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08 May, 2026
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Nominations now open for WATA Hydrate to educate
Nominations are now open for WATA’s Hydrate to Educate initiative, with the 2026 programme set to invest more than $12 million in educational support and school development across Jamaica.
07 May, 2026
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Cuba - A solar-powered charging station brings life to a darkened island
Yudelaimys Barrero Muñoz used to spend up to three hours on the side of a highway under the blazing sun waving money at drivers as she attempted to hitch a ride from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Santa Clara,…
07 May, 2026
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Hungary - Seized cash, gold shipment worth US$82m returned to Ukraine
A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth about US$82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine’s state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
07 May, 2026
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Two charged after alleged chopping in St Mary
Two persons have been charged after a 65-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were injured in a reported chopping incident along the Annotto Bay to Islington main road in St Mary on Wednesday, the…
07 May, 2026
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FIFA triples price to J$5 million for best available tickets to the World Cup final
FIFA tripled the price of its best available tickets to the World Cup final, making US$32,970 (J$5.2 million) seats available Thursday for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New…
07 May, 2026
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McKenzie: All hurricane shelter residents moved out of schools
Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie says the Government has met its May 8 deadline to relocate all persons previously housed in school shelters following Hurricane…
07 May, 2026
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US court rules against Trump's new global tariffs
(AP) — A United States federal court has ruled against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
A split three-judge panel of the Court…
07 May, 2026
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20-year-old freed of unlawful wounding after complainant admits to lying
A 20-year-old man was freed of unlawful wounding in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court after the complainant admitted during cross-examination that she had lied about the incident.
Oniel Facey…
07 May, 2026
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Mother who kept children after vacation to Jamaica ordered to return them to Britain
A mother who brought her two young children from the United Kingdom to Jamaica on what she told their father was a one-month vacation, but later enrolled them in school, has been ordered to return…