JAMAICA NOW: Elderly woman's mummified body found | Big hike for US visa | Loop, SportsMax shut down
Jul 12th, 2025 | Category: Jamaica Now | 15:03#JamaicaGleaner #JamaicaNow JULY 12, 2025: Caregiver charged after mummified body of elderly woman found in Westmoreland home… The deliveryman hired by Constable Noel Maitland to remove a sofa from his New Kingston apartment says Maitland told him “everything would be okay” after police seized his truck during their investigation… The Government defends billion-dollar rural school bus plan amid PNP criticism over imported used buses… A St Thomas councillor is raising alarm over what he says is an outrageous rent increase facing the municipal corporation as it prepares to relocate to the new Morant Bay Urban Centre… Jamaica’s Parliament is now on summer recess, clearing the way for intensified political campaigning ahead of a widely expected general election by September… Big hike
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