JAMAICA NOW: Dudus’ sentence reduced | US streamer IShowSpeed in Ja | Gospel singer Kukudoo dies

#JamaicaGleaner #JamaicaNow MAY 9, 2026: Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke free in less than two years after another sentence reduction… The Health and Wellness Ministry says the island has recorded no cases of Hantavirus… Parliament's mace row refuses to die… The Government says it will appeal the Landmark Constitutional Court ruling that struck down Prime Minister Andrew Holness' decision to override the environmental regulator and grant a mining permit for an ecologically sensitive area of St Ann… A review committee has concluded that the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is effectively in an "intensive care unit" state, crippled by decades of governance failures that have left it financially distressed and structurally dysfunctional… Police in St Thomas have seized more than $400 million dollars worth of cocaine… Manchester's murder surge - 180 per cent up, even as Jamaica's overall numbers fall… Two former St Catherine policemen convicted of corruption have been fined $500 thousand dollars each… Gospel singer Kukudoo, known for his dead yard performances, has died… Popular streamer and online personality IShowSpeed arrived in Jamaica on Thursday as part of a regional tour… Jamaican and Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw has won the Football Writers' Association Women's Footballer of the Year Award.

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