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June 3, 2026, 9:13 pm
Update | US grants visa to Haitian football player to join team for World Cup
- The United States government has given a visa to Woodensky Pierre, the only member of Haiti’s national football team who lives in the Caribbean country, to travel and participate in the World Cup, an official said Tuesday.
Nine students appear in court over Kenya school arson that killed 16 girls
- Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya appeared in court on Tuesday.
Campbell calls for greater investment in agriculture to boost food security
- Opposition Spokesman on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security, Dr Dayton Campbell, is calling for greater investment in Jamaica’s agricultural sector, arguing that the industry remains critical to job creation, poverty reduction, and the country’s economic independence.
IC: FLA ‘manipulated’ database and dead man logged in ammo purchase; server crash wiped key evidence
- A Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) database was “manipulated” to record an ammunition purchase by a dead man, and the server holding evidence of who gave the order has been destroyed, says an Integrity Commission report.
St Andrew event promoter fined, ordered to apologise after offering cop $10,000 bribe
- A St Andrew event promoter was today fined a total of $110,000 in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after pleading guilty to attempting to bribe police officers who turned up to shut down a party in Bowden Hill, Stony Hill, that was being held without authorisation.
Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75
- Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin,” has died.
Wheatley unveils framework to strengthen science and technology sector
- Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr Andrew Wheatley, has unveiled a National Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) architecture dubbed the “House of Innovation”, aimed at transforming Jamaica’s innovation landscape and driving economic growth.
Murder case against son accused of killing 80-y-o mother delayed over lack of interpreter
- The murder case against Paulo Grant, who is accused of killing his 80-year-old mother, whose body was found in an advanced state of decomposition, was stalled on Tuesday in the St Catherine Parish Court due to the absence of an interpreter.
Importance of UHWI must be protected, says outgoing CEO
- With his tenure as acting chief executive officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) set to expire on June 10, Eric Hosin has made an impassioned plea for everything possible to be done to protect and preserve the institution, especially for the poor and needy.
PAHO urges countries to be vigilant ahead of World Cup
- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Tuesday said there has been a sustained increase in measles cases both globally and across the Americas as the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11.
