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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—A United States (US) jury on Wednesday found that entertainment giant Live Nation wielded monopoly power at its Ticketmaster business, violating federal and state antitrust laws, according to California's attorney general. A verdict that could have profound repercussions in the concert world came after four days of deliberations, and remedies could include breaking up Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster liable for anti...
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—The BBC revealed on Wednesday that the British broadcasting corporation is set to cut up to 2,000 jobs in the next two years amid a challenging media landscape. The BBC's interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies said in a statement to staff that 'while we still have to work through the detail, we anticipate the overall number of jobs will fall by 1,800-2,000'. The cuts were announced on screen on BBC rolling news on Wednesday afternoon. The acting dire...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hundreds of farmers are to benefit from the Isratech Resilience Farm Tour, an initiative designed to help them recover and rebuild following the impact of Hurricane Melissa. Under the programme, being undertaken by Isratech Jamaica Limited, farmers in select parishes will receive free technical assessments and irrigation systems, seedling trays, soil and other inputs to get them back into production. It is also designed to build agricultural resilience through clima...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A carpenter has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of 39-year-old construction worker Omar Vanhorne, otherwise called ‘Jacko,’ of Georges Plain, Westmoreland on Tuesday, April 7. He has been identified as 31-year-old cabinet maker Shaun Paul Palmer, otherwise called ‘Feather,’ of Poppy Street, Frome, Westmoreland. Reports from the Westmoreland police are that about 9:30 pm, Palmer allegedly used a knife to inflict a stab wound to Vanhorne’s chest du...
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding employers and tax payers that the income tax threshold (tax-free amount) has increased to $1,902,360, up from $1,799,376 effective April 1, 2026. According to the TAJ in a media release, as the new threshold took effect on April 1, 2026, the effective tax-free amount for the full 12 months of 2026 is $1,876,614. 'This adjustment is in keeping with the announcement made by the Minister of Finance and the Public Service...
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States on Tuesday eased sanctions against Venezuela's central bank in the Trump administration's latest move to build ties with the oil-rich Latin American giant after toppling its longtime leader. The Treasury Department issued a license authorizing commercial links with the central bank and other institutions including Banco Universal, Banco Digital de los Trabajadores and Banco del Tesoro. The move will allow the Venezuelan banks to engage ...
Murder accused Damanice Tyrone Williamson, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier charged with the killing of his girlfriend Tanzanya Dunkley, raises his right hand as he is taken into court on Friday morning in Mandeville for his first appearance. The 27-year-old Williamson was charged with the murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend in Three Chains in the parish, after he confessed to killing her during a dispute last weekend. A police source said Williamson, in confessing to the killi...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is imploring persons seeking land for housing or other purposes to pursue legitimate channels and engage formally with the entity. The appeal comes as the company intensifies efforts to address the growing issue of illegal occupation and unauthorised sale of Government-owned former sugar lands across several parishes. Speaking with JIS News, Managing Director, Nigel Myrie, said there has been an increase in encroachment on lands historica...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Popular podcaster Jhaedee “Jaii Frais” Richards has retained attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan after an incident that left him and two other people nursing gunshot wounds after carnival festivities Sunday night at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St Andrew. Richards, who has been detained in connection with the incident, appeared in court on Wednesday after a remand application by the police to keep him in lockup without charge past the 48 hours stipulated by ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A Jamaican contractor has been charged with aiding and abetting the employment of persons without work permits after eight Chinese men were found working at a construction site operation in Mineral Heights, Clarendon, on Friday, April 10. He has been identified as 39-year-old Lei Gao, a naturalised Jamaican contractor of Heifer Run, Toll Gate, Clarendon, who has been slapped with eight counts of aiding and abetting the employment of persons without work permits. The e...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is welcoming the announcement by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development that all remaining Hurricane Melissa shelterees currently housed in school shelters will be relocated to suitable accommodations by May 8. The announcement follows concerns raised by President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Dr Mark Malabver that students are being given a front-row seat to sex acts engaged in by Hurricane Meli...
Legendary sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been announced as a Laureus Ambassador. The Jamaican, who is the 2023 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, is the latest global superstar to join the Laureus movement in the role. In making the announcement, Laureaus noted in a release that Fraser-Pryce’s “dedication to using the power of sport to bring change to her community mirrors the mission at the heart of the Laureus movement and the reason an increasing number of top internationa...
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica’s national senior women’s football team, the ‘Reggae Girlz’, are continuing to build cohesion and sharpen their execution as they progress through the CONCACAF leg of the 2025/26 FIFA World Cup W qualifiers. Speaking during a press conference on April 10, following their dominant 4-0 victory over Antigua and Barbuda at the National Stadium, team captain, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw, emphasised that the squad’s focus is on delivering a structured performance while add...
Reggae Girlz aim to take care of business vs Antigua in qualifiers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Wednesday expressed her disappointment that “not a single member” the Caribbean Community (Caricom) foreign ministers has so far defended her foreign affairs minister Sean Sobers in the controversy surrounding the reappointment of Dr Carla Barnett as Caricom secretary-general. In a statement posted on her Facebook page, Persad-Bissessar, wrote that “Caricom cannot continue to hide a corrupt ba...
