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24 Sep, 2026
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Back-to-school lunches made easy
With school back in session, parents are once again faced with one of the week’s most persistent questions: What am I packing for lunch tomorrow? Between early mornings, work, school runs and…
23 Sep, 2026
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Ahead of Caribbean Week of Agriculture, Jamaica Red Cross donates $192 million to support local sector
The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) has donated $192 million in a symbolic gesture to support the local agriculture sector as the region gears up for the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which will…
23 Sep, 2026
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Congo is running short of health workers as Ebola remains out of control, WHO says
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases…
23 Sep, 2026
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Three-month-old baby found, taken to Bog Walk Police Station
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that a three-month-old baby was found by a concerned citizen today and brought to the Bog Walk Police Station in St Catherine. The JCF says the…
23 Sep, 2026
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Green announces additional $50 million for drought mitigation programme
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has announced an additional $50 million for the drought-intervention programme, targeting water storage and drip irrigation systems. He…
23 Sep, 2026
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Linstead man fined $40,000 for driving on suspended licence
A 24-year-old St Catherine man who was stopped on a highway while driving with a licence that was suspended was on Tuesday sentenced to $40,000 or 24 days’ imprisonment in the St Catherine Parish…
23 Sep, 2026
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Gas prices up
Motorists will pay more for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $3.06 to sell for $212.68 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $3.06 to…
23 Sep, 2026
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Three men charged in St Ann robbery spree
A 19-year-old is among three men charged by the police in St Ann in relation to recent robberies. They are Maleke McLeod, otherwise called ‘Egg Head’, 20-year-old Rockeme Stone, otherwise called…