Jamaica Gleaner

Wed, 20 May 2026 13:10:42 -0400
One of two Westmoreland men held in alleged Mandela Highway drug bust gets $700,000 bail
One of two men who were arrested and charged following the alleged seizure of cocaine and ganja during a traffic stop along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine has been granted $700,000 bail with surety.

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:11:01 -0400
Gov’t intensifying investment in early childhood education, says Crawford
State Minister in the Ministry of Education Rhoda Moy Crawford says the Government is pursuing a multi-pronged strategy backed by significant investment to strengthen the quality of early childhood education across the country.

Wed, 20 May 2026 13:19:01 -0400
Jamaica secures US$200-million hurricane bond, bigger than expected

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:26:11 -0400
Guyana defends increase in fuel prices
The Guyana government has blamed rising global oil prices for the increase in fuel prices, even as the Irfaan Ali administration says it has been absorbing billions of dollars in a bid to cushion the population from the impact.

Wed, 20 May 2026 13:41:00 -0400
Man killed in St Mary hit-and-run
The St Mary police are investigating the death of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run along the Heywood Hall main road on Tuesday night.

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:39:11 -0400
Man accused of fatal St Andrew gun attack captured in St Ann, charged
A man accused of carrying out a fatal gun attack in St Andrew earlier this year has been apprehended in St Ann and charged by the police. Charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, and using a firea...

Wed, 20 May 2026 13:44:14 -0400
US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government.

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:45:39 -0400
Trump orders US banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his administration’s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally. The ord...

Wed, 20 May 2026 09:36:34 -0400
‘Bomma’ killed in alleged police confrontation in Cassava Piece
A man was fatally shot by the police in Cassava Piece, St Andrew, early this morning during an alleged confrontation. He has been identified by the police as Orlando Salmon, otherwise called ‘Bomma’.

Wed, 20 May 2026 14:20:49 -0400
Jamaican man who fled custody twice and wanted for murder in St Lucia jailed in US
Orville Andrew Pernell, the Jamaican man who fled custody in St Lucia, where he was wanted for murder, and who also escaped custody while in Jamaica, has been sentenced to federal prison in the United States for possession of a firearm by an alien il...

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