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30 Oct, 2026
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Legacy of Brian St. Juste celebrated at funeral service
Tears flowed freely, but there was laughter too, as world-renowned saxophonist Dean Fraser belted out Ave Maria through the Sts Peter and Paul Church in St Andrew at the funeral of renowned filmmaker…
30 Oct, 2026
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Long-awaited Ranko Gang trial set for April 2027
The long-awaited trial of the eight people accused of being members of the Clarendon-based Ranko Gang, which prosecutors allege was led by a police constable, has been set for April 5 next year. The…
30 Oct, 2026
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Green defends handling of Cuba motion in Parliament
Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Floyd Green has rejected claims by Opposition counterpart Phillip Paulwell that the Opposition was deceived in the handling of the motion…
30 Oct, 2026
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Commerce Ministry receives 2,000 applications for small business restoration grant
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has received approximately 2,000 completed applications for its $500-million Small Business Restoration Grant, aimed at helping micro and small…
30 Oct, 2026
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Associations representing lawyers oppose 20-year minimum gun sentence proposal, want judicial discretion
Two associations representing lawyers have come out against a recommendation by the National Security Council to increase the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession from 15 to 20 years…
30 Oct, 2026
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Holness welcomes UK PM's willingness to discuss slavery apology
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaica welcomes news that United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated that he is open to calls for Britain to formally apologise for chattel slavery…
30 Oct, 2026
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Man fined $200,000 after pitbulls maul jogger in Spanish Town
A St Catherine man whose two pitbull dogs escaped his yard and mauled a man jogging along Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town was fined $200,000 or 30 days in prison when he appeared in the parish court…
30 Oct, 2026
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First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong search
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first body was recovered on Friday from the rubble of a multistorey building that collapsed a week ago in Kenya’s capital, with 16 people still missing. Authorities had…
29 Oct, 2026
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Jamaica shifts on Cuba - Gov’t defends abstention from US embargo vote as critics question historic policy change
The Government of Jamaica owes its citizens a better explanation for why it abstained from the United Nations General Assembly vote on the United States’ (US) embargo against Cuba, a political analyst…