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01 May, 2026
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FLOW’s Price backs NaRRA push to cut telecoms rollout delays
WESTERN BUREAU: Stephen Price, vice-president and general manager of FLOW Jamaica, is endorsing the proposed establishment of the National Regulatory Reform Authority (NaRRA), arguing that Jamaica…
30 Apr, 2026
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Judge sentences Ugandan man to death following speedy trial for killing four children
WAKISO, Uganda (AP) — A judge on Thursday sentenced a Ugandan man to death after rejecting his insanity plea in the killings of four children in a nursery school earlier this month. A crowd watching…
30 Apr, 2026
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Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air early Thursday morning as they were responding to a call of a man…
30 Apr, 2026
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Government to resume annual performance-based salary increments for public sector workers
Public sector employees are set to earn more, as the Government is to resume annual performance-based salary increments for workers. The Ministry of Finance, in a media release on Thursday,…
30 Apr, 2026
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Brown-Burke’s acceptance of wrongdoing in Parliament incomplete; apology required, says JLP
The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is maintaining that South West St Andrew Member of Parliament, Dr Angela Brown-Burke, has not gone far enough in taking responsibility for her conduct in…
30 Apr, 2026
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Decomposing body of man found in Rio Cobre
Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Police Division are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Rio Cobre in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday. The police report…
30 Apr, 2026
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Former St Catherine call centre employee pleads guilty to using co-worker’s bank card, gets probation
A former employee at a St Catherine call centre who pleaded guilty to using a co-worker’s bank card to make online purchases was today given two years’ probation in the circuit court. Le Andrew…
30 Apr, 2026
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Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears was charged in California on Thursday with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, authorities said. The 44-year-old pop star was charged with a single…
30 Apr, 2026
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St Catherine fisherman ordered to pay $360,000 in restitution, gets suspended sentence for machete attack
A fisherman from Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, was today given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay $360,000 in restitution for chopping a man with a machete during a dispute. Omeally…