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April 29, 2026
Movie Review |‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ is a messy, overlong horror spectacle
The tagline for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is “Some things are meant to stay buried”. That also applies to the misguided Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, which should definitely stay deep underground for eternity.…
April 29, 2026
MPs voting on NaRRA bill after mace incident prompts suspension of PNP's Brown-Burke
House deliberations on the NaRRA bill descended into chaos late Tuesday after an incident involving the mace led Speaker Juliet Holness to move to suspend Opposition MP Dr Angela Brown-Burke. …
April 28, 2026
Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to ‘disrupt deportation missions’
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on…
April 28, 2026
Portmore man fined $1.5 million for selling cocaine at his home
A 49-year-old Portmore, St Catherine man has been fined a total of $1.5 million or nine months in prison after pleading guilty to selling cocaine at his home. Douglas Forbes, of Independence City,…
April 28, 2026
US Senate rejects attempt to end Trump’s blockade of Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans rejected legislation from Democrats on Tuesday that would have required President Donald Trump to end the US energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval…
April 28, 2026
Conductor in video assaulting Corporate Area schoolgirls on bus in police custody
The conductor seen in a video assaulting two schoolgirls on a bus has been taken into police custody. In the video, which has been widely circulated on social media platforms, the man is seen…
April 28, 2026
2,000 Jamaicans still without power six months after Hurricane Melissa
Approximately 2,000 Jamaicans are still without electricity six months after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread power outages across the island, with Energy Minister Daryl Vaz indicating that the…
April 28, 2026
JTA: Graduate Allowance dispute resolved, further wage talks to continue
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) says the longstanding issue of the graduate allowance for teachers has been resolved following a negotiation meeting with the Ministry of Finance and the Public…
April 28, 2026
Opposition MP Damion Crawford takes gov’t to Constitutional Court over access to education and school spaces
Opposition Spokesman on Education, Damion Crawford, has filed a claim in the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that the constitutional rights of Jamaican children to publicly funded tuition…