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.
Jamaica secures US$200-million hurricane bond, bigger than expected
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.
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.
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 firearm to commit a felony is 21-year-old Andre Brown, otherwise called ‘Biggs’, of Fitzgerald Avenue, Kingston 13.
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.
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 order directs bank regulators and government departments to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining loans or credit cards.
‘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’.
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 illegally or unlawfully present in the US.
St Kitts receives Caribbean nationals, including from Jamaica, deported from US The St Kitts and Nevis government is reporting that three individuals, including from Jamaica, have arrived in the country as part of an agreement with the United States to allow the transfer of specific third-country migrants.