
May 26, 2026
Canada will require self-isolation for people travelling from Congo, Sudan and Uganda due to Ebola
The Canadian government said Tuesday that travellers from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days, and that immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on…
May 25, 2026
Congressional Black Caucus urges Trump administration to end Cuba oil blockade
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in the United States has called on the Trump administration to end its oil blockade of Cuba, arguing that the action has resulted in a humanitarian crisis in the…
May 25, 2026
Fred Kerley runs 9.97 at Enhanced Games, where Kristian Gkolomeev gets a $1M bonus for swimming mark
Fred Kerley ran 100 metres in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts…
May 25, 2026
St Elizabeth man pleads guilty, fined over Spanish Town ganja bust
A St Elizabeth man who was among three people charged following the seizure of more than 20 pounds of ganja along Jobs Lane in Spanish Town has been fined more than $140,000 after pleading guilty in…
May 25, 2026
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimising slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimising slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian…
May 25, 2026
Jamaicans urged not to squat on bauxite lands
The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is urging Jamaicans to refrain from squatting on bauxite lands.
May 25, 2026
Man charged for allegedly attacking Spanish Town Man woman in her sleep
A 20-year-old man has been charged after allegedly breaking into a woman’s home in Spanish Town, St Catherine, and attacking her while she slept.
May 25, 2026
Two men killed in alleged shoot-out with police in St Catherine
The two men were fatally shot by the police during an alleged shoot-out in St Catherine on Sunday evening.