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25 Aug, 2026
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Man who was on the run over fatal Spanish Town stabbing arrested in St Mary, charged
A man who was on the run in connection with a fatal stabbing in Spanish Town, St Catherine in November 2025 has been charged with murder after being apprehended in St Mary. Charged is 35-year-old…
25 Aug, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | Earning the chair: Dr Brian Langrin and the long apprenticeship of a Jamaican economist
I read the news the way most Jamaicans probably did, on a phone screen, in the middle of an ordinary Monday. The Gleaner's report was short, businesslike, the kind of article that states a…
25 Aug, 2026
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Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging the region…
25 Aug, 2026
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Makeshift classrooms to be erected at Ocho Rios Primary School
Makeshift classrooms are being erected at the Ocho Rios Primary School in St Ann, to ensure that more than 1,100 students can return to a single-shift school when the 2026-2027 academic year begins in…
25 Aug, 2026
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Music icon and actor Dolly Parton dies at 80
AP – Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of…
25 Aug, 2026
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JET questions permits for wetland removal, development along Falmouth coast
Lobby group Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is taking “serious” issue with permits it claims were issued for wetland removal and development along a five-kilometre stretch of the north coast road in…
25 Aug, 2026
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Chinese humanoid robot sets new 100-meter sprint record in 8.86 sec at Beijing Games
BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors – and the fastest recorded human time. The race was part…
25 Aug, 2026
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Third shelter for abused women completed
The Government has completed its third shelter for women experiencing abuse, fulfilling its commitment to establish three safe spaces across Jamaica that provide protection and comprehensive support. …
25 Aug, 2026
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Spanish Town man fatally shot after reportedly pointing gun at police
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of an unidentified man during an alleged armed confrontation with the police in St Catherine on…