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28 Oct, 2026
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Civil service boss hits back at PM’s sabotage claims
Accusations by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness that unnamed public sector workers are trying to sabotage government policies and programmes have drawn the ire of the president of the Jamaica Civil…
28 Oct, 2026
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Elizabeth Morgan | King Charles III’s Caribbean visit, as seen from regional and British media reporting
King Charles III will be paying an official visit to the Caribbean from Tuesday, October 27 to Wednesday, November 4. He will be visiting the Bahamas from October 27-29 as head of state; Guyana from…
28 Oct, 2026
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Miami firm buys Jamaican drone, AI business in US$225,000 deal that could rise 14-fold
AIBotics Inc, a Miami-based technology company, has acquired the drone, mapping and artificial intelligence (AI) business of Jamaica’s PlayJamaica Ltd in a deal initially worth US$225,000 but could…
28 Oct, 2026
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Fitness partners get engaged at Kiwanis Club 5K
WESTERN BUREAU: Five years after financial adviser Natasha Rhoden took on fitness trainer Errol Granston as a client, their shared passion for fitness has brought them to a new milestone in their…
28 Oct, 2026
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A safe space to grow - New Child Mental Health Centre opens in St Elizabeth
A child who struggles to communicate may have a great deal to express but needs a different way to do so. A child who behaves differently from peers is not necessarily deliberately difficult; and a…
27 Oct, 2026
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US Supreme Court won’t intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in a dispute over a Biden-era immigration regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause some deportation…
27 Oct, 2026
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Flooding in Haiti and Dominican Republic causes deaths and destroys homes, officials say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing at least four people and cutting off dozens of communities, authorities said…
27 Oct, 2026
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Four charged over alleged US$30,000 jewellery robbery, extortion of man in St Ann
The police in St Ann have charged four men in connection with an incident in which a man was held up at gunpoint and robbed of jewellery valued at approximately US$30,000 as he was leaving an event…
27 Oct, 2026
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National Bakery eyes summer 2027 for opening of bread plant in Montego Bay
National Bakery is aiming to have its new bread plant in Montego Bay, St James, up and running by summer next year, and should commence some activities in time for next Easter. Craig Hendrickson, who…