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06 Sep, 2026
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Diaspora in verse - Foreign minister lauds journalist’s tribute to Jamaican community overseas
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, has lauded Garfield Angus, senior reporter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), for his literary work, Out Of Many,…
06 Sep, 2026
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One-year scorecard for Government - Political analyst, commentator note strong crime gains, persistent concerns over roads, accountability and execution
Political analyst Damion Gordon, and veteran journalist and political commentator Lloyd B. Smith have delivered mixed assessments of the Dr Andrew Holness-led administration’s first year in its…
06 Sep, 2026
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Cubans and Afghans deported from US arrive in Guyana
GEORGETOWN (AP): Guyana ‘s government said Saturday it has received the first of six deportees from the United States (US) under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation programme.…
06 Sep, 2026
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Parents urged to protect children’s health as new school year begins
Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller, is urging parents to take proactive measures to protect their children’s health as the 2026/27 academic year gets under way. He…
06 Sep, 2026
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Alston High in Clarendon mourns death of groundsman killed in Manchester crash
Grief has descended on Alston High School in Clarendon following the death of 41-year-old groundsman Opheal Hyman, one of five people killed in separate road crashes across the island on Friday. …
06 Sep, 2026
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‘Rat Poison’ remanded over fatal Central Village gun attack, case transferred to Gun Court
Forklift operator Devon ‘Rat Poison’ McPherson, who is charged with the murder of another man in Central Village, St Catherine, has been remanded and his case has been transferred to the Gun Court. …
06 Sep, 2026
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‘Tuffman’ fatally shot by police in Shelter Rock, St Catherine
A man was shot and killed by the police in Shelter Rock, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Sunday morning. He has been identified by the alias ‘Tuffman’, who is of a Jones Pen, Spanish Town, address. The…
06 Sep, 2026
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Amazon cargo plane sends up billowing cloud of smoke after overrunning runway at Miami airport
MIAMI (AP) — An Amazon cargo plane barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and bursting into flames in a crash that sent thick black smoke billowing…
06 Sep, 2026
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Yaakov Raskin | Bringing the Sabbath into every ordinary day?
Whenever New Year’s Day falls on a Friday or a Monday, people rejoice. A three-day weekend! Now, we can take a vacation, go to the beach, and turn what would normally have been two separate days off…