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WiredJA News Team News 02 January 2026

JAMAICA | PNP Calls for Independent Investigation as Child Among Three Dead in New Year's Day Security Forces Encounter

Community demands answers as child becomes latest casualty in police encounter that should never have claimed innocent life

KINGSTON, Jamaica January 2, 2026 - The new year arrived in Brown's Lane, Granville, St. James, not with celebration but with gunfire, grief, and the incomprehensible: a four-year-old child lying dead alongside two adult males after an encounter with Jamaica's security forces.

WiredJA News Team News 02 January 2026

People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of National Security, Fitz Jackson

Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis The Hon. Dr Terrance Drew, assumed duties as Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 1 January until 30 June 2026.

CARICOM | St. Kitts PM Dr. Terrence Drew inherits chairmanship amid public disagreements and external pressure

St. Kitts PM Dr. Terrence Drew inherits chairmanship amid public disagreements and external pressure—but can rhetoric translate to action? MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, January 2, 2026 - When Dr. Terrence Drew assumed...

WiredJA News Team News 02 January 2026

Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland, Dwayne Vaz

JAMAICA | Promises Broken, Families Betrayed: The Petersfield Shelter Crisis

Government prepares to displace 86 Hurricane Melissa survivors—including 46 children—despite ministerial assurances of protection MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica December 31, 2025 - Forty-six children are about to learn a harsh lesson about...

WiredJA News Team News 31 December 2025

Former SSL director Hugh Croskery, his daughter, former Montego Bay branch manager Sarah Meany, and ex-CEO Zachary Harding are facing fraud-related charges.

JAMAICA | Two Years, $30 Million, and Finally Handcuffs: SSL Executives Face the Law

Pre-dawn raids deliver long-awaited arrests in Jamaica's most notorious financial fraud case—but will justice follow? The knock came before sunrise. Coordinated operations across St Andrew and St James on Saturday morning...

WiredJA News Team News 30 December 2025

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby instructed his government to suspend visa issuance to U.S. citizens.

AFRICA | The Diplomatic Boomerang of Trump's Travel Ban: A Reciprocal Ban on Americans

Three nations have answered Washington's restrictions with their own bans on Americans—exposing the fragility of U.S. diplomatic dominance When President Donald Trump signed his expanded travel ban on December 16, 2025,...

WiredJA News Team News 29 December 2025

CARIBBEAN | Brussels Tightens the Noose: Caribbean CBI Programs Face EU Visa Access Threat

European Parliament's legislative push could force Caribbean nations to choose between economic sovereignty and Schengen access MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 29, 2025 - The European Parliament has drawn a line in...

WiredJA News Team News 29 December 2025

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the nation’s top military commander and de facto head of state ( Left) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as “Hemedti,” Burhan’s second-in-command.

Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict

Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions and killing in excess of 150,000 people – making it among the most deadly conflicts in...

The Conversation News 28 December 2025

People gather at the site of the US air strike in Jabo Garin Maigari village in northern Nigeria [Reuters]

NIGERIA | Christmas Missiles in the Sahel: When 'Saving Christians' Masks Strategic Desperation

US strikes on Muslim-majority Sokoto State reveal Washington's scramble to maintain African foothold after regional expulsions ABUJA, Nigeria, December 28, 2025 - Twelve Tomahawk cruise missiles streaked through the Christmas night...

WiredJA News Team News 28 December 2025

Leader of the United Progressive Party and Opposition Leader Hon. Jamale Pringle

ANTIGUA | Boxing Day Interrogation: When Law Enforcement Becomes Political Theatre in Antigua

Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle's Boxing Day police questioning exposes Caribbean's weaponized justice systems ST. JOHN’S ANTIGUA - December 26, 2025 - An opposition leader summoned for police questioning on Boxing Day—based...

WiredJA News Team News 26 December 2025

CARIBBEAN | The Oil Blockade Boomerang: How Trump's Venezuela Stranglehold Threatens Caribbean Sovereignty

As Bernie Sanders warns against illegal war, the Caribbean watches its worst nightmare unfold in real-time MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA - December 26, 2025 - The scene unfolding in Caribbean waters should...

WiredJA News Team News 26 December 2025

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