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WiredJA News Team News 05 كانون2/يناير 2026

JAMAICA | Money Under the Mattress - $322 Billion, Jamaicans Stockpiling Currency at Record Rates

By WiredJa Staff

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 5, 2026 - The Bank of Jamaica's latest currency data tells a story that no press release can sanitize: Jamaicans are hoarding cash at levels not seen in years, and Hurricane Melissa's shadow looms large over every crumpled note stuffed under mattresses from Negril to Morant Bay.

WiredJA News Team News 05 كانون2/يناير 2026

JAMAICA | Money Under the Mattress - $322 Billion, Jamaicans Stockpiling Currency at Record Rates

Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle

ANTIGUA Not a Dumping Ground: Pringle Blast Browne over Secret US Deportee Deal

ST JOHN’S ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, January 4, 2026 - In words that landed like a gauntlet thrown at the feet of the Browne administration, Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle has issued...

WiredJA News Team News 04 كانون2/يناير 2026

Cuban President Miguel Daz Canel has called the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a "criminal act"

CUBA Denounces US "Kidnapping" of Maduro as "Fascist Aggression," Warns Region Under Threat

HAVANA/CARACAS , January 3, 2026- — Cuba issued a blistering condemnation of the United States early Saturday, hours after US forces conducted military strikes in Venezuela and seized President Nicolás...

WiredJA News Team News 04 كانون2/يناير 2026

US President Donald Trump at a press conference on Saturday January 3, 2025 after his regime's incursion into Venezuela kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro.

VENEZUELA | "We're Going to Run It": Trump Unveils Colonial-Era Oil Grab After Kidnapping Venezuelan President

U.S. president announces American companies will "fix" Venezuelan infrastructure, sell oil globally—after seizing sovereign nation's elected leader WASHINGTON/CARACAS — In a stunning declaration that echoes 19th-century gunboat diplomacy, U.S. President Donald...

WiredJA News Team News 03 كانون2/يناير 2026

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro being kidnapped by United States soldiers in Venezuela

Its Venezuelan Oil, Not Justice: CARICOM Silent as Trump Attacks, Kidnaps Maduro

When bombs fell on Caracas, Caribbean leaders mastered the art of saying nothing MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, January 3, 2026 - In the early hours of Saturday, January 3, 2026, the United...

WiredJA News Team News 03 كانون2/يناير 2026

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

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,...

WiredJA News Team News 02 كانون2/يناير 2026

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 كانون2/يناير 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 كانون1/ديسمبر 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 كانون1/ديسمبر 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 كانون1/ديسمبر 2025

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