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28 May, 2026
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Cabbie gunned down at taxi stand in Linstead
The Linstead police in St Catherine are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a taxi operator along Zepherton main road on Thursday morning.
28 May, 2026
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Beryllium: Man dies after garage explosion; two others airlifted to US for treatment
Security company Beryllium Limited says it has moved to provide critical medical assistance and support to the persons who were injured in an explosion and fire at a garage facility adjacent to its…
28 May, 2026
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Meteorological service cautions against hurricane complacency
Although a below-average hurricane season is anticipated this year, Climate Services Manager at the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Jacqueline Spence-Hemmings, is emphasising that there is no room…
28 May, 2026
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Brazil star Neymar injured and unlikely to be fit for first game at World Cup
Picking injury-prone Neymar in Brazil’s World Cup squad seemed a risk and so it proved just 10 days later on Thursday.
28 May, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | Sending Home [Part II]: The Digital Crossing
Even formal systems proved vulnerable, however. In the early 2010s, diaspora senders began to notice something was wrong. Transfers that had moved reliably for years suddenly slowed. Accounts were…
28 May, 2026
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Scores of residents in Manchester receive land titles
One hundred and twenty-four residents in Manchester received land titles from the National Land Agency (NLA) during a ceremony held at the Garden Hotel in Mandeville on May 27.
28 May, 2026
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US Treasury Secretary Bessent confirms limited steps toward a $250 bill featuring Donald Trump
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his department has prepared the design for a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump, anticipating the passage of stalled legislation in Congress…
28 May, 2026
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France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code
For nearly two centuries after France abolished slavery, the colonial-era law that classified humans as property has remained quietly on the books. On Thursday, the lower house of Parliament voted to…
28 May, 2026
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‘Tutu’ charged in murder of St Catherine farmer
A 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with the murder of 62-year-old farmer Clement Mills and the injury of Mills’ wife during a gun attack in St Catherine earlier this month.