UPDATE: AIC boss Michael Lee Chin will face more questions from anxious AIC bondholders this week. The trustee for the corporate bonds has scheduled bondholders meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday for Specialty Coffee and Portland Barbados.

NEWS: Billionaire businessman Michael Lee Chin wants AIC bondholders to grant an extension to October 2027 for the payment of their principal. Bondholders have been unhappy over the two-quarter delinquency in interest payments and there is now deep worry about their investment.

DEVELOPING STORY: There has been another cyber attack at the Manchester-based Northern Caribbean University. This is the second attack in three years at NCU. Students have been advised that their private information may be publicised.

Two women were shot dead and three other people injured during a candlelight vigil near Nashville Plaza in Mandeville last night. A 12-year-old child is among the injured. The shooting happened during a dispute among a licensed firearm holder and others. He has surrendered to the police.

Operations at Kingston Public Hospital significantly scaled down amid air-conditioning problem. The Accident & Emergency Department, Operating Theatre, Recovery Room and the Intensive Care Unit are particularly affected. Critical emergency surgical and ICU care restricted.

Linton Gordon, attorney for Usain Bolt, has denied claims that Bolt's company, did not properly transfer funds to #SSL.

"All funds lodged at SSL by Bolt’s company were transferred via bank transactions and each and every payment was acknowledged by the institution in writing."

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced three impending appointments to the Senate to fill vacancies on the government benches.

They are:

🔘 Delano Seiveright, Strategist and Senior Advisor to the Tourism Minister

🔘 Marlon Morgan, Communication Specialist

🔘 Dr Elon Thompson, Urologist

#ElectionWatch: #JLP General Secretary Dr Horace Chang says the party will this month complete its list of 63 prospective candidates for the 2025 General Election. However, he has reiterated to Nationwide's Cliff Hughes that candidates are only certain after they are announced (nominated).

Dancehall artiste Kiprich has been criminally charged. Kiprich whose given name is Marlon Plunkett has been charged with use of audio and audiovisual communication to promote criminal activity. The police say he used a song to endorse violence and paid tribute to the One Order Gang.

The UK-based Privy Council will tomorrow (Tuesday) hand down judgment in the long-running case of Private Power Operators Ltd vs Jamaica's Industrial Disputes Tribunal. The matter involves the alleged unjustifiable dismissal of workers amid a purported redundancy exercise in June, 2013.

Jamaican holders of American green cards are being warned to adhere to the rules to maintain the legitimacy of their card when travelling outside of the United States.

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