WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) —  United States (US) consumer inflation surged to a fresh three-year high in May, according to official data released Wednesday, as increased energy prices rippled through the world's largest economy. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.2 per cent year-on-year, up from April's 3.8 per cent figure, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said. It was the highest reading since April 2023, according to official data,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) says it is deeply saddened by reports confirming the death of 13-year-old Excelsior High School student, Kemelia Paul. The teen reportedly succumbed to injuries sustained after being stabbed while attempting to break up a fight at her home in Harbour View, St Andrew. Kemelia’s journey was intensely followed by Jamaicans after news broke of her condition. She was initially in a coma and...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A visit aboard the USS Nimitz, one of the world's largest and most advanced aircraft carriers, has reinforced for the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) the critical role radio frequency spectrum plays in maritime safety, navigation and national security. During a tour of the nuclear-powered vessel while it was docked at the Kingston Freeport Terminal, SMA officials gained firsthand insight into the sophisticated communications, surveillance and aviation systems...

PARIS, France (AFP) — Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday said that global forecasters were increasingly confident that a very strong El Nino warming weather pattern could develop later this year. "From May 1st to June 1st all models effectively shifted upward their predictions," the service's director Carlo Buontempo told AFP of the latest monthly El Nino forecast. "The odds are strongly in favour of a moderate to strong,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has once again been recognised as the international tourism board providing the Best Travel Advisor Support at the TravelAge West WAVE Awards, presented June 4 at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, California. The recognition marks the 14th time Jamaica has claimed the title across the 21-year history of the WAVE Awards. Describing the award as an “unmatched run”, the JTB says it affirms the destination’s...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning for questioning from United States (US) lawmakers over his relationship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whose network of wealthy and powerful associates has fueled years of scrutiny and conspiracy theories. Gates, one of the world's richest men and a leading philanthropist, was appearing before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — A father and a son are reportedly among four men killed Wednesday morning in an alleged confrontation with members of the security forces near the Retirement landfill in Montego Bay. The two men have so far only been identified as 'Teezy' and 'Teejay' Fairclough. Teezy, the elder, is a tractor operator who works on the nearby quarry and Teejay is a security guard at the same...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — An accused man was ordered to return to court in September to answer to charges in a $93 million fraud case when he appeared at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Ricardo Dennis was recently arrested as part of an investigation already before the courts and involving several other accused. He is charged with conspiracy to defraud, engaging in transactions involving criminal...

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ST JAMES, Jamaica —  Four men were reportedly killed in an alleged confrontation with members of the security forces near the Retirement landfill in Montego Bay on Wednesday morning. Reports coming forward so far are that the men were killed near a quarry in St Johns, just metres from the Retirement dump. The identities of the deceased have not yet been ascertained. The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) has dispatched a team...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism and Linkages Andrea Purkiss, says in her constituency and others, very few people are benefitting from the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP) designed to assist hospitality workers after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Speaking during her maiden sectoral contribution in Parliament on Tuesday, the Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament said that from her constituency office alone, 30 names of tourism workers were...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A young woman is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to several charges in a case brought by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA). Briana Smikle pleaded guilty in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday to several counts of receiving stolen property and engaging in transactions involving stolen property after attorneys from MOCA alleged that she had received money on different occasions that...