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The case is to go back to court on June 3.
April 20, 2026

March 2027 trial for five men charged over major cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew

The five men arrested and charged in connection with a $12-billion cocaine bust in Havendale, St Andrew in 2024 are scheduled to go on trial on March 8, 2027 in the Home Circuit Court. In the…
The entrance to Jamaica College in St Andrew. - File photo.
April 20, 2026

MOE team visits Jamaica College amid probe into attack on student

A team from the Ministry of Education is now at Jamaica College (JC) as part of an investigation into an incident captured on video in which a student was violently attacked by another student. …
April 20, 2026

Spalding Outstation to temporarily host court cases as Christiana Outstation in Manchester undergoes months of renovation

Operations at the Christiana Outstation of the Manchester Parish Court will be temporarily relocated to the Spalding Outstation due to scheduled renovation works at the facility. Beginning Friday,…
FILE - Containers with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, a Taiwanese container shipping company, are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles with the the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge seen in the background on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Los
April 20, 2026

Businesses can claim refunds starting Monday for Trump tariffs declared unconstitutional

NEW YORK (AP) — A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the United States Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled…
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie (left), makes a symbolic handover of a cheque under the Government's Community Church Clean-Up and Restoration Initiative that was accepted by Reverend Othniel Watson (right) of the M
April 20, 2026

Churches in St Elizabeth receive hurricane grants

The first official disbursement of approximately $17 million in grants under the Government’s Community Church Clean-up and Restoration Initiative was made to 101 churches in St Elizabeth to repair…
Police gather in front of a house on Harrison Street near Bernstein Avenue, in Shreveport, La., as they investigate a mass shooting, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Jill Pickett/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
April 20, 2026

Man kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting in Louisiana, US

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport…
CMC photo.
April 20, 2026

Police in Trinidad detain six people as probe continues into fatal attack on police station

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Monday said it had detained six people as investigations continue into Sunday’s incident at the San Fernando City…
Jahvel ‘Jahvy Ambassador’ Morrison
April 20, 2026

Jahvy Ambassador to go to court on Thursday, April 30, Jaii Frais to appear on Wednesday

Music producer Jahvel ‘Jahvy Ambassador’ Morrison, one of the accused in the shooting incident at Big Wall, is to go to court on Thursday, April 30. Morrison, a licensed firearm holder, was on…
Francesca Tavares, Attorney-at-Law
April 20, 2026

Francesca Tavares | On War and the West: The crisis of values and the necessity of clarity

In the contemporary global landscape, a dangerous fog has descended upon the concepts of power, justice, and international order. For the Caribbean – a region whose stability is inextricably linked…