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07 Jun, 2026
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Golding family earnings dip by more than $30m in 2024, IC report shows
The Integrity Commission (IC) has published a summary of the income, assets and liabilities of Opposition Leader Mark Golding, his spouse and children for 2024 in today’s edition of The Sunday…
07 Jun, 2026
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JDF urges patience as probe begins into Up Park Camp barracks fire
The barracks building that was razed on Friday at Up Park Camp, the headquarters of the Jamaican military, was flagged by soldiers as a serious fire hazard, sources have revealed.
However, the…
07 Jun, 2026
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BLACKOUT UNCERTAINTY - National outage raises questions about grid resilience, officials still without answers
Government officials and the top executive at Jamaica’s electricity distribution monopoly were still stumped yesterday as to why a series of “significant lightning activities” near critical power…
07 Jun, 2026
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Gone without a trace - At least 40 elderly persons reported missing to police since January
Winston Watson knows the communities between Negril, Westmoreland, and Montego Bay, St James, better than he ever wanted to.
For more than two weeks, he and his relatives have criss-crossed western…
07 Jun, 2026
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Heart disease still among Jamaica's biggest killers, warns cardiologist
WESTERN BUREAU:
Heart disease remains one of Jamaica's leading causes of death, and many of its victims may not realize they are at risk until it is too late.
That is the warning from…
07 Jun, 2026
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After bypass surgery, Chang learns value of letting go
WESTERN BUREAU:
For decades, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has lived a life dictated by public service.
From student leadership at Cornwall College and The University of the West Indies to…
07 Jun, 2026
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‘I had no symptoms’ - Horace Chang reflects on mortality after open-heart surgery
WESTERN BUREAU:
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace Dr Horace Chang had just completed another gruelling election campaign.
The veteran politician, known for his…
06 Jun, 2026
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Care on ICE - Detainees across the US describe medical neglect
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, that he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention centre. A Honduran mother of two said she was…