GENEVA, Switzerland(AFP)—More than 50,000 people are missing after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, the United Nations' aid chief said Friday, warning that the death toll was likely to "rise significantly". "It's a very, very complex emergency response," Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told AFP in an interview. "We've got over 50,000 people missing, over 500 people dead, so a massive job to go...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is calling for an official investigation into a viral incident involving an off-duty cop and a student aboard a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus. The advocacy group says it is deeply concerned by a video circulating on social media in which a young student alleges she was ordered by an off-duty policewoman to leave a JUTC bus despite having already paid...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Human Rights Isat Buchanan has reaffirmed the Opposition's support for Jamaica becoming a republic while insisting that true constitutional reform must include full judicial independence and meaningful national consensus. Buchanan, making his contribution to the 2026/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, argued that Jamaica should not pursue what he described as a "half-finished decolonisation" by removing the British...

Recording artiste Nyle Banks is spreading a message of positivity and motivation with his latest track, Progress & Greatness, produced by Guxxie Music and Top Global Production and released earlier this month. According to the artiste, whose real name is Nicholas Levy, the song was created to inspire young people to focus on growth and purpose rather than negative influences and fleeting trends. “Most youths are singing about what dem...

GENEVA, Switzerland(AFP)—More than 50,000 people are missing after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, the United Nations' aid chief said Friday, warning that the death toll was likely to "rise significantly". "It's a very, very complex emergency response," Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told AFP in an interview. "We've got over 50,000 people missing, over 500 people dead, so a massive job to go...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Financial Investigations Division (FID) has secured cash forfeiture orders in two parish court matters totalling more than $2 million, along with foreign currency. The FID, in its capacity as Jamaica's Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), said the orders were handed down by the St Ann's Bay Parish Court on June 24 and the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court Civil...

Dancehall artiste Iyara, whose hit songs include GOAT Get Weh and Big Vibe (Arubadubadu), knows the importance of staying true to his female fan base. His latest single, Bad Gyal, the follow-up to the Hill and Gully rhythm-driven Mama and Papa, pays homage to his female fans. “I realised that I needed to pay my female fans more attention. Once you have the females in your corner, wherever they go,...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled some Caribbean islands on Friday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies reported. It said that the event occurred at 7:19 am (local time) and was at a depth of 10 kilometres. It was felt in the nearby cities of Point-à-Pitre, the capital of the French-island of Guadeloupe, Roseau, Dominica...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) has announced the appointment of veteran agriculturalist, educator and business executive, Everett Hyatt, as its new director general, effective June 22, 2026. Hyatt assumes leadership of the authority, succeeding Wayne Hunter, who served as acting director general from August 2023 to June 2026. JACRA, in a press release on Friday, said Hunter played an instrumental role in advancing JACRA's mandate...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is calling on the Government to immediately publish the full details of the reported third-country nationals (TCN) arrangement with the United States (US). “As Jamaica continues to face challenges related to healthcare, housing, crime, youth unemployment, and economic insecurity, Jamaica’s youth have a right to know why the Government is pursuing an agreement that could have significant legal, financial and social...