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April 18, 2026 | News
Defence attorney Isat Buchanan has raised concerns about what he describes as a troubling signal being sent by law enforcement following charges laid against popular podcaster Jhaedee Richards, more popularly known as Jaii Frais, in connection with Sunday’s shooting incident at a carnival afterparty in St Andrew. Buchanan said the decision to charge his client risks discouraging Jamaicans from defending themselves in life-threatening situations.
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Man charged with defrauding ex in $3M car deal gets bail

A man accused of defrauding his ex-girlfriend of more than $3 million in a car deal was granted $400,000 bail in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday. The accused, Tevin Thomas, is answering to a charge of fraudulent conversion. His attorney, Odane Marston, told the court on Friday that it was an informal incident and that his client intends to make restitution to the complainant. Acting Senior Parish Court Judge Janelle Nelson-Gayle granted bail on condition that Thomas surrenders his travel documents and reappears in court on April 21.
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Four charged in relation to St Ann bar heist

Four men have been charged with multiple offences following an armed robbery in Beecher Town, St Ann, on April 5. The accused are 39-year-old Ricardo Thompson, 24-year-old Rodean Brown, and 33-year-old Niecko Nelson, all of Spanish Town, as well as 28-year-old Romeo Matthews of Red Hills, St Andrew. The St Ann’s Bay police say about 10:30 p.m., the men allegedly entered a bar armed with guns. They reportedly robbed patrons of electronic devices, cash, and took alcoholic beverages valued at approximately $800,000before fleeing the area.
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Dominican Republic and Haiti to reopen airspace in May, restoring flights after more than two years

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The governments of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to reopen their airspace starting in May, allowing flights between their countries for the first time in more than two years. The decision, announced Friday in a joint statement, clears the way for connections between three Dominican airports and one serving Haiti’s northern port city of Cap-Haïtien.

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Popular vlogger Jhaedee ‘Jaii Frais’ Richards.
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Defence attorney Isat Buchanan has raised concerns about what he describes as a troubling signal being sent by law enforcement following charges laid against popular podcaster Jhaedee Richards, more popularly known as Jaii Frais, in connection with Sunday’s shooting incident at a carnival afterparty in St Andrew. Buchanan said the decision to charge his client risks discouraging Jamaicans from defending themselves in life-threatening situations.

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Weekend ‘double treat’ at Stadium

Sports fans are being promised a double treat at the National Stadium this weekend with two massive events planned for the Independence Park facility today and tomorrow. This after the organisers of Velocity Fest announced that its 19th staging, which had been previously scheduled for today, has been shifted to tomorrow making way for the Reggae Girlz clash against Guyana in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers.

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Machel Montano poses for cameras at the premiere of his documentary, ‘Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King’, held on Tuesday night at Palace Amusement’s Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew.
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Machel Montano’s ‘Like Ah Boss’ chronicles ‘epic soca year’, 40-year success

Following the Carnival in Jamaica Road March on Sunday, Machel Montano continued the soca celebrations locally with the première of his documentary, Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King, held on Tuesday night at Palace Amusement’s Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew. According to the Happiest Man Alive singer, the documentary focuses on the epic soca year that was 2015, “the year when I did the song, Like Ah Boss”. But it also chronicles his 40-year success in the music industry.

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Editorial | Dealing effectively with autism

There isn’t a handle on the true scale of autism in Jamaica. It is estimated that one in 100 children (one per cent) is diagnosed with the disorder. The absence of hard data is allowing the scale of the issue to be underestimated, but leads to delayed intervention, and policy to be reactive rather than planned. Nor is there a system to track people who suffer from autism, or other developmental disorders, across their lives, to provide policymakers with the kinds of information required to inform long-term policies to deal with these issues.

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