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25 Nov, 2025
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Court halts interdiction of Dr Aujae Dixon pending outcome of constitutional challenge
The Constitutional Court has put the interdiction of medical doctor Aujae Dixon on hold pending the outcome of a legal challenge he has mounted. Dixon was removed from his job at the May Pen Hospital…
25 Nov, 2025
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PNP MPs say gov’t’s Hurricane Melissa response slow and inadequate
People’s National Party (PNP) Members of Parliament in Westmoreland, Hanover, and St Elizabeth have accused the Government of being lacking in its response to residents affected by Hurricane Melissa,…
25 Nov, 2025
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Hanover MP urges gov’t to restart rural school bus service amid transportation costs affecting students following Melissa
A call is being made for the Government to quickly resume the rural school bus programme to help offset transportation costs being faced by students who have gone back to school following the passage…
25 Nov, 2025
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Man reportedly chopped to death by mob in St Ann
An unidentified man was chopped to death early Tuesday morning in Hermitage, St Ann. The Gleaner understands that he was set upon by an angry mob about 12:10 a.m. No further details regarding the…
25 Nov, 2025
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Robbery at bar in Ginger Ridge district, St Catherine
The police in Browns Hall, St Catherine are investigating a robbery at a bar in Connors in the Ginger Ridge district. It is reported that about 1:35 on Monday morning, a female worker locked up the…
25 Nov, 2025
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Police probing shooting and suspected suicide incidents in Above Rocks
The police are now processing two crime scenes in Above Rocks, St Catherine, after a shooting and suspected suicide which investigators say are related. The Gleaner was told that in the first…
25 Nov, 2025
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Jimmy Cliff to be accorded an official funeral
Culture minister Olivia Grange says reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is to be accorded an official funeral, the details of which will be announced shortly. As the House of Representatives on Tuesday…
25 Nov, 2025
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Update |Central Village man charged in house sale scam granted $1 million bail
The Central Village, St Catherine man charged for allegedly selling a house he does not own and collecting over $2 million was today granted $1,000,000 bail with surety in the parish court. Jaheim…
25 Nov, 2025
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Gov't to lend US$150m to JPS to avoid being forced into extending licence
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says Cabinet has decided that the Government will lend US$150 million to the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to help fast-track the restoration of electricity…