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May 11, 2026
CARPHA seeks to reassure the region about hantavirus
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Monday sought to reassure people in the Caribbean region that there is no need for panic in light of the recent outbreak of the hantavirus…
May 11, 2026
Trump taps former news anchor Kari Lake to be US ambassador to Jamaica
United States President Donald Trump has nominated politician and former television news anchor Kari Lake of Arizona to serve as the country's next ambassador to Jamaica, the White House…
May 11, 2026
by Gareth Davis Sr
Taxi rams into school bus in Portland
Several students who were aboard an alleged illegal taxi were treated and released after the vehicle slammed into a school bus on Monday morning, in the vicinity of Tom's Hope in the Rio Grande…
May 11, 2026
Second suspect charged in alleged strangulation of St Ann retiree
The St Ann police have charged a second man in connection with the 2024 murder of 72-year-old retiree Allan Rattigan in Ocho Rios in the parish.
He is 23-year-old Ashan Gallimore of Rectory Road,…
May 11, 2026
Beverage makers get more time to register under new sugar tax
Manufacturers of non-alcoholic sweetened beverages have been given until Friday, May 15, to complete licensing under the new Special Consumption Tax regime.
May 11, 2026
South Africa to establish impeachment committee after president's cash scandal is revived
The South African Parliament said Monday it will establish an impeachment committee to reinvestigate four-year-old allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa committed serious misconduct by hiding the…
May 11, 2026
McKenzie and MP Vaz clash over housing relocation for hurricane victims
A public dispute has intensified between Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie and Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament Dwayne Vaz over housing promised to families displaced by Hurricane…
May 11, 2026
SVF champions literacy with engaging 'Reading Picnic' for primary school students
The lawns of Devon House were transformed into a literary wonderland as the Supreme Ventures Foundation (SVF) recently hosted its Reading Picnic.
Held as a Reading Week activation for the second…
May 11, 2026
Police: ‘Frass’ charged after alleged gun attack in Blackwoods, Clarendon
A 47-year-old man from Blackwoods district in northern Clarendon has been charged after an alleged early-morning incident on the weekend in which a man was reportedly attacked with a gun, the police…