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Korie-Page Jones (right), promotions & execution manager at Continental Baking Company Limited, is pictured with members of Waterhouse Football Club (from left): Mario Simms, Colorado Murray, Jodian James, and captain Kymani Campbell, during the handover o
April 16, 2026

Corporate Hands | Waterhouse Football Club treated with HTB Easter buns

PAC Chairman Julian Robinson.
April 15, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

$40B HOLE

The financial standing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is now under scrutiny following revelations yesterday that the teaching institution has a ballooning tax debt amounting to…
Damion Gordon, lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies.
April 15, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

UHWI tax debt raises questions about ministry’s oversight

Economist Keenan Falconer says the more than $40 billion in tax, interest, penalties and surcharges for which the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is liable represents approximately 15…
His remains in custody.
April 15, 2026

Five charged with murder over attack on man in Manchester

The police in Manchester have charged five people with murder following the killing of a man who was allegedly attacked after a dispute in his community. Dead is 31-year-old Otis Moore, an…
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April 15, 2026

Ammunition found in abandoned vehicle in Portland

The police in Portland have seized several rounds of ammunition following an operation in Barracks, Manchioneal. Reports from the Portland police are that about 1:20 p.m. on Monday, a team carried…
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April 15, 2026

Former UHWI board chairman Chai Chong ready to face PAC

Former University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) board chairman Wayne Chai Chong, who alerted the country to alleged procurement breaches in 2023, says he is ready to face Parliament’s Public…
A police investigator and an investigator from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) at the scene of a fatal police shooting in the Waltham area of St Andrew on April 15, 2026.
April 15, 2026

Two men fatally shot by police in Waltham area of St Andrew

Tensions are high in the Waltham area of St Andrew following the fatal shooting of two men by the police during an alleged confrontation Wednesday morning. The deceased have been identified by the…
Bermuda’s Minister of Economy and Labour Jason Hayward speaking at news conference on Monday, April 13, 2026.
April 15, 2026

Bermuda introducing new pay transparency legislation

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government has indicated that it is advancing a policy proposal to introduce pay transparency legislation in the British Overseas Territory.
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April 15, 2026

Man fatally shot by police in Spanish Town

A 28-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Tryall Estate, Spanish Town, St Catherine after he allegedly engaged cops in an armed confrontation on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified by…