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  The security guard who was charged in relation to an explosion at the Bank of Nova Scotia Branch in Port Antonio, Portland was unable to appear in court yesterday (Tues), as he remains hospitalized. Calvin Hill was charged on May 5, for the offences of arson, housebreaking and creating public mischief. Reports are that on April 23, the explosion, and subsequent...

  Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas. US officials said the gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School - which teaches children aged seven to 10 - in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement. Investigators say the 18-year-old suspect had a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic...

  Two Jamaicans were arrested yesterday (Tues) in connection with a complex money-laundering scheme that allegedly moved millions of dollars in drug proceeds from Colombian Cartels through United States banks. The Jamaicans were among nineteen people indicted. The charges brought in a Massachusetts Federal Court are the result of a five-year investigation into the money laundering organization based in Colombia. The U.S Justice...

  Will Smith has been out of the public eye since slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, but now his name is back in the headlines. On Friday May 20, legendary talk show host David Letterman launched a new season of his Netflix show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction', with one of the episodes featuring Will Smith prior...

  The head coach for the NBA's Golden State Warriors, a team based in San Francisco, refused to talk about basketball during a news conference and instead delivered an emotional speech condemning gun violence in the United States. On Tuesday, 19 young children and two adults died in a shooting in south Texas, after a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary...

An Islamic State sympathiser planned to murder former US President George W Bush but the plot was discovered by the FBI, US authorities have revealed. The suspect, a resident of Ohio, allegedly sought to have Iraqi operatives smuggled into the US from Mexico for the operation. He is now in custody and appeared at a federal court in Ohio on Tuesday. The...

With Jamaica’s COVID-19 cases now surpassing four hundred new infections daily, Opposition Spokesman on Health, Dr Morais Guy is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to act immediately on his intention to re-impose the mask mandate. On Friday, the Prime Minister said the mask mandate would be re-instated in short order. The Prime Minister’s statement followed confirmation that the country is experiencing...

With the nation’s students now sitting the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC’s) written examinations, high school principals across the island are hoping the exams will go smoothly. This is the third year students are undertaking the exams, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exams started yesterday (May 23) and are slated to end on July 1. The results are expected to be released in...

Dancehall entertainer Skeng will miss his latest overseas gig after he was prevented from boarding a flight this afternoon. The entertainer was also charged with Disorderly Behaviour and Resisting Arrest following an argument with airport officials at the Norman Manley International Airport. The 21-year-old was embroiled in a verbal confrontation with a member of port security. Skeng was offered station bail and...

In case you did not know what the current protocols were, let us get you up to speed. Skeng and Tommy Lee just set the new record for the most streamed song in Jamaica across all official YouTube platforms with ‘Protocol’. The song has so far amassed over 11,251,088 streams on YouTube and spent 27 weeks on the YouTube weekly...