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23 Mar, 2026
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From power to prison
Two of Jamaica’s most recent high-profile convicted killers, former policeman Noel Maitland and ex-parliamentarian Jolyan Silvera, are now housed under similar conditions inside the Tower Street Adult…
23 Mar, 2026
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Heading home with a heavy heart
Regarded as part of the ‘dream team’ of specialist ophthalmologists at St Joseph’s Hospital, Dr Roberto Mirales has spent years restoring sight to patients once condemned to darkness. Affectionately…
23 Mar, 2026
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Cameron on interdiction
The public dispute between Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake and Senior Superintendent of Police Wayne Cameron has taken a new turn, with the senior officer – who also heads the Police Officers…
23 Mar, 2026
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‘Hasta la proxima’
Cuban medics are preparing to leave Jamaica this week and Jamaicans have been showing appreciation and solidarity with the men and women of the Caribbean island that has been wilting under the…
23 Mar, 2026
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Something Extra | Monday
The cast of Imperfect Women has been making the rounds ahead of the March 18 series premiere, with stops in Los Angeles and New York. Kerry Washington, who is of Jamaican heritage, joined co-stars…
23 Mar, 2026
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Mom in the margins
Although she spends every school day assisting her seven-year-old son in class, Janice Tulloch Parkinson is not officially recognised as his “shadow”, a role defined and regulated by the Ministry of…
23 Mar, 2026
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UWI gives platform to close-in-age defence debate
From the benches of Parliament to the debating society at The University of the West Indies (UWI), arguments for and against legalising consensual sex among minors continue to stir opposing views,…
23 Mar, 2026
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Brazil’s president slams ‘interference’ in previously colonised countries
BOGOTA (AP) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised what he called the return of a colonial approach toward developing nations during a summit in Colombia on Saturday, pointing to…
23 Mar, 2026
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Power being restored after nationwide grid collapse
HAVANA (AP) Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for the third time this month. Some 72,000…